Structural studies of extracellular glucans of Streptococcus mutans by proton magnetic resonance |
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Authors: | Thomas S Mayer Burton L Lamberts Richard S Egan |
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Institution: | Naval Dental Research Institute, Great Lakes, Illinois 60088 U.S.A.;Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, Illinois 60064 U.S.A |
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Abstract: | Proton magnetic resonance spectra at 100 MHz were obtained for water-soluble and water-insoluble glucans from 11 strains of Streptococcus mutans. The percentages of α-D-(1→6) and non-α-D-(1→6)-, namely, α-D-(1→3)-, linkages were calculated from the anomeric-proton resonances in the 4.7-4.8 and 5.0-5.1 p.p.m. range, respectively. The average content of α-D(1→6) linkages in the polymer fractions precipitating from solution during synthesis of the glucans was generally much lower than that of fractions remaining in solution. The frequent appearance of the α-D-(1→3) resonances as doublets in the spectra suggested neighboring-group effects among the possible α-D-(1→3) and α-D-(1→6) linkage-configurations. These effects were confirmed from 100-MHz spectra of products of a dextranase-degraded, water-insoluble glucan, and a 270-MHz spectrum of an undegraded glucan. It was thus possible to assign the doublet resonances to α-D-(1→3), homogeneous, heterogeneous, and branch configurations, although complete differentiation among proportions of each configuration in the glucan chains could not be achieved. |
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