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Fjodorova J, Held R, Hublik G, Esteban Vazquez JM, Walhorn V, Hellweg T, Anselmetti D. Tuning Xanthan Viscosity by Directed Random Coil-to-Helix Transition. Biomacromolecules 2022; 23:4493-4503. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.2c00494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Jenny Fjodorova
- Experimental Biophysics, Physics Faculty, Bielefeld University, 33615Bielefeld, Germany
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- Experimental Biophysics, Physics Faculty, Bielefeld University, 33615Bielefeld, Germany
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- Jungbunzlauer Austria AG, Pernhofen 1, 2064Wulzeshofen, Austria
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- Physical and Biophysical Chemistry, Chemistry Faculty, Bielefeld University, 33615Bielefeld, Germany
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- Experimental Biophysics, Physics Faculty, Bielefeld University, 33615Bielefeld, Germany
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- Physical and Biophysical Chemistry, Chemistry Faculty, Bielefeld University, 33615Bielefeld, Germany
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- Experimental Biophysics, Physics Faculty, Bielefeld University, 33615Bielefeld, Germany
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Washington GE, Brant DA. Model for the Temperature-Induced Conformational Change in Xanthan Polysaccharide. Biomacromolecules 2021; 22:4691-4700. [PMID: 34669370 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.1c00974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Xanthan is an extracellular bacterial polysaccharide. It is manufactured commercially by fermentation of Xanthomonas campestris and used extensively in food and other industries to control the viscosity and texture of various products. Its useful properties stem from its occurrence both as a relatively rigid double-helical polymer and as a branched polymer network presumably crosslinked by the same noncovalent interactions that stabilize the double-helical form. Interconversion of these two forms can be achieved through heating and cooling processes. This paper describes a model for this thermally induced transformation under conditions of very dilute aqueous polymer concentration, where the characteristics of double-helical and crosslinked aggregates can be studied experimentally using light scattering. Because xanthan is a regularly repeating copolymer, there is no requirement for specific registration of the two strands of the duplex structure as is required in naturally occurring nucleic acid double helices. Here, we demonstrate the important role of the resulting xanthan structural degeneracy in dictating the characteristics of the temperature-induced conformational transition.
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- Gary E Washington
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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Merino-González A, Kozina A. Influence of aggregation on characterization of dilute xanthan solutions. Int J Biol Macromol 2017; 105:834-842. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.07.110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2017] [Revised: 07/10/2017] [Accepted: 07/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Bilanovic D, Starosvetsky J, Armon RH. Preparation of biodegradable xanthan-glycerol hydrogel, foam, film, aerogel and xerogel at room temperature. Carbohydr Polym 2016; 148:243-50. [PMID: 27185137 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2016.04.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2015] [Revised: 04/08/2016] [Accepted: 04/12/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Polymers, hence hydrogels, pollute waters and soils accelerating environmental degradation. Environmentally benign hydrogels were made in water from biodegradable xanthan (X) and glycerol (G) at 22.5±2.5°C. Molar ratio [G]/[X]<3.0 was used to maximize crosslinking by mono-glycerol instead by poly-glycerol. XG-hydrogels were transformed into: XG-foams, XG-films, and XG-aerogel. Anionic character of XG-materials changes with changing [G]/[X] ratio. XG-films made from XG-hydrogels absorb up to 40 times more water than XG-films made from XG-foams. The films made from XG-foams and HCl do not dissolve in water during 48h. Making XG-materials is a no-waste process which decreases pollution, eliminates waste disposal costs, and minimizes energy expenses. XG-materials are suitable for both industrial and environmental applications including slow release and concentration of cations. XG-materials, made of xanthan, microbial polysaccharide, could also be used in applications targeting populations that do not consume meat or meat based products.
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- Dragoljub Bilanovic
- Center for Environmental, Earth, and Space Studies, Bemidji State University, Bemidji, MN 56601, USA.
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- Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Department of Water and Agricultural Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel.
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- Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Department of Water and Agricultural Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel.
