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Pullulan in pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical formulations: A review. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 231:123353. [PMID: 36681225 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.123353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2022] [Revised: 01/05/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Pullulan, an α-glucan polysaccharide, is colorless, odorless, non-toxic, non-carcinogenic, highly biocompatible, edible and biodegradable in nature. The long chains of glucopyranose rings in pullulan structure are linked together by α-(1 → 4) and α-(1 → 6) glycosidic linkages. The occurrence of both glycosidic linkages in the pullulan structure contributes to its distinctive properties. The unique structure of pullulan makes it a potent candidate for both pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical applications. In pharmaceuticals, it can be used as a drug carrier and in various dosage formulations. It has been widely used in drug targeting, implants, ocular dosage forms, topical formulations, oral dosage forms, and oral liquid formulations, etc. Pullulan can be used as a potential carrier of active ingredients and their site-specific delivery to skin layers for cosmeceutical applications. It has been extensively used in cosmeceutical formulations like creams, shampoo, lotions, sunscreen, facial packs, etc. The current review highlights applications of pullulan in pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical applications.
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Yang J, Sato T. Conformation of Pullulan in Aqueous Solution Studied by Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering. Polymers (Basel) 2020; 12:polym12061266. [PMID: 32492916 PMCID: PMC7362014 DOI: 10.3390/polym12061266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2020] [Revised: 05/31/2020] [Accepted: 06/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Small-angle X-ray scattering functions were measured for six pullulan samples with molecular weights ranging from 2.3 × 104 to 7.4 × 105 in 0.05 M aqueous NaCl at 25 °C and fitted by the perturbed wormlike chain model, comprising touched-bead sub-bodies, to obtain wormlike chain parameters. The parameter values determined were consistent with those determined from previously reported dilute solution properties of aqueous pullulan. Because radii of gyration of not only pullulan polymers, but also pullulan oligomers were consistently explained by the touched-bead wormlike chain model perturbed by the excluded volume effect, the pullulan chain takes a local conformation considerably different from the amylose chain, although both polysaccharides are flexible polymers with an approximately same characteristic ratio.
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Stensgaard Diget J, Lund R, Nyström B, Wintgens V, Amiel C, Wimmer R, Terndrup Nielsen T. Self-assembled nanoparticles based on cyclodextrin-modified pullulan: Synthesis, and structural characterization using SAXS. Carbohydr Polym 2019; 213:403-410. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.01.106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2018] [Revised: 01/29/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Pullulan: Microbial sources, production and applications. Carbohydr Polym 2008; 73:515-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2008.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 464] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2007] [Accepted: 01/02/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Sletmoen M, Stokke BT. Higher order structure of (1,3)-beta-D-glucans and its influence on their biological activities and complexation abilities. Biopolymers 2008; 89:310-21. [PMID: 18186085 DOI: 10.1002/bip.20920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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(1,3)-beta-D-Glucans form a group of biologically active biopolymers that exist in different structural organizations depending on the environmental conditions. The biological effect of (1,3)-beta-D-glucans is a core issue stimulating large research efforts of the molecular properties and their consequences for action as biological response modifiers. The fascination for these molecules increased further following the finding of their ability to form complexes of defined geometry with a number of structures, ranging from linear architectures as polymers or carbon nanotubes, to globular structures as gold particles or dye molecules. The fascinating information concerning the relationship between sample treatment history and molecular organization has not yet reached out to all the contributors within the field, resulting in unnecessary apparent inconsistencies in the literature. In addition to environmental conditions, the sample history is known to influence on the precise structural organization of these molecules. The present knowledge related to the structure of native as well as denatured, renatured and annealed (1,3)-beta-D-glucans is reviewed. The influence of their structural organization on the biological activity and complexation abilities is discussed, and some factors hindering progress in the understanding of their biological effects or complexation abilities are pointed out.
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- Marit Sletmoen
- Biophysics and Medical Technology, Department of Physics, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
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Dogsa I, Štrancar J, Laggner P, Stopar D. Efficient modeling of polysaccharide conformations based on Small-Angle X-ray Scattering experimental data. POLYMER 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2008.01.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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FORABOSCO A, BRUNO G, SPARAPANO L, LIUT G, MARINO D, DELBEN F. Pullulans produced by strains of Cryphonectria parasitica—I. Production and characterisation of the exopolysaccharides. Carbohydr Polym 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2005.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Shingel KI. Current knowledge on biosynthesis, biological activity, and chemical modification of the exopolysaccharide, pullulan. Carbohydr Res 2004; 339:447-60. [PMID: 15013381 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2003.10.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 179] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2003] [Accepted: 10/23/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The article presents an overview of the latest advances in investigations of the biosynthesis, molecular properties, and associated biological activity of pullulan. The literature survey on the pullulan biosynthesis is intended to illustrate how the great variety of environmental conditions as well as variability in strain characteristics influences the metabolic pathways of the pullulan formation and effects structural composition of the biopolymer. Molecular properties of pullulan as alpha-(1-->4)- and alpha-(1-->6)-glucan are discussed in terms of similarities with amylose and dextran structures, and an emphasis is made on the inherent biological activity of pullulan molecules. The author also attempts to summarize the concepts, options, and strategies in chemical modification of the biopolymer and to delineate future prospects in designing new biologically active derivatives.
