title: The structure of an extracellular, water-soluble polysaccharide elaborated by the cariogenic Streptococcus mutans GS-5.
abstract: The extracellular, water-soluble polysaccharide elaborated by Streptococcus mutans GS-5 contains (1 leads to 6)- and (1 leads to 3,6)-linked alpha-D-glucopyranosyl residues. Its average repeating-unit contains 6 D-glucosyl residues and it is comb-like in structure. The majority of branches consist of only a few D-glucosyl residues, if not one D-glucosyl group.
mesh_terms: D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000382:microbiology; D005947:Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012995:Solubility; D013295:Streptococcus mutans / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D005947:Glucose