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Insight into dynamics of polyelectrolyte chains in salt-free solutions by laser light scattering and analytical ultracentrifugation. POLYMER 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2014.10.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Coviello T, Trotta AM, Marianecci C, Carafa M, Di Marzio L, Rinaldi F, Di Meo C, Alhaique F, Matricardi P. Gel-embedded niosomes: preparation, characterization and release studies of a new system for topical drug delivery. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2014; 125:291-9. [PMID: 25524220 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2014.10.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2014] [Revised: 08/10/2014] [Accepted: 10/19/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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In the present paper physical gels, prepared with two polysaccharides, Xanthan and Locust Bean Gum, and loaded with non-ionic surfactant vesicles, are described. The vesicles, composed by Tween20 and cholesterol or by Tween85 and Span20, were loaded with Monoammonium glycyrrhizinate for release experiments. Size and zeta (ζ)-potential of the vesicles were evaluated and the new systems were characterized by rheological and dynamo-mechanical measurements. For an appropriate comparison, a Carbopol gel and a commercial gel for topical applications were also tested. The new formulations showed mechanical properties comparable with those of the commercial product indicating their suitability for topical applications. In vitro release experiments showed that the polysaccharide network protects the integrity of the vesicles and leads to their slow release without disruption of the aggregated structures. Furthermore, being the vesicles composed of molecules possessing enhancing properties, the permeation of the loaded drugs topically delivered can be improved. Thus, the new systems combine the advantages of matrices for a modified release (polymeric component) and those of an easier permeability across the skin (vesicle components). Finally, shelf live experiments indicated that the tested gel/vesicle formulations were stable over 1 year with no need of preservatives.
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- T Coviello
- Department of Drug Chemistry and Technologies, "Sapienza", University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Drug Chemistry and Technologies, "Sapienza", University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Drug Chemistry and Technologies, "Sapienza", University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Drug Chemistry and Technologies, "Sapienza", University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Chieti "G. D'Annunzio", Chieti, Italy
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- Center for Life Nano Science@Sapienza, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Viale Regina Elena 291, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Drug Chemistry and Technologies, "Sapienza", University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Drug Chemistry and Technologies, "Sapienza", University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Drug Chemistry and Technologies, "Sapienza", University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Gulrez SK, Al-Assaf S, Fang Y, Phillips GO, Gunning AP. Revisiting the conformation of xanthan and the effect of industrially relevant treatments. Carbohydr Polym 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2012.06.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Sandolo C, Bulone D, Mangione MR, Margheritelli S, Di Meo C, Alhaique F, Matricardi P, Coviello T. Synergistic interaction of Locust Bean Gum and Xanthan investigated by rheology and light scattering. Carbohydr Polym 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2010.05.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Order–Disorder Conformational Transition of Xanthan Gum. POLYSACCHARIDES 2010. [DOI: 10.1201/9781420030822.ch17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
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Stokke BT, Smidsrød O, Elgsaeter A. Electron microscopy of native xanthan and xanthan exposed to low ionic strength. Biopolymers 2004. [DOI: 10.1002/bip.360280207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Nash W, Pinder DN, Hemar Y, Singh H. Dynamic light scattering investigation of sodium caseinate and xanthan mixtures. Int J Biol Macromol 2002; 30:269-71. [PMID: 12297234 DOI: 10.1016/s0141-8130(02)00041-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Aqueous solutions of sodium caseinate and xanthan at pH 7 and containing 0.1 M NaCl, and their mixtures were investigated using dynamic light scattering. Sodium caseinate solutions showed a bimodal distribution of relaxation rates; with the aggregate peak distribution predominating. Xanthan solutions showed a single distribution at low concentrations (< or =0.06 wt.%) and a bimodal distribution at higher concentrations. The sodium caseinate-xanthan mixture modes were independent of the total biopolymer concentration, and behaved as a superposition of sodium caseinate solution alone and xanthan solution alone. This indicates that there is no interaction between xanthan and sodium caseinate in the range of concentrations considered in this study.
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- W Nash
- Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11 222, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Lee HC, Brant DA. Rheology of concentrated isotropic and anisotropic xanthan solutions: 3. Temperature dependence. Biomacromolecules 2002; 3:742-53. [PMID: 12099818 DOI: 10.1021/bm025510v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The oscillatory rheology of one rodlike and one semiflexible xanthan sample has been investigated as a function of temperature in the range of xanthan concentrations where the polymer forms a lyotropic liquid crystalline phase in aqueous NaCl solutions. Readily observed changes in the rheological observables at temperatures corresponding to phase boundaries permit construction of the biphasic chimney region of the temperature-composition phase diagram. The chimney region leans toward larger values of the polymer concentration with increasing temperature, presumably as a consequence of a reduction in the effective axial ratio of the helical polymer with increasing temperature. The results permit construction of plots of the rheological observables as a function of polymer concentration at temperatures T in the range 20 <or= T <or= 90 degrees C. Characteristic features of these curves observed at room temperature are preserved at higher temperatures, provided the xanthan double helix remains intact. The temperature dependence of the viscosity of isotropic xanthan solutions can be described with the Arrhenius law. For anisotropic solutions the viscosity increases with T at the higher end of the experimental temperature range, presumably because higher temperatures reduce the order parameter of the liquid crystalline phase with a concomitant increase in viscosity. At low NaCl concentration, and low polymer concentration, the xanthan helix order-disorder transition occurs at temperatures T(m) below 90 degrees C. At temperatures above T(m) the rheological observables reveal the onset of network formation involving xanthan chains released from the ordered helical structure. When these systems are cooled back below T(m), extensive network formation develops with large increases in viscosity and in the storage and loss moduli.
