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JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY
Volume 25, Issue 1, Pages 65-72Publisher
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DOI: 10.1007/s10811-012-9839-8
Keywords
Carrageenan oligosaccharides; Kappa-carrageenase; Depolymerization; Hydrolysis; Antiviral activity; Tobacco mosaic virus
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- Presidium of Russian Academy of Sciences
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A number of low molecular weight (LMW) fractions of carrageenans with different structural types were obtained by free radical depolymerization (H2O2), mild acid hydrolysis (HCl), and a specific enzyme. Three samples of carrageenans were depolymerized: kappa-carrageenan from Chondrus armatus, kappa-carrageenan from Kappaphycus alvarezii, and kappa/beta-carrageenan from Tichocarpus crinitus with initial molecular weights of 250, 390, and 400 kDa, respectively. The chemical depolymerization by two methods resulted to LMW derivatives of carrageenans with molecular weight from 1.2 to 3.5 kDa. Oligosaccharides of kappa- and kappa/beta-carrageenans with molecular weight of 2.2 and 4.3 kDa, respectively, were obtained after enzymatic depolymerization by recombinant kappa-carrageenase from Pseudoalteromonas carrageenovora. It was shown that the antiviral activity of high molecular weight carrageenans against tobacco mosaic virus was higher than that of their LWM derivatives independently on the depolymerization method. The method of depolymerization had some influence on the antiviral activity of carrageenan. LMW derivatives of kappa- and kappa/beta-carrageenans obtained by mild acid hydrolysis showed higher antiviral activity than the products of free radical depolymerization. The oligosaccharides prepared by enzymatic degradation possessed the lowest activity.
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