heptose
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heptose
[′hep‚tōs] (biochemistry)
Any member of the group of monosaccharides containing seven carbon atoms.
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References in periodicals archive
Raina, "Molecular and structural basis of inner core lipopolysaccharide alterations in Escherichia coli: incorporation of glucuronic acid and phosphoethanolamine in the
heptose region," Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol.
Attached to the 6-position of one glucosamine residue is a short core oligosaccharide that is generally comprised of two unusual sugars (KDO [3-deoxy-D-manno-2-octulosonic acid] and
heptose).
We have shown that NTHi strains collected from patients with invasive disease more frequently incorporate galactose to
heptose III in the lipooligosaccharide; this modification decreases binding of IgM and thereby increases resistance to complement-mediated killing (29).
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