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Structure and properties of carrageenan-like polysaccharide from the red alga Tichocarpus crinitus (Gmel.) Rupr. (Rhodophyta, Tichocarpaceae)

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Sulfated polysaccharides occurring in the red algae Tichocarpus crinitus cell wall were fractionated and purified. NMR and FT-IR spectroscopy analyses revealed that the non-gelling fraction contained a sulfated galactans having a new carrageenan-like structure. It is built with alternatively linked 1,3-linked β-D-galactopyranosyl-2,4-disulphates and 1,4-linked 3,6-anhydro-α-D-galactopyranosyl residues. Minor amounts of its biosynthetic precursor were detected in a water-extracted specimen. Brief analysis of rheological and biological properties of the non-gelling fraction was carried out. The carrageenan-like polysaccharide from T. crinitus displayed the properties of “random coil” polymer at high temperature, and possesses high anticoagulant activity at low concentration.

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This work was supported by the Program for Fundamental Research of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences “Molecular-cell biology”, grant CNRS-RAS, grant from Presidium of Far East Branch of RAS and FEB-UB RAS and Scientific School of Academician Ovodov - 5796.2006.5.

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  1. Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far-East Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia

    A. O. Barabanova, V. P. Glazunov, V. V. Isakov, T. B. Nebylovskaya, T. F. Solov’eva & I. M. Yermak

  2. N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117913, Russia

    A. S. Shashkov

  3. Marine Plants and Biomolecules, UMR 7139 University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris VI-CNRS, Station Biologique, Roscoff, France

    W. Helbert

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Barabanova, A.O., Shashkov, A.S., Glazunov, V.P. et al. Structure and properties of carrageenan-like polysaccharide from the red alga Tichocarpus crinitus (Gmel.) Rupr. (Rhodophyta, Tichocarpaceae). J Appl Phycol 20, 1013–1020 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-007-9295-z

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