Structural characterization of the cell wall D-glucans isolated from the mycelium of Botryosphaeria rhodina MAMB-05

Carbohydr Res. 2008 Mar 17;343(4):793-8. doi: 10.1016/j.carres.2007.12.021. Epub 2008 Jan 11.

Abstract

Three D-glucans were isolated from the mycelium of the fungus Botryosphaeria rhodina MAMB-05 by sequential extraction with hot-water and hot aqueous KOH (2% w/v) followed by ethanol precipitation. Following their purification by gel permeation chromatography on Sepharose CL-4B, the structural characteristics of the D-glucans were determined by FT-IR and 13C NMR spectroscopy and, after methylation, by GC-MS. The hot-water extract produced a fraction designated Q1A that was a beta-(1-->6)-D-glucan with the following structure: [Formula: see text] The alkaline extract, when subjected to repeated freeze-thawing, yielded two fractions: K1P (insoluble) that comprised a beta-(1-->3)-D-glucan with beta-D-glucose branches at C-6 with the structure: [Formula: see text] and K1SA (soluble) consisting of a backbone chain of alpha-(1-->4)-linked D-glucopyranosyl residues substituted at O-6 with alpha-D-glucopyranosyl residues: [Formula: see text]

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Ascomycota / chemistry*
  • Carbohydrate Sequence
  • Cell Wall / chemistry*
  • Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
  • Glucans / chemistry*
  • Glucans / isolation & purification*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mycelium / chemistry*
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared

Substances

  • Glucans