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- Hu-Cheng Lee
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-2025, USA
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Yevlampieva NP, Pavlov GM, Rjumtsev EI. Flow birefringence of xanthan and other polysaccharide solutions. Int J Biol Macromol 1999; 26:295-301. [PMID: 10569292 DOI: 10.1016/s0141-8130(99)00096-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A xanthan sample with molecular weight M = 2.2 x 10(6) was investigated in three solvents: bidistilled water, 0.2 M aqueous NaCl and cadoxen by flow birefringence and viscometry methods in dilute solutions. It was shown that the optical shear rate coefficients of xanthan in aqueous and cadoxen media differ by two orders of magnitude. An estimation of xanthan optical anisotropy in different conformational states has been made and compared with values for other polysaccharides: dextran, pullulan, cellulose and chitosan. The process of denaturation and the flow birefringence of renaturated xanthan in aqueous solutions (after heat treatment at 121 degrees C) have also been studied.
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- N P Yevlampieva
- Institute of Physics, St. Petersburg State University, Russian Federation.
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Burova TV, Golubeva IA, Grinberg NV, Mashkevich AY, Grinberg VY, Usov AI, Navarini L, Cesàro A. Calorimetric study of the order-disorder conformational transition in succinoglycan. Biopolymers 1998. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0282(199610)39:4%3c517::aid-bip4%3e3.0.co;2-%23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Burova TV, Golubeva IA, Grinberg NV, Mashkevich AY, Grinberg VY, Usov AI, Navarini L, Cesàro A. Calorimetric study of the order‐disorder conformational transition in succinoglycan. Biopolymers 1998. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0282(199610)39:4<517::aid-bip4>3.0.co;2-#] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Tatiana V. Burova
- Institute of Food Substances of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117813, Moscow, Vavilov Str. 28, Russia
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- Institute of Food Substances of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117813, Moscow, Vavilov Str. 28, Russia
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- Institute of Food Substances of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117813, Moscow, Vavilov Str. 28, Russia
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- Institute of Food Substances of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117813, Moscow, Vavilov Str. 28, Russia
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- Institute of Food Substances of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117813, Moscow, Vavilov Str. 28, Russia
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 117913, Moscow, Leninsky Avenue, 37, Russia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Trieste. I‐34127 Trieste, Italy
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Capron I, Alexandre S, Muller G. An atomic force microscopy study of the molecular organisation of xanthan. POLYMER 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0032-3861(97)10344-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Ridout MJ, Brownsey GJ, Gunning AP, Morris VJ. Characterisation of the polysaccharide produced by Acetobacter xylinum strain CR1/4 by light scattering and atomic force microscopy. Int J Biol Macromol 1998; 23:287-93. [PMID: 9849626 DOI: 10.1016/s0141-8130(98)00057-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The molecular weight of the extracellular polysaccharide (CR1/4) produced by Acetobacter xylinum strain CR1/4 has been shown to be dependent upon growth conditions. Under normal growth conditions a high molecular weight polysaccharide ( > 1 x 10(6) Da) is produced. Maintaining the pH at 5 results in an order of magnitude increase in the total yield of polysaccharide, but also an order of magnitude decrease in molecular weight. Analysis of the CR1/4 polysaccharides by the techniques of atomic force microscopy and static light scattering suggests that they are double helices. In solution the molecules behave as stiff coils with a Kuhn statistical segment length of 325 nm.
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- M J Ridout
- Food Biophysics Department, Institute of Food Research, Norwich Laboratory, Colney, UK
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Capron I, Brigand G, Muller G. Thermal denaturation and renaturation of a fermentation broth of xanthan: rheological consequences. Int J Biol Macromol 1998; 23:215-25. [PMID: 9777709 DOI: 10.1016/s0141-8130(98)00050-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The rheological properties of an unpasteurised and concentrated xanthan fermentation broth (c = 30 g/l 0.02 M in salt) were studied before heat treatment and after a thermal heating/cooling cycle performed at various polymer concentration conditions (10-30 g/l). At concentrations below 10 g/l heat denaturation occurs with dissociation of the native double-stranded structure into two single strands. At higher concentration, no complete dissociation happens. Changes in both viscoelastic properties and molecular weight are observed after heating above the melting order-disorder temperature (Tm). They are related to the order disorder conformational transition of the xanthan molecules. Xanthan renatured in concentrated conditions (above 10 g/l) has a higher viscosity than that of the native sample and displays more gel-like properties. The inhibition of the dissociation in two single strands in the high concentration range is attributed to the presence of nematic phases observed by viscoelastic measurements and apolar microdomains evidenced by the addition of a neutral detergent.
