Ultracentrifuge methods for the analysis of polysaccharides, glycoconjugates, and lignins

Although like proteins, polysaccharides are synthesized by enzymes, unlike proteins there is no template. This means that they are polydisperse, do not generally have compact folded structures, and are often very large with greater nonideality behavior in solution. This chapter considers the relevan...

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Main Authors: Harding, Stephen E., Adams, Gary G., Almutairi, Fahad, Alzahrani, Qushmua, Erten, Tayyibe, Samil Kök, M., Gillis, Richard B.
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Published: Academic Press 2015
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41733/
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author Harding, Stephen E.
Adams, Gary G.
Almutairi, Fahad
Alzahrani, Qushmua
Erten, Tayyibe
Samil Kök, M.
Gillis, Richard B.
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Adams, Gary G.
Almutairi, Fahad
Alzahrani, Qushmua
Erten, Tayyibe
Samil Kök, M.
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description Although like proteins, polysaccharides are synthesized by enzymes, unlike proteins there is no template. This means that they are polydisperse, do not generally have compact folded structures, and are often very large with greater nonideality behavior in solution. This chapter considers the relevant analytical ultracentrifuge methodology available for characterizing these and related carbohydrate-based systems and information this methodology supplies, in terms of sizes, shapes, and interactions using a comprehensive range of examples, including glycoconjugates and lignins. The relevance and potential of recent software developments such as SEDFIT-MSTAR, the Extended Fujita algorithm, and HYDFIT are considered.
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spelling nottingham-417332020-05-04T17:16:27Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41733/ Ultracentrifuge methods for the analysis of polysaccharides, glycoconjugates, and lignins Harding, Stephen E. Adams, Gary G. Almutairi, Fahad Alzahrani, Qushmua Erten, Tayyibe Samil Kök, M. Gillis, Richard B. Although like proteins, polysaccharides are synthesized by enzymes, unlike proteins there is no template. This means that they are polydisperse, do not generally have compact folded structures, and are often very large with greater nonideality behavior in solution. This chapter considers the relevant analytical ultracentrifuge methodology available for characterizing these and related carbohydrate-based systems and information this methodology supplies, in terms of sizes, shapes, and interactions using a comprehensive range of examples, including glycoconjugates and lignins. The relevance and potential of recent software developments such as SEDFIT-MSTAR, the Extended Fujita algorithm, and HYDFIT are considered. Academic Press 2015-09-24 Book Section PeerReviewed Harding, Stephen E., Adams, Gary G., Almutairi, Fahad, Alzahrani, Qushmua, Erten, Tayyibe, Samil Kök, M. and Gillis, Richard B. (2015) Ultracentrifuge methods for the analysis of polysaccharides, glycoconjugates, and lignins. In: Analytical Ultracentrifugation. Methods in Enzymology (562). Academic Press, pp. 391-439. ISBN 9780128029084 Size; Shape; Interactions; SEDFIT-MSTAR; Extended Fujita; Flexibility http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0076687915004036 doi:10.1016/bs.mie.2015.06.043 doi:10.1016/bs.mie.2015.06.043
spellingShingle Size; Shape; Interactions; SEDFIT-MSTAR; Extended Fujita; Flexibility
Harding, Stephen E.
Adams, Gary G.
Almutairi, Fahad
Alzahrani, Qushmua
Erten, Tayyibe
Samil Kök, M.
Gillis, Richard B.
Ultracentrifuge methods for the analysis of polysaccharides, glycoconjugates, and lignins
title Ultracentrifuge methods for the analysis of polysaccharides, glycoconjugates, and lignins
title_full Ultracentrifuge methods for the analysis of polysaccharides, glycoconjugates, and lignins
title_fullStr Ultracentrifuge methods for the analysis of polysaccharides, glycoconjugates, and lignins
title_full_unstemmed Ultracentrifuge methods for the analysis of polysaccharides, glycoconjugates, and lignins
title_short Ultracentrifuge methods for the analysis of polysaccharides, glycoconjugates, and lignins
title_sort ultracentrifuge methods for the analysis of polysaccharides, glycoconjugates, and lignins
topic Size; Shape; Interactions; SEDFIT-MSTAR; Extended Fujita; Flexibility
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41733/
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https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41733/