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McDonald ND, Boyd EF. Structural and Biosynthetic Diversity of Nonulosonic Acids (NulOs) That Decorate Surface Structures in Bacteria. Trends Microbiol 2021; 29:142-157. [PMID: 32950378 PMCID: PMC7855311 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2020.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2019] [Revised: 08/14/2020] [Accepted: 08/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Nonulosonic acids (NulOs) are a diverse family of 9-carbon α-keto acid sugars that are involved in a wide range of functions across all branches of life. The family of NulOs includes the sialic acids as well as the prokaryote-specific NulOs. Select bacteria biosynthesize the sialic acid N-acetylneuraminic acid (Neu5Ac), and the ability to produce this sugar and its subsequent incorporation into cell-surface structures is implicated in a variety of bacteria-host interactions. Furthermore, scavenging of sialic acid from the environment for energy has been characterized across a diverse group of bacteria, mainly human commensals and pathogens. In addition to sialic acid, bacteria have the ability to biosynthesize prokaryote-specific NulOs, of which there are several known isomers characterized. These prokaryotic NulOs are similar in structure to Neu5Ac but little is known regarding their role in bacterial physiology. Here, we discuss the diversity in structure, the biosynthesis pathways, and the functions of bacteria-specific NulOs. These carbohydrates are phylogenetically widespread among bacteria, with numerous structurally unique modifications recognized. Despite the diversity in structure, the NulOs are involved in similar functions such as motility, biofilm formation, host colonization, and immune evasion.
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- Nathan D McDonald
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA.
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Knirel YA, Naumenko OI, Senchenkova SN, Perepelov AV. Chemical methods for selective cleavage of glycosidic bonds in the structural analysis of bacterial polysaccharides. RUSSIAN CHEMICAL REVIEWS 2019. [DOI: 10.1070/rcr4856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Kaszowska M, Stojkovic K, Niedziela T, Lugowski C. The O-antigen of Plesiomonas shigelloides serotype O36 containing pseudaminic acid. Carbohydr Res 2016; 434:1-5. [PMID: 27494421 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2016.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2016] [Revised: 07/02/2016] [Accepted: 07/04/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The structure of the repeating unit of O-antigen of Plesiomonas shigelloides serotype O36 has been investigated by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy, matrix-assisted laser-desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and chemical methods. The new structure of trisaccharide has been established: [Formula: see text] These trisaccharide O-antigen units substitute the core undecasaccharide at C-4 of the β-D-GlcpNAc residue. The core oligosaccharide and lipid A are identical with these of the serotype O17 (PCM 2231) (Maciejewska, A., Lukasiewicz, J., Kaszowska, M., Jachymek, W., Man-Kupisinska, A.; Lugowski, C. Mar. Drugs.2013, 11 (2), 440-454; Lukasiewicz, J., Dzieciatkowska, M., Niedziela, T., Jachymek, W., Augustyniuk, A., Kenne, L., Lugowski, C. Biochemistry, 2006, 45, 10434-10447).
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- Marta Kaszowska
- Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, R. Weigla 12, PL-53-114, Wroclaw, Poland.
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- Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, R. Weigla 12, PL-53-114, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, R. Weigla 12, PL-53-114, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, R. Weigla 12, PL-53-114, Wroclaw, Poland; Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, University of Opole, PL-45-035, Opole, Poland
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Vinnitskiy DZ, Ustyuzhanina NE, Nifantiev NE. Natural bacterial and plant biomolecules bearing α-d-glucuronic acid residues. Russ Chem Bull 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s11172-015-1010-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Zunk M, Kiefel MJ. The occurrence and biological significance of the α-keto-sugars pseudaminic acid and legionaminic acid within pathogenic bacteria. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ra44924f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Knirel YA, Perepelov AV, Kondakova AN, Senchenkova SN, Sidorczyk Z, Rozalski A, Kaca W. Structure and serology of O-antigens as the basis for classification of Proteus strains. Innate Immun 2010; 17:70-96. [DOI: 10.1177/1753425909360668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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This review is devoted to structural and serological characteristics of the O-antigens (O-polysaccharides) of the lipopolysaccharides of various Proteus species, which provide the basis for classifying Proteus strains to Oserogroups. The antigenic relationships of Proteus strains within and beyond the genus as well as their O-antigenrelated bioactivities are also discussed.
