The chemical structure of oligosaccharides isolated from the blue-green alga,
Tolypothrix tenuis, was examined by gas-liquid partition chromatography and enzymatic hydrolysis.
After the methylation of the sample with methyl iodide catalyzed by methylsulfinyl carbanion, products were subjected to metha-nolysis. The gas chromatogram of a group of methyl methylated hexosides thus derived from
T. tennis material was compared with those derived from several saccharides, such as sucrose, melezitose, planteose, inulin and Jerusalem artichoke oligosaccharides.
From the results of gas chromatography together with those of enzymatic hydrolysis employing α- and β-glucosidases and
p-fructo-furanosidase, a formula of fructofuranosyl-(2→4)
n-fructofuranosyl-(2→1)-α-glucopyranoside is tentatively presented for the
T. tennis oligo-saccharides.
The junior author (Y. T.) expresses her heartfelt gratitude to Prof. T. Yanagita of Institute of Applied Microbiology, University of Tokyo, for his valuable suggestions during the course of this investigation and in the preparation of this manuscript, and to Prof. K. Hogetsu of Tokyo Metropolitan University for his encouragement throughout. Thanks are also due to Dr. A. Makita of Tohoku University and to Dr. H. Suzuki of Tokyo Kyosiu Universiyt for their valuable discussions.
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