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The structure of the phase variable lipooligosaccharide (LOS) from Haemophilus somnus strain 738 was elucidated. The LOS was subjected to a variety of degradative procedures. The structures of the purified products were established by monosaccharide and methylation analyses, NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. The following structures for the two major components were determined on the basis of the combined data from these experiments. [structure in text]. In the structures Kdo is 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid, PEtn is phosphoethanolamine, PCho is phosphocholine, Hep is L-glycero-D-manno-heptose, and the remaining glucose units have the D configuration. The elucidation of these structures has increased our understanding of the relationship between the phase-variable LOS and the pathogenic potential of this organism.
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PMID:Structural analysis of the phase-variable lipooligosaccharide from Haemophilus somnus strain 738. 965 4

Structural elucidation of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Haemophilus influenzae, strain Rd, a capsule-deficient type d strain, has been achieved by using high-field NMR techniques and electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) on delipidated LPS and core oligosaccharide samples. It was found that this organism expresses heterogeneous populations of LPS of which the oligosaccharide (OS) epitopes are subject to phase variation. ESI-MS of O-deacylated LPS revealed a series of related structures differing in the number of hexose residues linked to a conserved inner-core element, L-alpha-D-Hepp-(1-->2)-L-alpha-D-Hepp-(1-->3)-[beta-D-Glcp- (1-->4)-]- L-alpha-D-Hepp-(1-->5)-alpha-Kdo, and the degree of phosphorylation. The structures of the major LPS glycoforms containing three (two Glc and one Gal), four (two Glc and two Gal) and five (two Glc, two Gal and one GalNAc) hexoses were substituted by both phosphocholine (PCho) and phosphoethanolamine (PEtn) and were determined in detail. In the major glycoform, Hex3, a lactose unit, beta-D-Galp-(1-->4)-beta-D-Glcp, is attached at the O-2 position of the terminal heptose of the inner-core element. The Hex4 glycoform contains the PK epitope, alpha-D-Galp-(1-->4)-beta-D-Galp-(1-->4)-beta-D-Glcp while in the Hex5 glycoform, this OS is elongated by the addition of a terminal beta-D-GalpNAc residue, giving the P antigen, beta-D-GalpNAc-(1-->3)-alpha-D-Galp-(1-->4)-beta-D-Galp-(1-->4)-D-Glc p. The fully extended LPS glycoform (Hex5) has the following structure. [see text] The structural data provide the first definitive evidence demonstrating the expression of a globotetraose OS epitope, the P antigen, in LPS of H. influenzae. It is noteworthy that the molecular environment in which PCho units are found differs from that observed in an Rd- derived mutant strain (RM.118-28) [Risberg, A., Schweda, E. K. H. & Jansson, P-E. (1997) Eur. J. Biochem. 243, 701-707].
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PMID:Structural analysis of the lipopolysaccharide oligosaccharide epitopes expressed by a capsule-deficient strain of Haemophilus influenzae Rd. 1010 48

We recently described the use of ion exchange chromatography for analysis and the industrial scale preparation of pools of oligosaccharides of intermediate chain length from polysaccharides of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) and Neisseria meningitidis groups A and C. These negatively charged "sized" oligosaccharides are activated and conjugated to the carrier protein (CRM197) to prepare the corresponding glycoconjugate vaccines. Characterization and accurate determination of the degree of polymerization (DP) of the pool of oligosaccharides is essential for the consistent production of these conjugate vaccines. This paper describes the colorimetric assays used for determination of the average DP of the Hib and meningococcal oligosaccharides, and the qualification of these assays achieved by size characterization of the respective oligosaccharides by use of physicochemical methods, including liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry (ionspray) and NMR spectroscopy.
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PMID:Size determination of bacterial capsular oligosaccharides used to prepare conjugate vaccines. 1043 50

The structure of the lipopolysaccharide of Haemophilus influenzae mutant strain, RM.118-26, was investigated. Electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry on intact lipopolysaccharide, O-deacylated lipopolysaccharide and core oligosaccharides obtained from lipopolysaccharide after mild acid hydrolysis provided information on the composition and relative abundance of the glycoforms. Oligosaccharide samples were studied in detail using high-field NMR techniques. The structure of the major glycoform containing phosphocholine is identical to the Hex2 glycoform described for H. influenzae RM.118-28 [Risberg, A., Schweda, E.K.H. & Jansson, P.-E. (1997) Eur. J. Biochem. 243, 701-707]. A second major glycoform, containing three hexose residues (Hex3), in which a lactose unit, beta-D-Galp-(1-->4)-beta-D-Glcp, is attached at the O-2 position of the terminal heptose of the inner core element, L-alpha-D-Hepp-(1-->2)-L-alpha-D-Hepp-(1-->3)-[beta-D-Glcp-( 1-->4)-]- L-alpha-D-Hepp-(1-->5)-alpha-Kdo, carries no phosphocholine. Instead this lipopolysaccharide glycoform is partly (40%) substituted by an O-acetyl group linked to the 6-position of the glucose residue in the lactose unit and has the following structure:
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PMID:Structural analysis of the lipopolysaccharide oligosaccharide epitopes expressed by Haemophilus influenzae strain RM.118-26. 1051 3