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- Yuriy A. Knirel
- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia,
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- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Immunology, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Institute of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Immunology, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland
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Structure of a glucosyl phosphate-containing O-polysaccharide of Proteus vulgaris O42. Carbohydr Res 2007; 342:2826-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2007.06.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2007] [Accepted: 06/22/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Mazumder K, Choudhury BP, Nair GB, Sen AK. Identification of a novel sugar 5,7-diacetamido-8-amino-3,5,7,8,9-pentadeoxy-d-glycero-d-galacto-non-2-ulosonic acid present in the lipooligosaccharide of Vibrio parahaemolyticus O3:K6. Glycoconj J 2007; 25:345-54. [DOI: 10.1007/s10719-007-9080-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2007] [Revised: 10/03/2007] [Accepted: 10/17/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Bushmarinov IS, Ovchinnikova OG, Kocharova NA, Toukach FV, Torzewska A, Shashkov AS, Knirel YA, Rozalski A. Structure of the O-polysaccharide and serological cross-reactivity of the lipopolysaccharide of Providencia alcalifaciens O32 containing N-acetylisomuramic acid. Carbohydr Res 2007; 342:268-73. [PMID: 17182016 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2006.11.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2006] [Revised: 11/13/2006] [Accepted: 11/28/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The O-polysaccharide was obtained by mild acid degradation of the lipopolysaccharide of Providencia alcalifaciens O32 and studied by sugar and methylation analyses, solvolysis with triflic acid, 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy, including two-dimensional 1H,1H COSY, TOCSY, ROESY, H-detected 1H,13C HSQC and HMBC experiments. It was found that the polysaccharide has a branched tetrasaccharide repeating unit containing 2-acetamido-3-O-[(S)-1-carboxyethyl]-2-deoxy-D-glucose (D-GlcNAc3Slac, N-acetylisomuramic acid) with the following structure: [ STRUCTURE SEE TEXT]. Serological studies with O-antisera showed antigenic relationships between P. alcalifaciens O32 and O29 as well as several other Providencia and Proteus strains sharing putative epitopes on the O-polysaccharides.
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- Ivan S Bushmarinov
- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
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Le Quéré AJL, Deakin WJ, Schmeisser C, Carlson RW, Streit WR, Broughton WJ, Forsberg LS. Structural characterization of a K-antigen capsular polysaccharide essential for normal symbiotic infection in Rhizobium sp. NGR234: deletion of the rkpMNO locus prevents synthesis of 5,7-diacetamido-3,5,7,9-tetradeoxy-non-2-ulosonic acid. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:28981-92. [PMID: 16772294 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m513639200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Many early molecular events in symbiotic infection have been documented, although factors enabling Rhizobium to progress within the plant-derived infection thread and ultimately survive within the intracellular symbiosome compartment as mature nitrogen-fixing bacteroids are poorly understood. Rhizobial surface polysaccharides (SPS), including the capsular polysaccharides (K-antigens), exist in close proximity to plant-derived membranes throughout the infection process. SPSs are essential for bacterial survival, adaptation, and as potential determinants of nodulation and/or host specificity. Relatively few studies have examined the role of K-antigens in these events. However, we constructed a mutant that lacks genes essential for the production of the K-antigen strain-specific sugar precursor, pseudaminic acid, in the broad host range Rhizobium sp. NGR234. The complete structure of the K-antigen of strain NGR234 was established, and it consists of disaccharide repeating units of glucuronic and pseudaminic acid having the structure -->4)-beta-d-glucuronic acid-(1-->4)-beta-5,7-diacetamido-3,5,7,9-tetradeoxy-l-glycero-l-manno-nonulosonic acid-(2-->. Deletion of three genes located in the rkp-3 gene cluster, rkpM, rkpN, and part of rkpO, abolished pseudaminic acid synthesis, yielding a mutant in which the strain-specific K-antigen was totally absent: other surface glycoconjugates, including the lipopolysaccharides, exopolysaccharides, and flagellin glycoprotein appeared unaffected. The NGRDeltarkpMNO mutant was symbiotically defective, showing reduced nodulation efficiency on several legumes. K-antigen production was found to decline after rhizobia were exposed to plant flavonoids, and the decrease coincided with induction of a symbiotically active (bacteroid-specific) rhamnan-LPS, suggesting an exchange of SPS occurs during bacterial differentiation in the developing nodule.
