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The structures of uniformly 13C-labeled β-glucan octa- and undeca-oligosaccharides enzymatically prepared by the yeast cell wall glucanosyl transferase of Candida albicans were characterized by using a combination of HCCH-COSY, HCCH-TOCSY, and HMBC experiments. The oligosaccharide structures indicate that the cell wall glucanosyl transferase cleaves two glucosyl units from the reducing end of the initial linear β(1→3) penta-oligosaccharide and subsequently transfers the remainder to another oligosaccharide at the nonreducing end via a β(1→6) linkage. These results indicate that the combined action of cell wall glucanase and glucanosyl transferase activities could not only introduce intrachain β(1→6) linkages within a single glucan strand, but also result in cross-linking of two initially separate glucan strands with concurrent introduction of intrachain β(1→6) linkages. Since isolated fungal membranes only synthesize linear β(1→3) glucan strands, wall-associated enzymes probably participate in the assembly of the final wall glucan structure during cell growth and division.
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Yu, L., Goldman, R., Sullivan, P. et al. Heteronuclear NMR studies of 13C-labeled yeast cell wall β-glucan oligosaccharides. J Biomol NMR 3, 429–441 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00176009
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