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Polysaccharide Biocatalysis: From Synthesizing Carbohydrate Standards to Establishing Characterization Methods
Author(s) -
Ciric Jelena,
Petrovic Dejan M.,
Loos Katja
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
macromolecular chemistry and physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.57
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1521-3935
pISSN - 1022-1352
DOI - 10.1002/macp.201300801
Subject(s) - characterization (materials science) , polysaccharide , cellulose , natural polymers , carbohydrate , starch , chemistry , natural materials , biocatalysis , macromolecule , organic chemistry , polymer science , biochemical engineering , combinatorial chemistry , nanotechnology , biochemistry , materials science , polymer , catalysis , engineering , reaction mechanism
Starch, glycogen, and cellulose are all around us. They are eaten and used on a daily basis but they are not understood completely. Even though these carbohydrates are simple, concerning their repeating unit, they are hard to characterize. In order to try to understand as much as possible about their structure and the relationship between their molecular structure and physical properties, it is very practical to create such polysaccharides, for instance enzymatically, characterize them, and use them as standards for the characterization of natural ones. Therefore, the main objective of this Trend article is to outline different enzymatic routes to such carbohydrates, possibilities for their characterization, and the characterization of natural ones.