Abstract
The filamentous growing fungus Schizophyllum commune ATCC 38548 (1) secretes a neutral homoglucan (trivial name Schizophyllan) that consists of a backbone chain of 1,3-β-D-glucopyranose units linked with single 1,6-bonded β-D-glucopyranoses at about every third glucose molecule in the basic chain (Fig. 1). The molecular weight varies between 6 and 12·106 g/mol (2).
Primary molecular structure of Schizophyllan.
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Rau, U. (1999). Production of Schizophyllan. In: Bucke, C. (eds) Carbohydrate Biotechnology Protocols. Methods in Biotechnology™, vol 10. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-261-6_4
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