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- Antoine J-L Le Quéré
- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes Supérieures (LBMPS), Université de Genève, 1292 Genève, Switzerland
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McNally DJ, Hui JPM, Aubry AJ, Mui KKK, Guerry P, Brisson JR, Logan SM, Soo EC. Functional characterization of the flagellar glycosylation locus in Campylobacter jejuni 81-176 using a focused metabolomics approach. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:18489-98. [PMID: 16684771 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m603777200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Bacterial genome sequencing has provided a wealth of genetic data. However, the definitive functional characterization of hypothetical open reading frames and novel biosynthetic genes remains challenging. This is particularly true for genes involved in protein glycosylation because the isolation of their glycan moieties is often problematic. We have developed a focused metabolomics approach to define the function of flagellin glycosylation genes in Campylobacter jejuni 81-176. A capillary electrophoresis-electrospray mass spectrometry and precursor ion scanning method was used to examine cell lysates of C. jejuni 81-176 for sugar nucleotides. Novel nucleotide-activated intermediates of the pseudaminic acid (Pse5NAc7NAc) pathway and its acetamidino derivative (PseAm) were found to accumulate within select isogenic mutants, and use of a hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry method permitted large scale purifications of the intermediates. NMR with cryo probe (cold probe) technology was utilized to complete the structural characterization of microgram quantities of CMP-5-acetamido-7-acetamidino-3,5,7,9-tetradeoxy-L-glycero-alpha-L-manno-nonulosonic acid (CMP-Pse5NAc7Am), which is the first report of Pse modified at C7 with an acetamidino group in Campylobacter, and UDP-2,4-diacetamido-2,4,6-trideoxy-alpha-D-glucopyranose, which is a bacillosamine derivative found in the N-linked proteinglycan. Using this focused metabolomics approach, pseB, pseC, pseF, pseI, and for the first time pseA, pseG, and pseH were found to be directly involved in either the biosynthesis of CMP-Pse5NAc7NAc or CMP-Pse5NAc7Am. In contrast, it was shown that pseD, pseE, Cj1314c, Cj1315c, Cjb1301, Cj1334, Cj1341c, and Cj1342c have no role in the CMP-Pse5NAc7NAc or CMP-Pse5NAc7Am pathways. These results demonstrate the usefulness of this approach for targeting compounds within the bacterial metabolome to assign function to genes, identify metabolic intermediates, and elucidate novel biosynthetic pathways.