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- I Capron
- UMR 6522 du CNRS Polymères, Biopolymères et Membranes, Université de Rouen, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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Berth G, Dautzenberg H, Christensen BE, Harding SE, Rother G, Smidsrød O. Static Light Scattering Studies on Xanthan in Aqueous Solutions. Macromolecules 1996. [DOI: 10.1021/ma9515386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Gisela Berth
- Norwegian Biopolymer Laboratory (NOBIPOL), Department of Biotechnology, University of Trondheim, NTH, N-7034 Trondheim, Norway, Max Planck Institute for Colloid and Interface Science, D-14513 Teltow, Germany, and Department of Applied Biochemistry and Food Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington LE12 5RD, U.K
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- Norwegian Biopolymer Laboratory (NOBIPOL), Department of Biotechnology, University of Trondheim, NTH, N-7034 Trondheim, Norway, Max Planck Institute for Colloid and Interface Science, D-14513 Teltow, Germany, and Department of Applied Biochemistry and Food Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington LE12 5RD, U.K
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- Norwegian Biopolymer Laboratory (NOBIPOL), Department of Biotechnology, University of Trondheim, NTH, N-7034 Trondheim, Norway, Max Planck Institute for Colloid and Interface Science, D-14513 Teltow, Germany, and Department of Applied Biochemistry and Food Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington LE12 5RD, U.K
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- Norwegian Biopolymer Laboratory (NOBIPOL), Department of Biotechnology, University of Trondheim, NTH, N-7034 Trondheim, Norway, Max Planck Institute for Colloid and Interface Science, D-14513 Teltow, Germany, and Department of Applied Biochemistry and Food Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington LE12 5RD, U.K
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- Norwegian Biopolymer Laboratory (NOBIPOL), Department of Biotechnology, University of Trondheim, NTH, N-7034 Trondheim, Norway, Max Planck Institute for Colloid and Interface Science, D-14513 Teltow, Germany, and Department of Applied Biochemistry and Food Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington LE12 5RD, U.K
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- Norwegian Biopolymer Laboratory (NOBIPOL), Department of Biotechnology, University of Trondheim, NTH, N-7034 Trondheim, Norway, Max Planck Institute for Colloid and Interface Science, D-14513 Teltow, Germany, and Department of Applied Biochemistry and Food Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington LE12 5RD, U.K
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Bordi F, Cametti C, Paradossi G. Conformational Changes of Xanthan in Salt-Free Aqueous Solutions: A Low-Frequency Electrical Conductivity Study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1996. [DOI: 10.1021/jp953094l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- F. Bordi
- Sezione di Fisica Medica, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, and Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Universita' di Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy, INFM “Istituto Nazionale di Fisica della Materia”, Rome, Italy, and Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita' di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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- Sezione di Fisica Medica, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, and Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Universita' di Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy, INFM “Istituto Nazionale di Fisica della Materia”, Rome, Italy, and Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita' di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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- Sezione di Fisica Medica, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, and Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Universita' di Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy, INFM “Istituto Nazionale di Fisica della Materia”, Rome, Italy, and Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita' di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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Milas M, Reed WF, Printz S. Conformations and flexibility of native and re-natured xanthan in aqueous solutions. Int J Biol Macromol 1996; 18:211-21. [PMID: 8729033 DOI: 10.1016/0141-8130(95)01080-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The conformation and flexibility of sonicated 'native' and 're-natured' xanthan have been investigated by size exclusion chromatography (SEC) with coupled multi-angle light scattering and viscosity detectors. 'Native' xanthan (NX) refers to xanthan dissolved in moderate ionic strength aqueous solution, which has not been exposed either to high temperature or very low ionic strength, and 're-natured' xanthan (RX) here refers to xanthan which has been heated above the conformational melting temperature and then recooled. The mass distributions of the NX and RX are virtually identical, implying that the RX does not involve aggregates of, or disassociated fragments of, NX. The flexibilities and conformations between NX and RX, however, are strikingly different; RX is far stiffer than NX, the persistence lengths being roughly 1000 A and 300 A, respectively, and the mass per unit length M/L of the RX is roughly double that of NX. With estimated M/L of 200 Da/A and 98 Da/A, respectively, the results strengthen the notion that RX is double stranded, whereas as NX appears single stranded. The nature and mechanism of formation of the double-stranded form is still unclear, and a few speculative scenarios are suggested. Finally, preliminary results on the kinetics of xanthan self-association in HCI are presented which illustrate the complexity of such processes in xanthan.
