Cordeiro L.M.C., Beilke F., Bettim F.L., Reinhardt V.F., Rattmann Y.D. & Iacomini M.
(2012):
(1 → 2) and (1 → 6)-linked β-d-galactofuranan of microalga Myrmecia biatorellae, symbiotic partner of Lobaria linita -
Carbohydrate Polymers,
90(4): 1779-1785
A structural study of the cell wall polysaccharides of Myrmecia biatorellae, the symbiotic algal partner of the lichenized fungus Lobaria linita was carried out. It produced a rhamnogalactofuranan, with a (1 → 6)-β-d-galactofuranose in the main-chain, substituted at O-2 by single units of β-d-Galf, α-l-Rhap or by side chains of 2-O-linked β-d-Galf units. The structure of the polysaccharide was established by chemical and NMR spectroscopic analysis, and is new among natural polysaccharides. …
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