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Pectin Structure

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Pectin: Technological and Physiological Properties

Abstract

Pectin is a highly complex polysaccharide made of three main domains that are covalently linked one to another, homogalacturonan, rhamnogalacturonan I and rhamnogalacturonan II. The dominant feature of pectin consists of a linear chain of α-(1,4)-linked d-galacturonic acid units known as homogalacturonan domain or pectin smooth region. The second fundamental feature of pectin structure is the recurrent presence of rhamnosyl residues. α-(1,4)-Linked d-galacturonopyranosyl units can be interrupted by the insertion of α-(1,2)-linked l-rhamnopyranosyl units giving a type I rhamnogalacturonan to which arabinose- and galactose-containing side-chains are generally attached. Finally, rhamnogalacturonan II consisting of a highly branched homogalacturonan oligosaccharide, is a minor though crucial element of pectin. Although, as illustrated in this chapter, much is known about the structure of the different pectin domains, understanding the intra- and inter-molecular heterogeneity of pectin macromolecules and the way pectin domains are attached to each other is still challenging.

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Ropartz, D., Ralet, MC. (2020). Pectin Structure. In: Kontogiorgos, V. (eds) Pectin: Technological and Physiological Properties. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53421-9_2

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