Polysaccharide-Poylnucleotide Complex (I). Saccharide Molecular Characteristics and the Complex Formation.

Accession number;01A0228987
Title;Polysaccharide-Poylnucleotide Complex (I). Saccharide Molecular Characteristics and the Complex Formation.
Author; KIMURA TARO (Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST)) KOMOTO KAZUYA (Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST)) SAKURAI KAZUO (Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST)) SHINKAI SEIJI (Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST))
Journal Title;Abstracts. Symposium on Biofunctional Chemistry
Journal Code:L0836A
ISSN:
VOL.15th;NO.;PAGE.94-95(2000)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.2, REF.1
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;We measured circular dichroism to examine the complex-formation capability between poly(C) and various kinds of polysaccharides. The results show that schizophyllan, lentinan, and curdlan can interact with poly(C), on the other hand, amylose, pullulan, and dextran can not. This difference indicates that the .BETA.-1,3-glucan sequence is essential for the saccharide to bind with polynucleotides. The molecular weight dependence of the complex formation demonstrates that at least 30 glucose units are necessary to incorporate the most bases into the complex. (author abst.)