Abstract
A fucoidan, obtained from the hot-water extract of the brown seaweed, Hizikia fusiforme, was separated into five fractions by DEAE Sepharose CL-6B and Sepharose CL-6B column chromatography. All five fractions contained predominantly fucose, mannose and galactose and also contained sulfate groups and uronic acid. The fucoidans had MWs from 25 to 950 kDa. The structure of fraction F32 was investigated by desulfation, carboxyl-group reduction, partial hydrolysis, methylation analysis and NMR spectroscopy. The results showed that the sugar composition of F32 was mainly fucose, galactose, mannose, xylose and glucuronic acid; sulfate was 21.8%, and the MW was 92.7 kDa. The core of F32 was mainly composed of alternating units of →2)-α- d-Man(1→ and →4)-β- d-GlcA(1→, with a minor portion of →4)-β- d-Gal(1→ units. The branch points were at C-3 of →2)-Man-(1→, C-2 of →4)-Gal-(1→ and C-2 of →6)-Gal-(1→. About two-thirds of the fucose units were at the nonreducing ends, and the remainder were (1→4)-, (1→3)- and (1→2)-linked. About two-thirds of xylose units were at the nonreducing ends, and the remainder were (1→4)-linked. Most of the mannose units were (1→2)-linked, and two-thirds of them had a branch at C-3. Galactose was mainly (1→6)-linked. The absolute configurations of the sugar residues were α- d-Man p, α- l-Fuc p, α- d-Xyl p, β- d-Gal p and β- d-Glc pA. Sulfate groups in F32 were at C-6 of →2,3)-Man-(1→, C-4 and C-6 of →2)-Man-(1→, C-3 of →6)-Gal-(1→, C-2, C-3 or C-4 of fucose, while some fucose had two sulfate groups. There were no sulfate groups in either the GlcA or xylose residues.
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