Hyaluronate II Potassium

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  Hyaluronate II Potassium

Linkage : beta 1-3      beta 1-4

Space Group : tetragonal P43212

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) = 9.96 - b (Å) = 9.96 - c (Å) = 37.88

Helix Type : two anti-parallel, extended 4-fold helical chains

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

Link to the Abstract : http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6631953

Reference :

Hyaluronic acid: molecular conformation and interactions in the tetragonal form of the potassium salt containing extended chains
Mitra AK, Arnott S, Sheehan JK, J Mol Biol. 1983, 169(4), 813-27

 

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