Elsevier

Carbohydrate Research

Volume 300, Issue 3, 16 May 1997, Pages 239-249
Carbohydrate Research

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Rhamnogalacturonan II from the leaves of Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer as a macrophage Fc receptor expression-enhancing polysaccharide

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Abstract

A complex pectic polysaccharide (GL-4IIb2) has been isolated from the leaves of Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer, and shown to be a macrophage Fc receptor expression-enhancing polysaccharide. The primary structure of GL-4IIb2 was elucidated by composition. 1H NMR, methylation, and oligosaccharide analyses. GL-4IIb2 consisted of 15 different monosaccharides which included rarely observed sugars, such as 2-O-methylfucose, 2-O-methylxylose, apiose, 3-C-carboxy-5-deoxy-l-xylose (aceric acid, AceA), 3-deoxy-d-manno-2-octulosonic acid (Kdo), and 3-deoxy-d-lyxo-2-heptulosaric acid (Dha). Methylation analysis indicated that GL-4IIb2 comprised 34 different glycosyl linkages, such as 3,4-linked Fuc, 3- and 2,3,4-linked Rha, and 2-linked GlcA, which are characteristic of rhamnogalacturonan II (RG-II). Sequential degradation using partial acid hydrolysis indicated that GL-4IIb2 contained α-Rhap-(1 → 5)-Kdo and Araf-(1 → 5)-Dha structural elements, an AceA-containing oligosaccharide, and uronic acid-rich oligosaccharide chains in addition to an α-(1 → 4)-galacturono-oligosaccharide chain. FABMS and methylation analyses suggested that the AceA-containing oligosaccharide was a nonasaccharide in which terminal Rha was additionally attached to position 3 of 2-linked Arap of the octasaccharide chain observed in sycamore RG-II. Component sugar and methylation analyses assumed that the uronic acid-rich oligosaccharides possessed a similar structural feature as those in sycamore RG-II. GL-4IIb2 had a larger molecular mass (11,000) than sycamore RG-II (∼5000).

A structure of macrophage Fc receptor expression-enhancing polysaccharide from the leaves of Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer has been characterised to be a rhamnogalacturonan II type polysaccharide containing a characteristic nonasaccharide sequence.

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    Present address: Department of Food Technology, Kyonggi University, Suwon, Kyonggi-do 442-760, Korea.

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