✦ LIBER ✦
Residues of d-lyxo-5-hexosulopyranuronic acid in Sphagnum holocellulose, and their role in cross-linking
✍ Scribed by Terence J. Painter
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 266 KB
- Volume
- 124
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-6215
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✦ Synopsis
The presence of only one anomeric centre in all the known, naturally occurring sugars has hitherto implied that glycan chains can be cross-linked in Nature only through glycosyluronic ester linkages or some non-carbohydrate moiety. We now report the presence of -10% of residues of the title compound (1) in the holocellulose of Sphagnum moss, and evidence indicating their involvement in cross-linking between cellulosic, hemicellulosic, and pectin-like chains.