A new undecasaccharide subunit of xyloglucans with two alpha-L-fucosyl residues

Carbohydr Res. 1991 Apr 2;211(1):117-29. doi: 10.1016/0008-6215(91)84150-d.

Abstract

A new oligosaccharide subunit of xyloglucan was isolated from the beta-(1----4)-endoglucanase digestion products of the xyloglucan in what is referred to as "sycamore extracellular polysaccharides" and found to be an undecasaccharide having two terminal alpha-L-fucopyranosyl residues. The undecasaccharide was structurally characterized by 1H-n.m.r. spectroscopy, fast-atom bombardment mass spectrometry (f.a.b.-m.s.), and glycosyl-residue and glycosyl-linkage composition analyses. The structure of the undecasaccharide was confirmed by digesting it with a hydrolase that releases alpha-D-Xylp-(1----6)-D-Glc from the non-reducing end of xyloglucan oligosaccharides.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Acylation
  • Carbohydrate Sequence
  • Cellulase / metabolism
  • Chromatography, Gel
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Enzymes, Immobilized
  • Fucose / chemistry*
  • Glucans*
  • Glycoside Hydrolases
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / methods
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Oligosaccharides / chemistry*
  • Polysaccharides / chemistry*
  • Protons
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment
  • Terminology as Topic
  • Xylans*

Substances

  • Enzymes, Immobilized
  • Glucans
  • Oligosaccharides
  • Polysaccharides
  • Protons
  • Xylans
  • Fucose
  • xyloglucan
  • Glycoside Hydrolases
  • oligoxyloglucan hydrolase
  • Cellulase