Chondroitin 4 sulphate K (Potassium chondroitin 4-sulphate)

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  Chondroitin 4 sulphate K (Potassium chondroitin 4-sulphate)

Linkage : beta 1-4      beta 1-3

Space Group : trigonal P3221

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

(No values are displayed if no information is available or the value is zero)

a (Å) = 13.85 - b (Å) = 13.85 - c (Å) = 27.76

Helix Type : two anti-parallel, left-handed 3-fold helical secondary structure

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

Link to the Abstract : http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6415288

Reference :

Chondroitin 4-sulfate: comparison of the structures of the potassium and sodium salts
R. P. Millane, A. K. Mitra and Struther Arnott, 1983, J. Mol. Biol. 169(1), 903-920

 

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