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- M Milas
- Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolecules Végétales (CERMAV), Grenoble, France
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Kloek W, Luyten H, van Vliet T. Small and large deformation behaviour of mixtures of xanthan and enzyme modified galactomannans. Food Hydrocoll 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/s0268-005x(96)80063-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Ridout MJ, Brownsey GJ, Morris VJ, Cairns P. Physicochemical characterization of an acetan variant secreted by Acetobacter xylinum strain CR1/4. Int J Biol Macromol 1994; 16:324-30. [PMID: 7727347 DOI: 10.1016/0141-8130(94)90064-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [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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Chemical mutagenesis has been used to produce mutants of Acetobacter xylinum NRRL B42 that are cellulose-negative and that produce variants of the acetan structure deficient in the side-chain sugar residues. The product of A. xylinum strain CR1/4 has been shown to possess a tetrasaccharide repeat unit with the side chain terminating in glucuronic acid. X-ray diffraction studies of oriented fibres suggest that the polysaccharide CR1/4 forms a fivefold helix with a pitch of 4.8 nm. Light-scattering studies on CR1/4 solutions suggest a molecular weight of 1.2 x 10(6) with radii of gyration values of 86 nm (aqueous solution) and 67 nm (0.1 M NaCl solution). The magnitude of the measured radii of gyration and the shape of the Holtzer plots suggest that CR1/4 can be described as a stiff coil. Preliminary differential scanning calorimetry data show melting behaviour consistent with order-disorder transitions of a charged helical structure. Rheological studies have revealed new synergistic interactions of CR1/4 with locust bean gum. Comparative studies of acetan and CR1/4 show that decreasing the length of the side chain enhances the solution viscosity.
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- M J Ridout
- Institute of Food Research, Norwich laboratory, Colney, UK
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Gamini A, Mandel M. Physicochemical properties of aqueous xanthan solutions: static light scattering. Biopolymers 1994; 34:783-97. [PMID: 8025222 DOI: 10.1002/bip.360340610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The secondary structure of xanthan in solutions of relatively low salt concentration and at room temperature has been investigated using static light scattering experiments. Additional evidence has been found for a dimeric structure at 25 degrees C in 0.01 M NaCl. From the experimental z-average mean square (ms) radius of gyration, a value for the persistence length p has been estimated, taking explicitly into account the polydispersity of the three samples used, which has been established by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) measurements. The experimental particle scattering functions of the three samples are consistent with theoretical estimates for polydisperse systems with the same value of p = 65 +/- 10 nm and the molar mass per unit length for a dimeric structure. This secondary structure remains unaffected by the ionic strength in the 0.005-0.01 M range. Partial aggregation seems to occur at higher NaCl concentrations. Light scattering and GPC data show that heating the xanthan 0.01 M NaCl solutions to about 70 degrees C considerably reduces the Mw of the low molar mass sample (2.3 x 10(5) g.mol-1), contrary to what is observed for the high molar mass sample (1.8 x 10(6) g.mol-1). These experimental findings can be accounted for by a partial temperature-induced dissociation of the xanthan dimers according to an all-or-none mechanism.
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- A Gamini
- Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, The Netherlands
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Sufficient well-characterized microbial exopolysaccharides are now available to permit extensive studies on the relationship between their chemical structure and their physical attributes. This is seen even in homopolysaccharides with relatively simple structures but is more marked when greater differences in structure exist, as are found in several heteropolysaccharides. The specific and sometimes unique properties have, in the case of several of these polymers, provided a range of commercial applications. The existence of "families" of structurally related polysaccharides also indicates the specific role played by certain structures and substituents; the characteristics of several of these microbial polysaccharide families will be discussed here. Thus, microbial exopolysaccharides frequently carry acyl groups which may profoundly affect their interactive properties although these groups often have relatively little effect on solution viscosity. Xanthan with or without acylation shows marked differences in synergistic gelling with plant gluco- and galacto-mannans, although the polysaccharides with different acylation patterns show similar viscosity. Similarly "gelrite" from the bacterium originally designated as Auromonas (Pseudomonas)elodea is of greater potential value after deacetylation, when it provides a valuable gelling agent, than it is as a viscosifier in the natural acylated form. The Klebsiella type 54 polysaccharide only forms gels when it, too, has been chemically deacetylated to give a structure equivalent to the Enterobacter XM6 polymer. Both these polysaccharides form gels due to the enhanced interaction with cations following deacylation and to the conformation adopted after removal of the acyl groups. Recent work in our laboratory suggests that deacetylation of certain bacterial alginates also significantly increases ion binding by these polysaccharides, making them more similar in their properties to algal alginates even although the alginates from some Pseudomonas species lack poly-L-guluronic acid sequences. The existence within families of polysaccharides of types in which monosaccharides are altered within a specific structure, or with varying side-chains, also gives an indication of the way in which such substituents affect the physical properties of the polymers in aqueous solution.
