TY - JOUR
T1 - Structure and Function of Stony Coral Intraskeletal Polysaccharides
AU - Naggi, Annamaria
AU - Torri, Giangiacomo
AU - Iacomini, Marcello
AU - Colombo Castelli, Gabriele
AU - Reggi, Michela
AU - Fermani, Simona
AU - Dubinsky, Zvy
AU - Goffredo, Stefano
AU - Falini, Giuseppe
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2018/3/31
Y1 - 2018/3/31
N2 - Polysaccharides represent a main weight fraction of the intraskeletal organic matrix of corals, but their structure, as well as their function in the calcification process, has been poorly investigated. This communication shows by a combination of techniques (nuclear magnetic resonance, Fourier transform infrared, and monosaccharide composition) that their key component is a 1→3 β-d glucuronic acid polymer and evidences its influence in vitro in the calcification process.
AB - Polysaccharides represent a main weight fraction of the intraskeletal organic matrix of corals, but their structure, as well as their function in the calcification process, has been poorly investigated. This communication shows by a combination of techniques (nuclear magnetic resonance, Fourier transform infrared, and monosaccharide composition) that their key component is a 1→3 β-d glucuronic acid polymer and evidences its influence in vitro in the calcification process.
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U2 - 10.1021/acsomega.7b02053
DO - 10.1021/acsomega.7b02053
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C2 - 30221225
AN - SCOPUS:85043484849
SN - 2470-1343
VL - 3
SP - 2895
EP - 2901
JO - ACS Omega
JF - ACS Omega
IS - 3
ER -