Haemophilus influenzae expresses heterogeneous populations of short-chain lipopolysaccharide (LPS) which exhibit extensive antigenic diversity among multiple oligosaccharide epitopes. These LPS oligosaccharide epitopes can carry phosphocholine (PCho) substituents, the expression of which is subject to high frequency phase variation mediated by genes in the lic1 genetic locus. The location and site of attachment of PCho substituents were determined by structural analysis of LPS from two type b H. influenzae strains, Eagan and RM7004. The lic2 locus is involved in phase variation of oligosaccharide expression. LPS obtained from the parent strains, from mutants generated by insertion of antibiotic resistance cassettes in the lic2 genetic locus, and from phase-variants showing high levels of PCho expression was characterized by electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) and 1H NMR spectroscopy of derived O-deacylated samples. ESI-MS of O-deacylated LPS from wild-type strains revealed mixtures of related glycoform structures differing in the number of hexose residues. Analysis of LPS from PCho-expressing phase-variants revealed similar mixtures of glycoforms, each containing a single PCho substituent. O-Deacylated LPS preparations from the lic2 mutants were much less complex than their respective parent strains, consisting only of Hex3 and/or Hex2 glycoforms, were examined in detail by high-field NMR techniques. It was found that the LPS samples contain the phosphoethanolamine (PEtn) substituted inner-core element, L-alpha-D-Hepp-(1-->2)-[PEtn-->6]-L-alpha-D-Hepp-(1--> 3)-L-alpha-D-He pp-(1-->5)-alpha-Kdo in which the major glycoforms carry a beta-D-Glcp or beta-D-Glcp-(1-->4)-beta-D-Glcp at the O-4 position of the 3-substituted heptose (HepI) and a beta-D-Galp at the O-2 position of the terminal heptose (HepIII). LPS from the lic2 mutants of both type b strains were found to carry PCho groups at the O-6 position of the terminal beta-D-Galp residue attached to HepIII. In the parent strains, the central heptose (HepII) of the LPS inner-core element is also substituted by hexose containing oligosaccharides. The expression of the galabiose epitope in LPS of H. influenzae type b strains has previously been linked to genes comprising the lic2 locus. The present study provides definitive evidence for the role of lic2 genes in initiating chain extension from HepII. From the analysis of core oligosaccharide samples, LPS from the lic2 mutant strain of RM7004 was also found to carry O-acetyl substituents. Mono-, di-, and tri-O-acetylated LPS oligosaccharides were identified. The major O-acetylated glycoforms were found to be substituted at the O-3 position of HepIII. A di-O-acetylated species was characterized which was also substituted at the O-6 postion of the terminal beta-D-Glc in the Hex3 glycoform. This is the first report pointing to the occurrence of O-acetyl groups in the inner-core region of H. influenzae LPS. We have previously shown that in H. influenzae strain Rd, a capsule-deficient type d strain, PCho groups are expressed in a different molecular environment, being attached at the O-6 position of a beta-D-Glcp, which is in turn attached to HepI.
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PMID:Characterization of the phosphocholine-substituted oligosaccharide in lipopolysaccharides of type b Haemophilus influenzae. 1084 10

Glycoconjugate vaccines are being developed against Haemophilus influenzae (Hib) and meningococcal Type A and C micro-organisms; they consist of oligosaccharides of intermediate chain length conjugated to the carrier protein CRM (a non-toxic diphtheria toxin mutant). The oligosaccharides can be quantified using specific composition analyses and their structure and identity (and pattern of acetylation) evaluated by use of NMR spectroscopy. The average molecular-size (degree of polymerisation) can be determined using colorimetric assays, qualified by analysis of authentic standards. The molecular-size distribution of these anionic oligosaccharides can be achieved using ion exchange chromatography or application of the rapid and sensitive analytical HPAEC-PAD system (high performance anion-exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection). Preparative ion exchange chromatography permits the isolation of purified oligomers, which can be well-characterised using the methods described above. Molecular size can be confirmed by use of mass spectrometry. These vaccines are semi-synthetic products and therefore their preparation involves several steps of chemical reaction, the detailed physicochemical characterisation of the oligosaccharide-components permits the consistent production of these well-defined glycoconjugate vaccines.
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PMID:Physicochemical characterisation of the oligosaccharide component of vaccines. 1121 52

