Stretching single polysaccharide molecules using AFM: A potential method for the investigation of the intermolecular uronate distribution of alginate?

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dc.citation.volume22
dc.contributor.authorWilliams MA
dc.contributor.authorMarshall AT
dc.contributor.authorHaverkamp RG
dc.contributor.authorDraget KI
dc.date.accessioned2007-05-22T00:58:58Z
dc.date.accessioned2007-11-25T22:48:35Z
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-06T22:24:39Z
dc.date.available2007-03-08
dc.date.available2007-05-22T00:58:58Z
dc.date.available2007-11-25T22:48:35Z
dc.date.available2016-03-06T22:24:39Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractIllustrative examples of the way in which the molecular force-extension behaviour of polysaccharides is governed by the nature of the linkage between their constituent pyranose rings are presented for a series of standard homopolymers. These results agree with previously proposed general hypotheses regarding the possibility of generating force-induced conformational transitions, and with the predictions of a model in which the interconversion of pyranose conformers is assumed to be an equilibrium process on the timescale of the molecular stretching. Subsequently, we investigate the potential of the technique in the characterisation of co-polymeric polysaccharides in which the nature of the glycan linkages is different between the two distinct residue types. Specifically, we explore the possibility that the ratio of mannuronic acid (M) to guluronic acid (G) in alginate chains will be reflected in their single molecule stretching behaviour, owing to their contrasting equatorial and axial linkages. Furthermore, as the technique described interrogates the sample one polymer at a time we outline the promise of, and the obstacles to, obtaining a new level of characterisation using this methodology where differences observed in the single molecule stretching curves obtained from single alginate samples reflect something of the real intermolecular distribution of the M/G ratio. © 2007.
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dc.identifier.issn0268-005X
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.isbasedonFood Hydrocolloids (2007), doi:10.1016/j.foodhyd.2007.01.010
dc.titleStretching single polysaccharide molecules using AFM: A potential method for the investigation of the intermolecular uronate distribution of alginate?
dc.typeJournal article
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