Two different alkali-soluble alpha-glucans in hyphal walls of the basidiomycete Armillaria mellea.
Two different polysaccharidic subfractions were separated from the alkali soluble, acid precipitated alpha-glucan located in the surface of the hyphal walls of the basidiomycete Armillaria mella. The major alpha-glucan subfraction was composed of linear chains of alpha-(1->3) and alpha-(1->4) glucan associated to protein while the less represented was mainly an alpha-(1->3) glucan with some protein. Both polysaccharidic components could correspond with the fibrillar layer in which thick fibres are longitudinally oriented and thinner fibrils cross-arranged between the others.
Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Madrid, Spain.
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D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry*; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005936:Glucans / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008970:Molecular Weight; D012995:Solubility
D002241:Carbohydrates; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D005936:Glucans