Abstract
The cell wall structure of mushroom sclerotium was investigated by a fractionation of its soluble cell wall polysaccharides followed by chemical, physico-chemical and microscopic analyses. The present results suggest that cell wall structure of Pleurotus tuber regium sclerotium contains three main layers: an outer layer of glycoproteins, a middle layer of hyper-branched glucans and an inner layer of complex between hyper-branched glucan and chitin. The structure of the hyper-branched glucans were elucidated by the methylation analysis to be composed of →1)-Glcp-(4→ linkages as the backbone with some →1)-Glcp-(6→ linkages existed in the side chains, while some →1)-Glcp-(3→ linkages might exist in the backbone or side chains. SEC-MALLS analysis revealed that hyper-branched β-glucans had a Mw ranging from 1.4 to 5.2 × 106 g/mol and R.M.S. radius ranging from 26 nm to 38.5 nm. SEM and AFM further showed that hyper-branched β-glucans were spherical in shape when dispersed in water.
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