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- I W Sutherland
- Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, Division of Biology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
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Takigami S, Shimada M, Williams PA, Phillips GO. E.s.r. study of the conformational transition of spin-labelled xanthan gum in aqueous solution. Int J Biol Macromol 1993; 15:367-71. [PMID: 8110659 DOI: 10.1016/0141-8130(93)90055-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The order to disorder transition of xanthan molecules in aqueous solutions has been studied using e.s.r. spectroscopy. Nitroxide spin-label was covalently attached to carboxyl groups on the xanthan side chains. The e.s.r. spectra obtained for aqueous spin-labelled xanthan solutions at varying ionic strengths contained both isotropic and anisotropic components at room temperature. The anisotropic component was attributed to the association of the side chains with the xanthan cellulosic backbone and was found to be present in greater proportions at increasing ionic strength. The spectra gradually changed with rising temperature and the proportion of anisotropic component decreased. This spectral change reflected the disruption of the side chain association with the backbone during the conformational change. Hysteresis effects were observed following sequential heating and cooling cycles suggesting that chain aggregation occurred.
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- S Takigami
- Faculty of Engineering, Gunma University, Japan
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Oviatt HW, Brant DA. Thermal treatment of semi-dilute aqueous xanthan solutions yields weak gels with properties resembling hyaluronic acid. Int J Biol Macromol 1993; 15:3-10. [PMID: 8443129 DOI: 10.1016/s0141-8130(05)80081-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Semi-dilute (ca 2 g/dl) aqueous xanthan (mean molar mass ca 1 x 10(6) g/mol), when heated in the presence of 0.1 M NaCl to a temperature above the order<-->disorder transition temperature, forms highly viscoelastic solutions when returned to room temperature. The steady shear and dynamic rheological behaviour of these solutions discloses a weak gel structure, the viscosity of which is unusually sensitive to the rate of shear. In shear thinning behaviour these heat and salt treated xanthan solutions mimic the properties of the aqueous hyaluronic acid solutions widely used in viscosurgical techniques. The double stranded model of native xanthan is invoked to interpret the observed behaviour of heat and salt treated semi-dilute aqueous xanthan.
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- H W Oviatt
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine 92717
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Quinn FX, Hatakeyama T, Yoshida H, Takahashi M, Hatakeyama H. The conformational properties of gellan gum hydrogels. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/0966-7822(93)90014-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Christensen BE, Knudsen KD, Smidsrød O, Kitamura S, Takeo K. Temperature-induced conformational transition in xanthans with partially hydrolyzed side chains. Biopolymers 1993; 33:151-61. [PMID: 8427932 DOI: 10.1002/bip.360330115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The conformational properties of xanthans with partially hydrolyzed side chains were investigated by optical rotation, CD, and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). All variants displayed the well-known temperature-driven, cooperative order-disorder transition, and both optical rotation and DSC showed that the transition temperature was essentially independent of the content of terminal beta-mannose. It was found that up to 80% of the changes in the specific optical rotation accompanying the transition reflects conformational changes linked to the terminal beta-mannose in the side chains. Modification of the side chains also affected the CD when xanthan was in the ordered state, but in this case the data suggest that the glucuronic acid is the major component determining the magnitude of the CD signal. DSC measurements showed that the transition enthalpy (delta Hcal) increased linearly with the fraction of beta-mannose, again indicating that a significant part (up to 80%) of delta Hcal reflects conformational changes in the side chains. The conformational transition of the xanthan variants generally showed a higher degree of cooperativity (sharper transition) than unmodified, pyruvated xanthan. Calculation of the cooperativity parameter sigma by means of the Zimm-Bragg theory (OR data) or from the ratio between delta Hcal and the van't Hoff enthalpy (delta HvH) using DSC data showed a correlation between sigma and the content of beta-mannose, but the two methods gave different results when the content of beta-mannose approached 100%. The ionic strength dependence of the transition temperature, expressed as d (log I)/d(T-1m), was nearly identical for intact xanthan and a sample containing only 6% of the terminal beta-mannose. Application of the Manning polyelectrolyte theory does not readily account for the observed delta Hcal values, neither does it provide new information on the nature of the ordered and disordered conformations in xanthan.
