文摘
A novel constituent of bacterial polysaccharides, 4-deoxy-d-xylo-hexose (d-4dxylHex), was found in the major O-specific polysaccharide from the lipopolysaccharide of Pseudomonas fluorescens BIM B-582. d-4dxylHex was isolated in the free state by paper chromatography after full acid hydrolysis of the polysaccharide and identified by GLC鈥搈ass spectrometry, 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy, and specific rotation. It occurs as a lateral substituent in 40% of the oligosaccharide repeating units, making the polysaccharide devoid of strict regularity. The structure of the polysaccharide was established by sugar analysis, Smith degradation, and two-dimensional 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy. In addition, a minor polysaccharide was isolated from the same lipopolysaccharide and found to contain 4-O-methylrhamnose.