INTERACTION BETWEEN BACTERIOPHAGE-SF6 AND SHIGELLA-FLEXNERI
INTERACTION BETWEEN BACTERIOPHAGE-SF6 AND SHIGELLA-FLEXNERI
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DOI:
10.1128/jvi.27.1.38-44.1978
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
影响因子:
5.4
通讯作者:
WOHLHIETER, JA
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作者:
LINDBERG, AA;WOLLIN, R;WOHLHIETER, JA
The S. flexneri phage Sf6 has an isometric head with hexagonal symmetry 53 nm in diameter. The noncontractile tail is 16 nm long and terminates with a base plate containing 6 spikes. Sf6 is typical of the C phages in the morphological classification of Bradley. Phage Sf6 possesses .alpha.-1,3-endorhamnosidase activity as demonstrated by methylation and reducing end group sugar analyses of the products obtained on interaction with the O-polysaccharide chain of S. flexneri strains which have the O-group 3,4 antigen. The major end product was an octasaccharide with the following structure: Rha III-GlcNAc-Rha I-Rha II-Rha III-GlcNAc-Rha I-Rha II. Acetylation of 0-2 of rhamnose III of the O-polysaccharide chain, either brought about by Sf6 lysogenization or found in wild-type S. flexneri (3b) strains, prevented enzymatic hydrolysis. O-deacetylation of the polysaccharide chain again made it susceptible to the Sf6 endorhamnosidase.