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- Kirill I Shingel
- Bioartificial Gel Technologies Inc, 400 Maisonneuve Ouest, suite 1156, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1L4.
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Tvaroska I, Imberty A, Pérez S. Solvent effect on the stability of isomaltose conformers. Biopolymers 2004. [DOI: 10.1002/bip.360300314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Dais P, Vlachou S, Taravel FR. (13)C nuclear magnetic relaxation study of segmental dynamics of the heteropolysaccharide pullulan in dilute solutions. Biomacromolecules 2003; 2:1137-47. [PMID: 11777385 DOI: 10.1021/bm010073q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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(13)C spin-lattice relaxation times (T(1)) and nuclear Overhauser enhancements (NOE) were measured as a function of temperature and magnetic field strength for the heteropolysaccharide pullulan in two solvents, water and dimethyl sulfoxide. The relaxation data of the endocyclic ring carbons were successfully interpreted in terms of chain segmental motions by using the bimodal time-correlation function of Dejean de la Batie, Laupretre, and Monnerie. On the basis of the calculated correlation times for segmental motion, the flexibilities of the pullulan chain at a repeat-unit level have been studied and compared with the segmental mobility of the homopolysaccharides amylose and dextran in the same solvents. The internal rotation of the free hydroxymethyl groups about the exocyclic C-5 [bond] C-6 bonds superimposed on segmental motion has been described as a diffusion process of restricted amplitude. The rate and amplitude of the internal rotation of the free hydroxymethyl groups were not affected by the local geometry of the pullulan chain.
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- P Dais
- NMR Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Iraklion, Crete, Greece.
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Liu JHY, Brameld KA, Brant DA, Goddard WA. Conformational analysis of aqueous pullulan oligomers: an effective computational approach. POLYMER 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0032-3861(01)00420-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Bosco M, Picotti F, Radoicovich A, Rizzo R. Hydroxyl group interactions in polysaccharides: a deuterium-induced differential isotope shift 13C-NMR investigation. Biopolymers 2000; 53:272-80. [PMID: 10679632 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0282(200003)53:3<272::aid-bip7>3.0.co;2-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The secondary isotope shift in (13)C-nmr spectra in water was used to obtain information on the interactions of hydroxyl groups with their environment in polysaccharides. Specifically, the possibility of detecting the preference of intramolecular hydrogen bonding with respect to solvation was investigated. Different aliphatic alcohols were studied in both protic and aprotic solvents in order to obtain reference systems. The polysaccharides investigated were selected so as to include both different types of glycosidic linkages and different conformational properties of the polymeric chain. In addition to polysaccharides, beta-cyclodextrin and inulin were also investigated. The experiments demonstrated that isotope shift data can advantageously contribute to the understanding of the conformational properties of polysaccharides and in particular, in setting up of constraints in molecular modeling calculations.
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- M Bosco
- POLYtech SCaRL, Area Science Park, Padriciano 99, 34012 Trieste, Italy
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Recently, atomic force microscopy has been used to image a variety of polysaccharides and map their distribution on cell surfaces. The mechanical response of polysaccharides to tensile stress has been investigated in single-molecule force spectroscopy experiments. Small-angle X-ray scattering has provided a probe of polysaccharide structure operating in a size range (2-25 nm) that is intermediate between those accessible using nuclear magnetic resonance and light scattering.
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- D A Brant
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-2025, USA.
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Braccini I, Grasso RP, Pérez S. Conformational and configurational features of acidic polysaccharides and their interactions with calcium ions: a molecular modeling investigation. Carbohydr Res 1999; 317:119-30. [PMID: 10498439 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6215(99)00062-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 228] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Modeling simulations have been performed on the four regular glycuronans: alpha-D-(1--->4) polygalacturonic, alpha-L-(1--->4) polyguluronic, beta-D-(1--->4) polymannuronic, and beta-D-(1--->4) polyglucuronic acids. The goal of this study was to characterize the similarities and differences in conformational and configurational behavior as well as in calcium binding in order to progress in the understanding of the physicochemical properties of the parent polysaccharides of industrial interest, namely pectin, alginate and glucuronan. This required the evaluation of the accessible conformational space for the disaccharide subunits of the four homopolymers, using the flexible residue protocol of the MM3 molecular mechanics procedure. The results were used to access the configurational statistics of representative polysaccharide chains, as well as for the determination of the regular polysaccharide helices and their conformational transitions. The surfaces of all regular helices likely to occur for each polyuronide were explored for cation binding using the GRID procedure. Both alpha-D-(1--->4) polygalacturonate and alpha-L-(1--->4) polyguluronate chains exhibit a high specificity for calcium binding, and have well-defined chelation sites. In contrast, beta-D-(1--->4) polymannuronate and beta-D-(1--->4) polyglucuronate chains do not display any stereospecificity for calcium binding. The results gathered from molecular modeling lead to a clear understanding of the different structural features that are displayed by the four ionic polymers.
