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ArticleCarbohydrate research2016

Novel structural features of the immunocompetent ceramide phospho-inositol glycan core from Trichomonas vaginalis.

Christian Heiss, Zhirui Wang, Ian Black, Parastoo Azadi, Raina N Fichorova, Bibhuti N Singh

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Article in Carbohydrate research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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6 authors.

Christian HeissComplex Carbohydrate Research Center, The University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA 30602, USA. Electronic address: cheiss@uga.edu.
Zhirui WangComplex Carbohydrate Research Center, The University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
Ian BlackComplex Carbohydrate Research Center, The University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
Parastoo AzadiComplex Carbohydrate Research Center, The University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
Raina N FichorovaDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 221 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Bibhuti N SinghDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 750 E Adams St, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA. Electronic address: singhb@upstate.edu.

Funding

TR&D3. Approaches to Proteoglycan Function at Biochemical and Cellular LevelsP41GM103390 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI MOREMEN, KELLEY W. · 2012 to 2019
$14.5M
Molecular T. vaginalis-host interactions in relevance to inflammatory sequelaeR01AI079085 · NIAID · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI FICHOROVA, RAINA N. · 2009 to 2012
$3.0M
NIAID NIH HHS 5R011 AI079085-04NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI079085NIGMS NIH HHS 5P41GM10339024NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM103390
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ceramide phosphoinositol glycan core (CPI-GC) of the lipophosphoglycan of Trichomonas vaginalis is a major virulent factor of this common genitourinary parasite. While its carbohydrate composition has been reported before, its structure has remained largely unknown. We isolated the glycan portions of CPI-GC by nitrous acid deamination and hydrofluoric acid treatment and investigated their structures by methylation analysis and 1- and 2-D NMR. We found that the α-anomer of galactose is a major constituent of CPI-GC. The β-anomer was found exclusively at the non-reducing end of CPI-GC side chains. Furthermore the data showed that the rhamnan backbone is more complex than previously thought and that the inositol residue at the reducing end is linked to a 4-linked α-glucuronic acid (GlcA) residue. This appears to be the most striking and novel feature of this GPI-anchor type molecule.

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CeramidesInositolMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyNitrous AcidPolysaccharidesTrichomonas vaginalisCeramidesInositolinositol-glycanNitrous AcidPolysaccharidesGlycoconjugatesNMRPhospho-inositol glycan coreTrichomonas vaginalis

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PMID26671321
PMCPMC4698206

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