Fig. 2

Analysis of glycosylation of CTB4573H with extended O-antigen. a Coomassie blue staining of purified CTB4573H-OPS to analyze the number of O-antigen repeat units. Samples derived from the same experiment and were processed in parallel. b Coomassie blue staining and western blot assays were conducted to detect glycosylated CTB4573H incubated with or without proteinase K using anti-CTB antibody and S. Paratyphi A O2 serum. Samples were derived from the same experiment and gels/blots were processed in parallel. c Tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) analysis of glycosylated CTB4573H from S. Paratyphi A OPS. MS/MS spectrum of singly charged ions at m/z 1970.78+ contained the pentapeptide SAGVA (m/z 404.21+) and a peptide linked with sugars. The peptide and glycopeptide fragment ions were identified (shown in the inset)