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- I Braccini
- Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules Végétales, CNRS, Grenoble, France
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Adolphi U, Kulicke WM. Coil dimensions and conformation of macromolecules in aqueous media from flow field-flow fractionation/multi-angle laser light scattering illustrated by studies on pullulan. POLYMER 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0032-3861(96)00675-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Brant DA, Liu HS, Zhu ZS. The dependence of glucan conformational dynamics on linkage position and stereochemistry. Carbohydr Res 1995; 278:11-26. [PMID: 8536263 DOI: 10.1016/0008-6215(95)00242-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The 13C NMR T1 relaxation times for the (1-->4)-linked maltooligomers (Mi) and the (1-->6)-linked isomaltooligomers (IMi) with i = 2, 4, 6, and 8 were measured in aqueous solution at 22 and 65 degrees C at a concentration (3%) low enough to have removed concentration-dependent effects on the measured T1 values. Separate T1 values were measured for each carbon in the residue at the reducing end of the oligosaccharide, in the residue at the non-reducing end, and in the interior, i.e., non-terminal, residue(s). Analogous data for the corresponding high polymers show that at 22 degrees C the relaxation times for the carbons of the interior residues of the oligomers have converged to their high chain length asymptotes at about i = 10. This observation suggests that at room temperature polymeric motions in the frequency domain effective for 13C NMR relaxation at a magnetic field strength of 11.7 T have a "wavelength" of the order of 10 residues. The relaxation times characterizing the two ends of the chain are different, with longer T1 values for the carbons of the reducing end than for those of the non-reducing end. Carbons of alpha-anomeric residues at the reducing end have shorter relaxation times than those of the corresponding beta-anomeric reducing sugars. Carbons of the interior residues have T1 values shorter than the carbons of either type of terminal residue. For oligomers of a given dp there is no T1 difference between oligomers of the Mi and IMi series at room temperature. This observation is seemingly at odds with the great differences in the inherent conformational freedom of the (1-->4)- and (1-->6)-linkages. At elevated temperatures the orientational relaxation behavior of the two series of oligomers measured by 13C T1 values show interesting differences, and in the case of the Mi series, structure develops in the chain length dependence of the T1 values.
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- D A Brant
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine 92717-2025, USA
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Ruggiero JR, Urbani R, Cesàro A. Conformational features of galacturonans. I. Structure and energy minimization of charged and uncharged galacturonan dimeric units. Int J Biol Macromol 1995; 17:205-12. [PMID: 7577819 DOI: 10.1016/0141-8130(95)92687-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Structural parameters (e.g. the geometry, partial charges and dipole moment) of the alpha-D-galacturonic residue have been calculated by using semi-empirical quantum mechanical methods on several combinations of either the uncharged or charged forms, GalAH and GalA-, respectively. Three residue types have been explored: (i) the isolated residue, termed GEO1 and GEO1C for GalAH and GalA-, respectively; (ii) the residue with a methyl group attached to the O4 and O1 positions (GEO2 and GEO2C); and (iii) the internal residue in a trimer, e.g. GalAH-GalAH-GalAH or the corresponding fully charged version (GEO3 and GEO3C). The presence of a charged group in the galacturonate residue and the distribution of the excess negative charge on the molecule lead to significant differences in the structural parameters in comparison with those of the uncharged galacturonic residue. These perceptible differences in internal coordinates of GalAH and GalA- residues appear to play a major role in the delimitation of the conformational space that is accessible to the dimers, as clearly seen by inspection of the conformational maps. Although the overall features seem alike, the maps show that the position of the minimum and the shape of the lower energy region significantly change if one or both residues in the dimer are charged. The relevance of these results for the conformational properties of polygalacturonate chains is discussed elsewhere (Ruggiero et al. Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 1995, 17, 213-218).
