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Glucogalactan: a polysaccharide isolated from the cell-wall of Verticillium lecanii
Maria L Corradi da Silva1, Diego T D Exposti, Ana F D Vasconcelos
1Departamento de Física, Química e Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista, CEP 19060-900, Presidente Prudente, São Paulo, Brazil.
Abstract:
A water-soluble polysaccharide was extracted with alkali from the cell wall of Verticillium lecanii (also called Lecanicillium lecanii). After freezing and thawing, the water-soluble fraction was purified by gel filtration chromatography on Sepharose CL-6B and eluted as one peak by HPSEC/RID. Monosaccharide analysis showed galactose and glucose (1.1:1), with traces of mannose (<1%). The structural characteristics were determined by spectroscopic analysis, FT-IR and 1D and 2D (1)H and (13)C NMR, and methylation results. On the basis of the data obtained, the following structure of the polysaccharide (E3SIV fraction) was established: [Formula: see text] where n≈22 and m≈22.
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