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POLYSACCHARIDE BACKBONE [3 records]

Record 1 2013-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
CONT

Acetan is... an anionic polysaccharide with a cellulosic backbone but with a pentasaccharide side chain consisting of alpha-L-Rha-(1->6)-D-Glc-(1->6)-alpha-D-Glc-(1->4)--D-GlcA-(1->2)-alpha-D-Man-(1->3) linked to every other glucose in the backbone. Acetan, therefore, has a chemical structure closely related to that of xanthan.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
CONT

Le glucomannane a été mélangé à plusieurs autres fibres végétales solubles, parmi lesquelles la gomme xanthane, la carraghénine, l'acétane (polysaccharide) et la pectine de guar pour produire le Promannan®.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Research Equipment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel et équipement (Recherche scientifique)

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Biochemistry
DEF

A compound that serves as a component of cell wall mucopeptide in some bacteria and as a source of lysine in all bacteria.

CONT

Design and synthesis of inhibitors of biosynthesis of peptidoglycan, a key constituent of bacterial cell walls and a target for broad spectrum antibiotics. Special emphasis is on blocking formation and utilization of diaminopimelic acid(DAP) as well as preventing polymerization of the polysaccharide backbone.

CONT

Lysine has two distinct biosynthetic pathways, the diaminopimelic acid pathway and the [alpha]-aminoadipic acid pathway. The diaminopimelic acid pathway operates in bacteria, some lower fungi, algae, and higher plants. It begins with condensation of pyruvate with aspartate ß-semialdehyde and ends with decarboxylation of diaminopimelate. Diaminopimelate is an important constituent of bacterial cell walls. The [alpha]-aminoadipic acid pathway is less widespread and functions in other lower fungi, in higher fungi, and in the protist Euglena.

OBS

DAP: This might be an in-house or a non-recognized abbreviation; not to be used alone, to avoid any risk of confusion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Biochimie
CONT

diaminopimélate : Sel de l'acide diaminopimélique.

CONT

On utilise pour obtenir un «confinement biologique», des souches d'E. coli réceptrices d'ADN étranger qui sont exigeantes en acide diaminopimélique (DAP), substance uniquement d'origine bactérienne et peu répandue dans l'environnement. On a pu montrer à l'aide de modèles gnotoxéniques que les parois de certaines bactéries de la flore du tube digestif pouvaient servir de source de DAP aux mutants exigeants et permettre leur croissance «in vivo».

OBS

DAP : abréviation non officielle; ne pas l'utiliser seule, pour éviter tout risque de confusion.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Bioquímica
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