Observations of the (1→3)-β- d -Glucan Linear Triple Helix to Macrocycle Interconversion Using Noncontact Atomic Force Microscopy

Exploring the (1 → 3)-β-D-glucan conform

Exploring the (1 → 3)-β-D-glucan conformational phase diagrams to optimize the linear to macrocycle conversion of the triple-helical polysaccharide scleroglucan

✍ Berit Hasle Falch; Arnljot Elgsaeter; Bjørn Torger Stokke 📂 Article 📅 1999 🏛 Wiley (John Wiley & Sons) 🌐 English ⚖ 557 KB

The immunologically important (1 3 6) comb-like branched (1 3 3)-␤-D-glucans scleroglucan, schizophyllan, lentinan, and others, exist mainly as linear triple-helical structures in aqueous solution. Partial interconversion from linear to circular topology has been reported to take place following con