Interchain Heterogeneity of Enzymatically Deesterified Lime Pectins
- 11 July 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Biomacromolecules
- Vol. 3 (5) , 917-925
- https://doi.org/10.1021/bm020055o
Abstract
Two series of pectins with different levels and patterns of methyl esterification were produced by treatment of a very highly methylated lime pectin with a fungus- or plant-pectin methylesterase. The interchain distribution of free carboxyl groups was investigated by size exclusion and ion exchange chromatography. “Homogeneous” populations with respect to molar mass or charge density were thereby obtained, and their composition, molar mass, and calcium binding properties were investigated. The composition varies from one size exclusion chromatography fraction to another, the highest molar mass fraction being richer in rhamnogalacturonic sequences and exhibiting a slightly higher degree of methylation (DM). Separation of pectins by ion exchange chromatography revealed a narrow charge density distribution for pectins deesterified by fungus-pectin methylesterase, in agreement with a multichain mechanism. Conversely, pectins deesterified by plant-pectin methylesterase exhibited a very large charge density distribution suggesting a processive mechanism. The interchain polydispersity with regard to DM was however shown to have no impact on calcium binding properties of the different fractions. The progressive dimerization through calcium ions with decreasing DM of pectins deesterified by plant-pectin methylesterase seems to be the result of a peculiar intrachain pattern of methyl esterification that can be attributed to a multiple attack mechanism.Keywords
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