This volume contains over 30 scientific contributions and several review chapters on important research topics involving carbohydrate polymers. The book is based on recent developments in industrial polysaccharides in such areas as genetic engineering, chemistry, spectroscopy, and industrial applications. A number of significant scientific and technological breakthroughs are included. Extensive coverage is given on various chemical and enzymatic methodologies for systematic structural manipulations of polysaccharides, e.g. controlled manipulation of the biosynthetic pathways of industrial biopolymers such as PMB and xanthan gum, the effects of systematic enzymatic post-modification of galactomannans and molecular conformation studies of glycans. An important part of the volume is devoted to progress in the understanding of the important polysaccharide structure/property relations. Powerful chemical and enzymatic methodologies have advanced the prospects for the design of products with desired properties much closer to realization than ever before.
This volume contains over 30 scientific contributions and several review chapters on important research topics involving carbohydrate polymers. The book is based on recent developments in industrial polysaccharides in such areas as genetic engineering, chemistry, spectroscopy, and industrial applications. A number of significant scientific and technological breakthroughs are included. Extensive coverage is given on various chemical and enzymatic methodologies for systematic structural manipulations of polysaccharides, e.g. controlled manipulation of the biosynthetic pathways of industrial biopolymers such as PMB and xanthan gum, the effects of systematic enzymatic post-modification of galactomannans and molecular conformation studies of glycans. An important part of the volume is devoted to progress in the understanding of the important polysaccharide structure/property relations. Powerful chemical and enzymatic methodologies have advanced the prospects for the design of products with desired properties much closer to realization than ever before.
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Introduction: Synthesis and Characterization of Polysaccharides (M. Yalpani). Part 1. Genetic Engineering and Enzymatic Modifications. Developments and prospects in enzymatic biopolymer modifications (M. Yalpani, M.J. Desrochers). Genetically engineered polymers: Manipulation of xanthan biosynthesis (M.R. Betlach et al.). Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB): A model system for biopolymer engineering (O.P. Peoples, A.J. Sinskey). Controlled biosynthesis of yeast glucan particles (S. Jamas et al.). Polysaccharide modification - A physiological approach (I.W. Sutherland). Production and characterization of a thermostable bacterial cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase (H. Aoki et al.). Bacterial degradation of xanthan gum (M.C. Cadmus, M.E. Slodki). Hydrolysis products of Pichia (Hansenula) holstii O-phosphomannan and uses in phosphomannosyl receptor characterization (M.E. Slodki). Part 2. Chemical Modifications. Progress in chemical modifications of polysaccharides (M. Yalpani). Glycol-modified polysaccharides (G.L. Brode et al.). Natural and synthetic derivatives of agarose and their use in biochemical separations (K.B. Guisely). Chemically-modified group B meningococcal polysaccharides as human vaccines (H.J. Jennings et al.). Calcium complexation by oxidized maltodextrins in water (M.S. Nieuwenhuizen et al.). Part 3. Structure/Property Relations. Effect of mono-O-acetyl groups on the conformation and interaction of microbial polysaccharides (E.T. Atkins). Structure/property relations of a family of microbial polysaccharides (R. Moorehouse). The role of structural modification in controlling polysaccharide functionality (I.C.M. Dea). On the properties of polysaccharides: Relation between chemical structure and physical properties (M. Rinaudo, M. Milas). Organoleptic properties of food polysaccharides in thickened systems (E.R. Morris). Part 4. Characterization. Rheological characterization of high viscosity polysaccharides (B.-D. Kwon et al.). Conformations of chitosan, its metal complexes, and acid salts revealed by high-resolution solid-state 13 C-NMR (H. Saito et al.). CP/MAS 13 C-NMR studies on aqueous polysaccharide gels (A.J. Stipanovic, P.J. Giammatteo). Polysaccharide structure from circular dichroism (I. Tobias). Part 5. Novel Applications. Commercial polysaccharides: Recent trends and developments (M. Yalpani, P.A. Sandford). Binding of metal cations by chitin derivatives: Improvement of adsorption ability through chemical modifications (K. Kurita). Immunological aspects of chitin derivatives (S. Tokura et al.). Chitosan-A natural, cationic biopolymer: Commercial applications (P.A. Sandford, G.P. Hutchings). Modification of dextran and application in prodrug design (E.H. Schacht). Author Index. Subject Index.
