Physicochemical Approach to Understanding the Structure, Conformation, and Activity of Mannan Polysaccharides.

ABSTRACT: Extracellular polysaccharides are widely produced by bacteria, yeasts, and algae. These polymers are involved in several biological functions, such as bacteria adhesion to surface and biofilm formation, ion sequestering, protection from desiccation, and cryoprotection. The chemical characterization of these polymers is the starting point for obtaining relationships between their structures and their various functions. While this fundamental correlation is well reported and studied for the proteins, for the polysaccharides, this relationship is less intuitive. In this paper, we elucidate the chemical structure and conformational studies of a mannan exopolysaccharide from the permafrost isolated bacterium Psychrobacter arcticus strain 273-4. The mannan from the cold-adapted bacterium

SUBMITTER: Casillo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8045027 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature