Some preliminary data on the nature/structure of the PC-glycan of the major excretory-secretory product of Acanthocheilonema viteae (ES-62)

Parasite. 1994 Jun;1(2):179-81. doi: 10.1051/parasite/1994012179.

Abstract

The structure of the PC-glycan of the major excretory-secretory product (ES-62) of Acanthocheilonema viteae has been investigated using endoglycosidases and lectins. Results obtained raise the possibility that it may be of the high mannose type. This, and the insensitivity of the PC-glycan to treatments which remove PC or choline from bacterial PC-glycans, suggests that it may be more analogous to fungal, than to bacterial PC-containing glycans.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Blotting, Western
  • Dipetalonema / chemistry*
  • Glycoside Hydrolases / metabolism
  • Lectins / metabolism
  • Phosphorylcholine / chemistry*
  • Phosphorylcholine / metabolism
  • Polysaccharides / chemistry*
  • Polysaccharides / metabolism

Substances

  • Lectins
  • Polysaccharides
  • Phosphorylcholine
  • Glycoside Hydrolases