Sugars out in the open

Ole Hindsgaul ()
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Ole Hindsgaul: University of Alberta

Nature, 1999, vol. 399, issue 6737, 644-645

Abstract: Free sugars in solution exist mainly in cyclic forms, with the open-chain aldehyde form making up less than 0.01%. So the discovery of a new type of open-chain sugar-sugar linkage in the cell wall of bacteria comes as something of a surprise. The synthesis of this open-chain linkage must also require a new class of enzymes.

Date: 1999
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