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- J R Ruggiero
- Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Trieste, Italy
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Pavlov GM, Korneeva EV, Yevlampieva NP. Hydrodynamic characteristics and equilibrium rigidity of pullulan molecules. Int J Biol Macromol 1994; 16:318-23. [PMID: 7727346 DOI: 10.1016/0141-8130(94)90063-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The hydrodynamic characteristics of the polysaccharide pullulan (polymaltotriose) in water have been investigated and its molecular characteristics have been determined. Experimental values varied over the following ranges: velocity sedimentation coefficient (S): 0.9 < S < 11.2, translational diffusion coefficient (10(7) cm2 s-1): 1.1 < D < 14.7 and intrinsic velocity (cm3 g-1): 6.7 < [eta] < 164, which corresponds to a change in molecular weight (x 10(3)) in the range 3.9 < MSD < 644. On the basis of analysis of the literature and our experimental data, excluded volume effects have been shown to have a prevailing influence on the chain length of these polysaccharides. The equilibrium rigidity and hydrodynamic chain diameter of pullulan were evaluated on the basis of the theory of hydrodynamic properties of a wormlike necklace, taking into account excluded volume effects. At low M (< 30 x 10(3)) the translation friction data (in contrast to viscometric data) cannot be described in the framework of the theory of linear molecules.
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- G M Pavlov
- Institute of Physics, St Petersburg State University, Russia
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Stokke BT, Elgsaeter A, Kitamura S. Macrocyclization of polysaccharides visualized by electron microscopy. Int J Biol Macromol 1993; 15:63-8. [PMID: 8443135 DOI: 10.1016/s0141-8130(05)80090-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Topological features of the polysaccharides schizophyllan, l-carrageenan and gellan gum were studied using electron microscopy. Electron micrographs of schizophyllan not subjected to any thermal or solvent composition history destabilizing the triple helix, show stiff, linear chains consistent with the structure being triple helical and with contour length proportional to the molecular weight in solution. A blend of linear, cyclic and hairpin topologies and higher molecular weight clusters were observed after renaturation, i.e. return to conditions favouring the triple helical structure, from solvent conditions dissociating the triple helix. Electron micrographs of l-carrageenan in salt-free solution reveal linear extended structures. Addition of 0.15 M LiI to the solution before preparation for electron microscopy, i.e. salt conditions that favour ordering but not gelation, yields a large fraction of cyclic structures with circumference of different lengths. Likewise, adding KCl to aqueous gellan gum changes their appearance from dispersed polymers to suprastrands with several associated chains. Macrocyclic species can also be observed in gellan gum after the addition of a gel-promoting salt. The tendency to form macrocyclic structures in competition with intermolecular aggregates is determined by the three factors: (1) chain stiffness relative to overall length; (2) parallel or antiparallel alignment of interacting chain segments; and (3) polymer concentration. The present study indicates that electron microscopy provides information about the topology adopted by polysaccharides.
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- B T Stokke
- Norwegian Biopolymer Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Trondheim, NTH, Norway
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Stokke BT, Smidsrød O, Brant DA. Predicted influence of monomer sequence distribution and acetylation on the extension of naturally occurring alginates. Carbohydr Polym 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/0144-8617(93)90166-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Kadkhodaei M, Wu H, Brant DA. Comparison of the conformational dynamics of the (1----4)- and (1----6)-linked alpha-D-glucans using 13C-NMR relaxation. Biopolymers 1991; 31:1581-92. [PMID: 1814505 DOI: 10.1002/bip.360311313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The conformational dynamics of alpha-(1----4)- and alpha-(1----6)-glucan homooligomers in the nanosecond time domain have been compared by measuring the 13C-nmr longitudinal relaxation times T1 for carbons of the terminal and interior sugar residues. Measurements are reported on monomeric glucose and on oligomers containing up to ten glucose residues at room temperature in aqueous solution at concentrations of 3 and 20 g/dL. The carbons of terminal residues display longer relaxation times than do those of interior residues, presumably as a consequence of a greater degree of conformational mobility of the chain ends. The T1s of the reducing terminal residues of all oligomers are significantly longer than those of the corresponding nonreducing termini, a phenomenon that we associate tentatively with the anomeric equilibrium at the reducing end. Carbons of the reducing terminal residues in the beta-anomeric form relax more slowly than their alpha-anomeric counterparts. At 20 g/dL the mean T1s for carbons of the terminal and interior residues attain asymptotic behavior with increasing chain length at a chain length of about six residues, and carbons of the alpha-(1----4)-linked maltooligomers relax significantly more slowly than those of the corresponding alpha-(1----6)-linked isomaltooligomers. The T1s of both glucan series increase with decreasing concentration. This concentration dependence disappears below 3 g/dL, where the T1s of the two series of homoligomers are no longer distinguishable. This suggests that in dilute aqueous solution at room temperature viscous damping effects predominate over contributions to the T1-sensitive conformational dynamics from structural differences in the glycosidic linkage region. At 3 g/dL the approach to long chain-length asymptotic behavior is more protracted than at 20 g/dL, and the T1s of carbons of interior oligomeric residues appear to match the corresponding high-polymer behavior at a chain length of eight and greater.
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- M Kadkhodaei
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine 92717
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