Carrageenan kappa

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  Carrageenan kappa

Linkage : beta 1-4      beta 1-3

Space Group : -

Unit Cell Dimensions (a, b, c in Å and α, β, γ in °)

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- c (Å) = 25.00

Helix Type : coaxial duplexes comprising right-handed, 3-fold helical chains, offset from the half-staggered arrangement by a 28? rotation and a 1.0-? translation

Method(s) Used For Structure Determination : X-ray diffraction

Link to the Abstract : http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TFF-431C9S9-GC&_user=10&_coverDate=10%2F15%2F1988&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_origin=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1620773788&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=2ef4d01703c00e5158648769c0c44dea&searchtype=a

Reference :

The molecular structure of kappa-carrageenan and comparison with iota-carrageenan
Millane, R.P., Chandrasekaran, R., Arnott, S. and Dea, I.C.M.,Carbohydrate Research 1988, 182 1-17

 

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