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- David J McNally
- National Research Council, Institute for Biological Sciences, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
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Chou WK, Dick S, Wakarchuk WW, Tanner ME. Identification and Characterization of NeuB3 from Campylobacter jejuni as a Pseudaminic Acid Synthase. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:35922-8. [PMID: 16120604 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m507483200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli are the main causes of bacterial diarrhea worldwide, and Helicobacter pylori is known to cause duodenal ulcers. In all of these pathogenic organisms, the flagellin proteins are heavily glycosylated with a 2-keto-3-deoxy acid, pseudaminic acid (5,7-diacetamido-3,5,7,9-tetradeoxy-L-glycero-L-manno-nonulosonic acid). The presence of pseudaminic acid is required for the proper development of the flagella and is thereby necessary for motility in, and invasion of, the host. In this study we report the first characterization of NeuB3 from C. jejuni as a pseudaminic acid synthase; the enzyme directly responsible for the biosynthesis of pseudaminic acid. Pseudaminic acid synthase catalyzes the condensation of phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) with the hexose, 2,4-diacetamido-2,4,6-trideoxy-L-altrose (6-deoxy-AltdiNAc), to form pseudaminic acid and phosphate. The enzymatic activity was monitored using 1H and 31P NMR spectroscopy, and the product was isolated and characterized. Kinetic analysis reveals that pseudaminic acid synthase requires the presence of a divalent metal ion for catalysis and that optimal catalysis occurs at pH 7.0. A coupled enzymatic assay gave the values for k(cat) of 0.65 +/- 0.01 s(-1), K(m)PEP of 6.5 +/- 0.4 microM, and K(m)6-deoxy-AltdiNAc of 9.5 +/- 0.7 microM. A mechanistic study on pseudaminic acid synthase, using [2-18O]PEP, shows that catalysis proceeds through a C-O bond cleavage mechanism similar to other PEP condensing synthases such as sialic acid synthase.
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- Wayne K Chou
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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Hashii N, Isshiki Y, Iguchi T, Hisatsune K, Kondo S. Structure and serological characterization of 5,7-diamino-3,5,7,9-tetradeoxy-non-2-ulosonic acid isolated from lipopolysaccharides of Vibrio parahaemolyticus O2 and O-untypable strain KX-V212. Carbohydr Res 2003; 338:1055-62. [PMID: 12706971 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6215(03)00077-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus O2 and O-untypable (OUT) strain (KX-V212) isolated from an individual patient were shown to contain 5,7-diamino-3,5,7,9-tetradeoxy-non-2-ulosonic acid (NonlA), which was readily released from LPS by mild acid hydrolysis. In the present study, we investigated the chemical and serological properties of NonlA isolated from LPS of V. parahaemolyticus O2 and OUT KX-V212. GC-MS and NMR analysis identified the NonlA from LPS of O2 to be 5,7-diacetamido-3,5,7,9-tetradeoxy-D-glycero-D-galacto-non-2-ulosonic acid (5NAc7NAcNonlA) and that from LPS of KX-V212 to be 5-acetamido-7-(N-acetyl-D-alanyl)amido-3,5,7,9-tetradeoxy-D-glycero-D-galacto-non-2-ulosonic acid (5NAc7NAlaNAcNonlA). In ELISA inhibition analysis, 5NAc7NAcNonlA inhibited the O2 LPS/anti-O2 antiserum system, whereas, 5NAc7NAlaNAcNonlA did not show any inhibitory activity. However, after N-deacylation of 5NAc7NAlaNAcNonlA followed by N-acetylation, the product (5NAc7NAcNonlA) inhibited the O2 LPS/anti-O2 antiserum system to the same extent as that of 5NAc7NAcNonlA obtained from O2 LPS. These results suggest that 5NAc7NAcNonlA might be related to the serological specificity of O2 LPS as one of main epitope(s) involved in O2 LPS.
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- Noritaka Hashii
- Department of Microbiology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Josai University, Sakado, Saitama 350-0295, Japan
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Knirel YA, Shashkov AS, Tsvetkov YE, Jansson PE, Zãhringer U. 5,7-DIAMINO-3,5,7,9-TETRADEOXYNON-2-ULOSONIC ACIDS IN BACTERIAL GLYCOPOLYMERS: CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY. Adv Carbohydr Chem Biochem 2003; 58:371-417. [PMID: 14719362 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2318(03)58007-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yuriy A Knirel
- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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