Structural elucidation of the sialylated lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) strain 486 has been achieved by the application of high-field NMR techniques and ESI-MS along with composition and linkage analyses on O-deacylated LPS and oligosaccharide samples. It was found that the LPS contains the common element of H. influenzae, L-alpha-D-Hepp-(1-->2)-[PEtn-->6]-L-alpha-D-Hepp-(1-->3)-[beta-D-Glcp-(1-->4)]-L-alpha-D-Hepp-(1-->5)-[PPEtn-->4]-alpha-Kdop-(2-->6)-Lipid A, but instead of glycosyl substitution of the terminal heptose residue (HepIII) at the O2 position observed in other H. influenzae strains, HepIII is chain elongated at the O3 position by either lactose or sialyllactose (i.e. alpha-Neu5Ac-(2-->3)-beta-D-Galp-(1-->4)-beta-D-Glcp). The LPS is substituted by an O-acetyl group linked to the O2 position of HepIII and phosphocholine (PCho) which was located at the O6 position of a terminal alpha-D-Glcp residue attached to the central heptose, a molecular environment different from what has been reported earlier for PCho. In addition, minor substitution by O-linked glycine to the LPS was observed. By investigation of LPS from a lpsA mutant of NTHi strain 486, it was demonstrated that the lpsA gene product also is responsible for chain extension from HepIII in this strain. The involvement of lic1 in expression of PCho was established by investigation of a lic1 mutant of NTHi strain 486.
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PMID:A new structural type for Haemophilus influenzae lipopolysaccharide. Structural analysis of the lipopolysaccharide from nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae strain 486. 1127 39

The TyrR protein of Haemophilus influenzae is a 36-kD transcription factor whose major function is to control the expression of genes important in the biosynthesis and transport of aromatic amino acids. Using (1)H and (15)N NMR spectroscopy, we have determined the 3D solution structure of the TyrR C-terminal DNA-binding domain (DBD) containing residues from 258 to 318 (TyrR[258-318]). The NMR results show that this segment of TyrR consists of a potential hinge helix at its N terminus (residues 263-270) as well as three well-defined alpha-helices extending from residues 277-289 (HR-2), 293-300 (HR-1), and 304-314 (HR). Helix HR-1 and HR fold in a typical helix-turn-helix (HTH) motif. The three helices and the hinge helix are tightly bound together by hydrophobic interaction and hydrogen bonds. Several hydrophilic residues whose side chains may directly interact with DNA are identified. A hydrophobic patch that may be part of the interaction surface between the domains of TyrR protein is also observed. Comparisons with the structures of other HTH DNA-binding proteins reveal that in terms of the spatial orientation of the three helices, this protein most closely resembles the cap family.
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PMID:Solution structure of the DNA-binding domain of the TyrR protein of Haemophilus influenzae. 1134 27

Haemophilus influenzae is a gram-negative pathogen that causes infections ranging from asymptomatic colonization of the human upper respiratory tract to serious invasive diseases such as meningitis. Although the genome of Haemophilus influenzae has been completely sequenced, the structure and function of many of these proteins are unknown. H10017 is one of these uncharacterized proteins. Here we describe the three-dimensional solution structure of the N-terminal portion of H10017 as determined by NMR spectroscopy. The structure consists of a five-stranded antiparallel beta-sheet and two short alpha-helices. It is similar to the C-terminal domain of Diphtheria toxin repressor (DtxR). The C-terminal portion of H10017 has an amino acid sequence that closely resembles pyruvate formate-lyase--an enzyme that converts pyruvate and CoA into acetyl-CoA and formate by a radical mechanism. Based on structural and sequence comparisons, we propose that the C-terminus of H10017 functions as an enzyme with a glycyl radical mechanism, while the N-terminus participates in protein/protein interactions involving an activase (iron-sulfur protein) and/or the substrate.
J Biomol NMR 2001 Jun
PMID:Structure of the N-terminal region of Haemophilus influenzae H10017: implications for function. 1149 42

A novel bacterial ribosome binding protein, protein Y (also known as YfiA), was recently shown to reside at the 30S/50S subunit interface and to stabilize the ribosomal 70S complex against dissociation at low magnesium ion concentrations. We report here the three-dimensional NMR structure in solution of a homologue from Haemophilus influenzae, HI0257, that has 64% sequence identity to protein Y. The 107 residue protein has a beta-alpha-beta-beta-beta-alpha folding topology with two parallel alpha-helices packed against the same side of a four-stranded beta-sheet. The closest structural relatives are proteins with the double-stranded RNA-binding domain (dsRBD) motif although there is little (<10%) sequence homology. The most immediate differences between the dsRBD and HI0257 structures are that (1) HI0257 has a larger beta-sheet motif with an extra beta-strand at the N-terminus, (2) the helices are parallel in HI0257 but at an angle of about 30 degrees to each other in the dsRBD, and (3) HI0257 lacks the extended loop commonly seen between the first and second beta-strands of the dsRBD. Further, an analysis of the surface electrostatic potential in HI0257 and the dsRBD family reveals significant differences in the location of contiguous positively (and negatively) charged regions. The structural data, in combination with sequence analysis of HI0257 and its homologues, suggest that the most likely mode of RNA recognition for HI0257 may be distinct from that of the dsRBD family of proteins.
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PMID:Solution structure of HI0257, a bacterial ribosome binding protein. 1155 Nov 93


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