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. 1983 Mar;153(3):1388–1393. doi: 10.1128/jb.153.3.1388-1393.1983

Isolation, Identification, and Synthesis of 2,3-Diamino-2,3-Dideoxyglucuronic Acid: a Component of Propionibacterium acnes Cell Wall Polysaccharide

C S Cummins 1, R H White 2
PMCID: PMC221789  PMID: 6826525

Abstract

A previously undescribed component of the cell wall polysaccharide of Propionibacterium acnes, 2,3-diamino-2,3-dideoxyglucuronic acid, has been identified and synthesized. The component occurs to the extent of about 3 to 5% in the wall polysaccharides of P. acnes types I and II and in Propionibacterium avidum types I and II; it also appears to be present, but in much smaller amounts, in the cell wall of Propionibacterium granulosum.

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