Chemicals and Drugs

Rhamnogalacturonans

Types of polysaccharides that are components of the plant cell wall pectin matrix. Rhamnogalacturonan I is characterized by a backbone of the repeating disaccharide (4)-alpha-D-galacturonic acid-(1,2)-alpha-L-rhamnose-(1,-) with many of the rhamnose residues substituted at C-4 with side chains of various neutral sugars linked together in various ways. Rhamnogalacturonan II type is complex, highly branched polysaccharide where the backbone consists exclusively of D-galacturonic acid units.

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Types of polysaccharides that are components of the plant cell wall pectin matrix. Rhamnogalacturonan I is characterized by a backbone of the repeating disaccharide (4)-alpha-D-galacturonic acid-(1,2)-alpha-L-rhamnose-(1,-) with many of the rhamnose residues substituted at C-4 with side chains of various neutral sugars linked together in various ways. Rhamnogalacturonan II type is complex, highly branched polysaccharide where the backbone consists exclusively of D-galacturonic acid units.

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2021

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  • Pectins (1991-2020)

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Rhamnogalacturonans. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000085982. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000085982
  2. Rhamnogalacturonans. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114825038