PREPARATION OF OLIGOSACCHARIDES BY THE ACTION OF BACTERIOPHAGE-BORNE ENZYMES ON KLEBSIELLA CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDES
PREPARATION OF OLIGOSACCHARIDES BY THE ACTION OF BACTERIOPHAGE-BORNE ENZYMES ON KLEBSIELLA CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDES
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DOI:
10.1016/s0008-6215(00)80530-3
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
STEPHEN, AM
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作者:
DUTTON, GGS;DIFABIO, JL;STEPHEN, AM
Depolymerization of bacterial capsular polysaccharides by viral enzymes provides a convenient method for preparing oligosaccharides that correspond to .gtoreq. 1 repeating unit(s) of the polysaccharide. Previous methods used for purifying bacteriophage particles and the procedures employed in the isolation and purification of the oligomers generated by the bacteriophage action were so modified as to provide a more direct route to the degradation products. Improved techniques for the propagation of bacteriophage and for the isolation of these oligosaccharides are reported. These simplified methods make possible the use of bacteriophages as convenient reagents for the preparation of oligosaccharides on a gram scale. The acid- and base-labile substituents present in certain of the polysaccharides examined were seemingly unaffected by the conditions used for depolymerization. The methods are illustrated by degradation of the capsular polysaccharides from Klebsiella serotypes K17, K36, K46, K60, K63 and K74.