[Synthesis and characterization of alginate oligosaccharides produced by Pseudomonas mendocina NK-01]

Sheng Wu Gong Cheng Xue Bao. 2009 Sep;25(9):1366-70.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

In this study, we found that when Pseudomonas mendocina NK-01 accumulated intracellular carbon reserve, medium chain length poly (3-hydroxyalkanoates), it also synthesized extracellular saccharides, alginate oligosaccharides. The high carbon nitrogen ratio of culture medium facilitated alginate oligosaccharides production. We analyzed the structure of alginate oligosaccharide by Ultraviolet-Visible Spectrophotometry, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, 1H and 13C of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, and found that it was compounded in line from beta-D-mannuronic acids and alpha-L-gluronic acids via beta-(1-->4)/ alpha-(1-->4) bonds, which acetylated partly on the 2- and/or 3-hydroxy. In addition, we determined the weight-average molecular weight of alginate oligosaccharides by gel permeation chromatography to be 2054.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alginates / chemistry
  • Glucuronic Acid / biosynthesis
  • Glucuronic Acid / chemistry
  • Glucuronic Acid / genetics
  • Hexuronic Acids / chemistry
  • Molecular Weight
  • Oligosaccharides / biosynthesis*
  • Oligosaccharides / chemistry
  • Oligosaccharides / genetics
  • Pseudomonas mendocina / metabolism*

Substances

  • Alginates
  • Hexuronic Acids
  • Oligosaccharides
  • Glucuronic Acid