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Capsular Polysaccharide (Rhizobium trifolii)

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Fig.1 X-ray diffraction pattern from a well-oriented fiber of the CPS. The intensities are almost continuously distributed on the layer lines. The strong meridional intensity on the second layer line indicates 2-fold helix symmetry.

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Capsular Polysaccharide (Rhizobium trifolii)

Linkage : alpha 1-2,alpha 1-3 beta 1-4, beta 1-6

Space Group : monoclinic or trigonal P21

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Helix Type : 2-fold single helix

Method(s) Used For Structure Determination : X-ray diffraction and computer-aided model building

Link to the Abstract : http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1394313

Reference :

The ?pseudo double-helical? structure of the gel-forming capsular polysaccharide from Rhizobium trifolii
Eun J. Lee & Rengaswami Chandrasekaran, 1992, Carbohydrate Research, 231, 171-183

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Capsular Polysaccharide (Rhizobium trifolii)