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- B E Christensen
- Norwegian Biopolymer Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, University of Trondheim-NTH
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Gamini A, de Bleijser J, Leyte JC. Physico-chemical properties of aqueous solutions of xanthan: an n.m.r. study. Carbohydr Res 1991; 220:33-47. [PMID: 1811860 DOI: 10.1016/0008-6215(91)80004-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The conformations of xanthan in aqueous solution as a function of temperature have been studied. Measurements of optical activity indicate that the conformational transition, induced by varying the polymer concentration, is analogous to that induced by changes in ionic strength and pH. Within a certain range of concentrations, the low-temperature conformation has a molecular-weight-dependent stability, which shows the usual sigmoidal melting profile with increase in temperature. The 13C-n.m.r. data reflect the increase of the mobility of C-1 and the side-chain carbon atoms in the transition-temperature region. The 23Na relaxation behaviour changes on melting the ordered xanthan conformation. At least two correlation times are needed in order to describe the field-strength dependence of the longitudinal and transverse 23Na relaxation. At 25 degrees, a value of 6.8 ns is obtained for the largest correlation time for the fluctuation of the electric-field gradient. The high-temperature conformation also generates correlation times of the order of ns. From 17O relaxation measurements, a reduction of the mobility of water molecules in the presence of xanthan chains is also observed.
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- A Gamini
- Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratory, Leiden University, The Netherlands
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Kitamura S, Takeo K, Kuge T, Stokke BT. Thermally induced conformational transition of double-stranded xanthan in aqueous salt solutions. Biopolymers 1991; 31:1243-55. [PMID: 1777578 DOI: 10.1002/bip.360311102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The thermally induced conformational transition of double-stranded xanthans (degree of pyruvate substitution, DSp = 0.45) having Mw = 3.1, 5.7, and 20.3 x 10(5) has been studied in aqueous salt solutions by high-sensitivity differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The double strandedness of these samples in the ordered conformation was ascertained by the value of mass per unit length, ML = 2090 +/- 270 g mol-1 nm-1, which was determined from the contour length obtained by electron microscopic observations and the molecular weight by light scattering measurements. The temperature at half completion of the transition T 1/2 for these samples increased linearly with the logarithm of the cation (Na+, K+) concentration. The plot of 1/T1/2 vs the natural logarithm of cation (Na+) concentration in mM for the sample with Mw = 5.7 x 10(5) (15-SX) yielded the equation 10(3)/T1/2 = 3.45-0.159 ln [Na+]. The specific enthalpy delta hcal for 15-SX, essentially independent of salt concentration above 20 mM, was 8.31 +/- 0.39 J/g (SD, n = 6). No systematic dependence of molecular weight on the transition temperature and the enthalpy was observed. Application of the Manning polyelectrolyte theory to the system using the DSC data suggested that the separation of the double strand of xanthan into two single chains was not completed at the temperature where the endothermic peak was finished. This suggestion is consistent with recent findings by light scattering measurements as a function of temperature. Our DSC study was extended to include four other samples from various sources. It was found that T1/2 and delta hcal depend on the pyruvate contents of the samples. For example, the t1/2 (t1/2/degrees C = T1/2/K - 237.15) values for samples with high pyruvate content (DSp = 0.9) and depyruvated (DSp = 0.14) in 20 mM aqueous NaCl were 48.8 and 85.3 degrees C, respectively. Two other samples showed relatively broad DSC curves having shoulders, which were resolved into two independent components. Thermodynamic parameters for each component were examined as a function of salt concentration, and the results obtained were interpreted in terms of the heterogeneity of the pyruvate content of the samples.
