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The β-1,3/1,6-glucan that constitutes 70% of the cell wall of Candida albicans 1 is qualitatively similar to the glucan of Saccharomyces cerevisiae but it contains higher proportions of branch points (7%) and β-1,6 linkages (43–50%)2.Cabib at al. 3 have reviewed the current understanding of the synthesis of the call wall. Linear chains of β-1,3 glucan are synthesized by a UDP-glucose synthetase located in the plasma membrane but nothing is known about the formation of β-1,6 oligosaccharide chains, branching or cross linking to other polymers. In this paper we describe a rapid transglucosylation reaction catalyzed by an exo-β-glucanase from C.albicans.
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Sullivan, P.A., Emerson, G.W., Broughton, M.J., Stubbs, H.J. (1991). Transglucosylation Catalysed by the Exo-ß-Glucanase of Candida Albicans . In: Tümbay, E., Seeliger, H.P.R., Anǧ, Ö. (eds) Candida and Candidamycosis. Federation of European Microbiological Societies Symposium Series, vol 50. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5910-4_5
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