A highly branched storage polyglucan in the thermoacidophilic red microalga <Emphasis Type="Italic">Galdieria maxima</Emphasis> cells |
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Authors: | I N Stadnichuk L R Semenova G P Smirnova A I Usov |
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Institution: | (1) Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119071, Russia;(2) Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119899, Russia;(3) Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia |
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Abstract: | The thermoacidophilic red alga Galdieria maxima is capable of heterotrophic growth. The content of carbohydrates in G. maxima grown heterotrophically increases by a factor of 4, reaching as much as 60% of cell dry weight. The increase in the level of carbohydrates in cells is due to accumulation of a storage α-glycan. According to a specific cleavage to glucose catalyzed by amyloglucosidase and the high positive specific optical rotation characteristic of polyglucans, this polysaccharide can be classified as a floridean starch. The data of 1H NMR spectroscopy and the results of methylation showed that the average length of the unbranched regions of the polysaccharide molecule is six to seven glucose residues. The degree of branching of the starch molecule of G. maxima is greater than that of storage polysaccharides of other red algae, glycogens of yeast, and phytoglycogens of cyanobacteria. |
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