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- S Kitamura
- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Kyoto Prefectural University, Japan
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Shatwell KP, Sutherland IW, Dea IC, Ross-Murphy SB. The influence of acetyl and pyruvate substituents on the helix-coil transition behaviour of xanthan. Carbohydr Res 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/0008-6215(90)84009-j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Stokke BT, Brant DA. The reliability of wormlike polysaccharide chain dimensions estimated from electron micrographs. Biopolymers 1990; 30:1161-81. [PMID: 2085656 DOI: 10.1002/bip.360301303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Electron micrographs of alginate, xylinan, xanthan, and scleroglucan were prepared by vacuum-drying aqueous glycerol-containing solutions, and then heavy-metal, low-angle rotary replicated. Quantitative methods for excluding streamlining effects and deformation artifacts were developed and applied to the digitized polymer contours prior to analysis of stiffness. The apparent macromolecular dimensionalities were not obtainable on the basis of the change in the scaling coefficient alpha relating the rms end-to-end distance and the contour length, mean value of r2(1/2) approximately L alpha, for chains subject to the excluded volume effect in two and three dimensions. Using a two-dimensional model, the persistence length of these molecules was estimated to be (9 +/- 1) nm (alginate), (25 +/- 4) nm (xylinan), (30 +/- 4) nm (single-stranded xanthan), (68 +/- 7) nm (double-stranded xanthan), and (80 +/- 10) nm (scleroglucan). Monte Carlo calculations for wormlike chains close to an interacting surface or confined to the region between two surfaces showed that (1) strongly adsorbed molecules are essentially two-dimensional and (2) molecules restricted to the space between two surfaces separated by a distance less than 20% of the persistence length are two-dimensional in their directional correlation. The somewhat low estimates of the persistence lengths obtained from the electron micrographs compared with those reported from solution measurements can be accounted for by the adoption of a strictly two-dimensional model in the analysis, whereas the absorbed polymers are most likely intermediate between the two-and three-dimensional cases. The model calculations and the analysis of the electron micrographs suggest that stiffness parameters are obtainable from the electron micrographs when the proper theoretical description are used in the analysis.
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- B T Stokke
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine 92717
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Kitamura S, Kuge T. A differential scanning calorimetric study of the conformational transitions of schizophyllan in mixtures of water and dimethylsulfoxide. Biopolymers 1989; 28:639-54. [PMID: 2523740 DOI: 10.1002/bip.360280208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The thermal conformational transitions of two sonicated samples of schizophyllan were studied in water-dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) mixtures by high-sensitivity differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Two transitions were observed over most of the range of solvent compositions. These were assigned to an internal change of the triple helix [T. Itou et al. (1986) Macromolecules 19, 1234-1240] and a triple-helix-single-coil transition [T. Sato et al. (1981) Carbohydr. Res. 95, 195-204], respectively. In water, the former transition observed at lower temperature for a low molecular weight sample, U-1, is centered at 3 degrees C and characterized by the specific enthalpy, delta hcal = 3.29 J g-1. A higher molecular weight sample, M-2, showed this transition at 7 degrees C with delta hcal = 4.39 J g-1. The transition temperature for both samples increased with increasing DMSO concentration up to about 50 degrees C at 70 weight % DMSO, and then rapidly decreased with increasing DMSO concentration, with about 3 degrees C higher for M-2 than for U-1 over the DMSO concentration. The transition was not observed when the concentration of DMSO exceeded 87%. It was found that delta hcal for both samples was a linear function of t 1/2, the temperature of half-completion in degrees C, delta hcal = 0.177t + 2.96. The triple helix-coil transition was observed at around 127 degrees C for U-1 and above 130 degrees C for M-2 in the range of DMSO composition below about 70%. The transition temperature decreased with increasing DMSO concentration at above 70%, and the transition finally disappeared when the DMSO concentration exceeded 90%. The plot of delta hcal vs. t 1/2 for the transition of both samples gave a linear relation, delta hcal = 0.253t - 10.58. The reversibility of the transition at lower temperature was demonstrated by the reversibility of the curves when the first heating was stopped before the second transition. Once the heating was performed over the second transition, the reheating DSC curves showed several endothermic peaks, indicating the irreversibility of the transition and heterogeneity in the conformation of the heated schizophyllan.
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Cheetham NW, Punruckvong A. Gel-permeation and optical rotation studies on xanthan-galactomannan interactions. Carbohydr Polym 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/0144-8617(89)90062-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Kelco microbial polysaccharides S-130 (welan) and S-657 Display similar dilute aqueous solution behavior. Carbohydr Polym 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/0144-8617(89)90049-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Liu W, Norisuye T. Order-Disorder conformation change of xanthan in 0.01M aqueous sodium chloride: Dimensional behavior. Biopolymers 1988. [DOI: 10.1002/bip.360271009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Liu W, Norisuye T. Thermally induced conformation change of xanthan: interpretation of viscosity behaviour in 0.01 m aqueous sodium chloride. Int J Biol Macromol 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/0141-8130(88)90066-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Bradley T, Mitchell J. The determination of the kinetics of polysaccharide thermal degradation using high temperature viscosity measurements. Carbohydr Polym 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/0144-8617(88)90044-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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