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Structure and Function of Stony Coral Intraskeletal Polysaccharides

Author(s) -

Annamaria Naggi,

Giangiacomo Torri,

Marcello Iacomini,

Gabriele Colombo Castelli,

Michela Reggi,

Simona Fermani,

Zvy Dubinsky,

Stefano Goffredo,

Giuseppe Falini

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

acs omega

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.779

H-Index - 40

ISSN - 2470-1343

DOI - 10.1021/acsomega.7b02053

Subject(s) - calcification , coral , polysaccharide , function (biology) , chemistry , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , glucuronic acid , nuclear magnetic resonance , biology , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , physics , pathology , ecology , evolutionary biology , medicine , engineering

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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