The pilin glycoprotein (PilE) is the main building block of the pilus of Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonococcus [GC]). GC pilin is known to carry a disaccharide O-glycan, which has an alphaGal attached to the O-linked GlcNAc by a 1-3 glycosidic bond. In this report, we describe the cloning and characterization of the GC gene, pilus glycosyl transferase A (pgtA), which encodes the galactosyl transfer...

Poly-N-acetyllactosamines are attached to N-glycans, O-glycans, and glycolipids and serve as underlying glycans that provide functional oligosaccharides such as sialyl Lewis. Poly-N-acetyllactosaminyl repeats are synthesized by the alternate addition of b1,3-linked GlcNAc and b1,4-linked Gal by i-extension enzyme (iGnT) and a member of the b1,4-galactosyltransferase (b4GalT) gene family. In the...

Overview • Testing bipartiteness in sparse graphs • In dense graphs: Upperbound of poly(1) [1] – Sample vertices at random and test if their induced subgraph is bi-partite [No proof] • In sparse graphs we will see: – Upperbound of O(√ n · poly((lg n)//) [2] * We will analyze only the simple case of rapidly mixing graphs * Algorithm works much the say way for general graphs

The title compound, [Ni(C(2)O(4))(C(10)H(8)N(2))](n), is isostructural with its Mn(II), Fe(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II) analogues. Each Ni(II) atom is chelated by two oxalate ligands and one 2,2'-bipyridine, forming a slightly distorted octa-hedral geometry. Oxlate acts as a bridge to link neighbouring pairs of Ni(II) cations, forming a one-dimensional wave-like chain. The crystal showed partial inve...

The Pb(II )atom in the title compound, {[Pb(2)(C(7)H(6)NO(2))(4)]}(n), is chelated by two 3-aminobenzoato ligands in a distorted pentagonal-bipyramidal coordination geometry with five oxygen donors in the equatorial positions, one nitro-gen donor and one oxygen donor in the axial positions. Two mol-ecules are linked through a centre of inversion, forming a dinuclear entity. These entities are l...

In the title compound, [Co(C(8)H(5)NO(4))(C(12)H(12)N(2))](n), the Co(II) ion presents a distorted CoO(4)N(2) octa-hedral coordination geometry, formed by three 5-amino-isophthalate dianions and two 1,2-bis-(4-pyrid-yl)ethane ligands. One carboxyl-ate group of the 5-amino-isophthalate dianion chelates a Co cation and the other carboxyl-ate group bridges the other two Co cations, while the termi...

The polymeric title complex, [Co(C(8)H(8)O(5))(H(2)O)(2)](n) was synthesized by reaction of cobalt acetate with 7-oxabicyclo-[2,2,1]heptane-2,3-dicarb-oxy-lic anhydride. The Co(II) ion is six-coordinated in a distorted octa-hedral environment, binding to two water O atoms, to the ether O atom of the bicyclo-heptane unit, to two carboxyl-ate O atoms from two different carboxyl-ate groups of the ...

In the title complex, [Cd(C(2)O(4))(C(12)H(8)N(2))](n), the Cd(II) atom has a distorted octa-hedral coordination, defined by four O atoms from two symmetry-related oxalate ligands and by two N atoms from a bidentate 1,10-phenanthroline ligand. Each oxalate ligand bridges two Cd(II) atoms, generating a zigzag chain structure propagating along [100]. The packing of the structure is consolidated b...

In the title compound, [Cu(C(7)H(3)NO(4))(C(5)H(5)N)](n), the Cu(II) atom is in a slightly distorted octa-hedral coordination environment. Each Cu(II) atom is bound to two N atoms and one O atom of the pyridine-dicarboxyl-ate (PDA) ligand in a tridentate manner, one N atom of the pyridine mol-ecule and two bridging carboxyl-ate O atoms of adjacent PDA ligands, leading to a linear one-dimensiona...

The title compound, [Zn2(C8F4O4)2(C4H8O)2] n , has a three-dimensional metal-organic framework structure. The asymmetric unit consists of two Zn(II) atoms, two tetrahydrofuran ligands, one 2,3,5,6-tetra-fluoro-benzene-1,4-di-carboxyl-ate ligand and two half 2,3,5,6-tetra-fluoro-benzene-1,4-di-carboxyl-ate ligands, which are completed by inversion symmetry. One Zn(II) atom has a distorted trigon...