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. 1971 Mar;105(3):927–936. doi: 10.1128/jb.105.3.927-936.1971

Mechanism of Conversion of the Salmonella O Antigen by Bacteriophage ε34

Andrew Wright 1
PMCID: PMC248520  PMID: 5547996

Abstract

The structural determinants for antigen 34 in the E group salmonella are glucosyl substituents on the galactosyl units of the O antigen which has a mannosylrhamnosylgalactose repeating sequence. The temperate bacteriophage ε34 brings about the production of antigen 34. It has been shown here that glucose is transferred from uridine diphosphate glucose to the O antigen via a glucosyl-lipid intermediate in a two-step reaction. Glucose is linked through carbon 1 to the lipid by a phosphodiester bridge, the glucosyl bond having the β-anomeric configuration. The lipid is a C55-polyisoprenoid alcohol, each isoprene unit having one double bond. It is the same lipid which is involved in the synthesis of the O antigen repeating sequence.

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