EXTRACELLULAR ACIDIC POLYSACCHARIDES FROM C. INSIDIOSUM AND OTHER CORYNEBACTERIUM SPP.

1961 ◽  
Vol 39 (11) ◽  
pp. 2274-2281 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. A. J. Gorin ◽  
J. F. T. Spencer

The extracellular polysaccharide of Corynebacteriuminsidiosum, the causative agent of alfalfa wilt, contains D-glucose, D-galactose, and L-fucose in the proportions 2:3:4, with smaller amounts of an unknown acid. Partial acid hydrolysis of the polysaccharide gives 4-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-L-fucose and 4-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(3-O-D-galactopyranosyl)-L-fucose as neutral oligosaccharides. Also formed are D-galactose, substituted in the 4-position with an unknown acid, and 4-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(3-O-D-galactopyranosyl)-L-fucose, which has the 4-position of the galactopyranosyl moiety substituted in a similar way. It appears that the above oligosaccharides represent the structure of the polysaccharide to a considerable extent.

1962 ◽  
Vol 40 (12) ◽  
pp. 2204-2213 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Misaki ◽  
S. Kirkwood ◽  
J. V. Scaletti ◽  
F. Smith

The extracellular polysaccharide isolated from cultures of Xanthomonas oryzae is composed of D-glucose (5 molecular proportions), D-glucuronic acid (2 molecular proportions), and D-mannose (5 molecular proportions). Acid hydrolysis of this polysaccharide, which contains 0.3% combined pyruvic acid, yields 2-O-β-D-glucopyranosyluronic acid D-mannose, which has been characterized as its crystalline fully methylated β-glycoside. Hydrolysis of the methylated polysaccharide gives 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-methyl-D-mannose (3 molecular proportions), 2,3,4-tri-O-methyl-D-glucuronic acid (1 molecular proportion), 2,3,6-tri-O-methyl-D-glucose (4 molecular proportions), 3,4,6-tri-O-methyl-D-mannose (2 molecular proportions), 2,6-di-O-methyl-D-glucose (3 molecular proportions), 2,3-di-O-methyl-D-glucose (1 molecular proportion). The polyalcohol derived from the polysaccharide by periodate oxidation followed by sodium borohydride reduction gives upon acid hydrolysis glycerol (2 molecular proportions), erythritol (1 molecular proportion), and D-glucose (1 molecular proportion). The general structural significance of these findings is discussed.


1957 ◽  
Vol 79 (10) ◽  
pp. 2559-2565 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. J. Hipp ◽  
M. L. Groves ◽  
T. L. McMeekin

1949 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 548-560 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Consden ◽  
A. H. Gordon ◽  
A. J. P. Martin

1991 ◽  
Vol 210 ◽  
pp. 349-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niculina Lupescu ◽  
Shoshana (Malis) Arad ◽  
Shimona Geresh ◽  
Michael A. Bernstein ◽  
Robert Glaser

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