A Brief and Informationally Rich Naming System for Oligosaccharide Motifs of Heteroxylans Found in Plant Cell Walls*

Régis Fauré; Christophe M. Courtin; Jan A. Delcour; Claire Dumon; Craig B. Faulds; Geoffrey B. Fincher; Sébastien Fort; Stephen C. Fry; Sami Halila; Mirjam A. Kabel; Laurice Pouvreau; Bernard Quemener; Alain Rivet; Luc Saulnier; Henk A. Schols; Hugues Driguez; Michael J. O’Donohue

doi:10.1071/CH08458

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A Brief and Informationally Rich Naming System for Oligosaccharide Motifs of Heteroxylans Found in Plant Cell Walls*

Régis Fauré ^A ^B ^C , Christophe M. Courtin ^D , Jan A. Delcour ^D , Claire Dumon ^A ^B ^C , Craig B. Faulds ^E , Geoffrey B. Fincher ^F , Sébastien Fort ^G , Stephen C. Fry ^H , Sami Halila ^G , Mirjam A. Kabel ^I ^K , Laurice Pouvreau ^I , Bernard Quemener ^J , Alain Rivet ^G , Luc Saulnier ^J , Henk A. Schols ^I , Hugues Driguez ^G ^L and Michael J. O’Donohue ^A ^B ^C ^L

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^A Université de Toulouse; INSA,UPS,INP; LISBP, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, 31077 Toulouse, France.

^B INRA, UMR792 Ingénierie des Systèmes Biologiques et des Procédés, 31400 Toulouse, France.

^C CNRS, UMR5504, 31400 Toulouse, France.

^D Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Biochemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20 bus 2463, 3001, Leuven, Belgium.

^E Institute of Food Research, Sustainability of the Food Chain Exploitation Platform, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UA, UK.

^F Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia.

^G Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules Végétales (CERMAV-CNRS) (Affiliated with Joseph Fourier University and member of the Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de Grenoble FR-CNRS 2607), B.P. 53, 38041, Grenoble cedex 9, France.

^H The Edinburgh Cell Wall Group, Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, The King’s Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JH, UK.

^I Wageningen University, Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Bomenweg 2, 6703HD Wageningen, The Netherlands.

^J UR1268 Biopolymères Interactions Assemblages, INRA, 44300 Nantes, France.

^K Present address: Royal Nedalco, PO Box 6, 4600 AA Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands.

^L Corresponding authors. Email: hugues.driguez@cermav.cnrs.fr; michael.odonohue@insa-toulouse.fr

Australian Journal of Chemistry 62(6) 533-537 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH08458
Submitted: 23 October 2008 Accepted: 10 February 2009 Published: 10 June 2009

Abstract

The one-letter code system proposed here is a simple method to accurately describe structurally diverse oligosaccharides derived from heteroxylans. Substitutions or ‘molecular decoration(s)’ of main-chain d-xylosyl moieties are designated by unique letters. Hence, an oligosaccharide is described by a series of single letters, beginning with the non-reducing d-xylosyl unit. Superscripted numbers are used to indicate the linkage position(s) of main-chain substitution(s) and, where necessary, superscripted lowercase letter(s) indicate the nature of non-glycosidic groups (e.g., methyl, acetyl, or phenolic derivative moieties) that can be present on the substituents. Although relatively simple and practical to use, this abbreviated system lends itself to the naming of a large number of different combinations of structural building blocks and substituents. In its present state, this system is, therefore, adequate to name and differentiate all currently known complex oligosaccharides derived from heteroxylans and is sufficiently flexible to accommodate new structures as they become available.

^* This manuscript is dedicated to Robert V. Stick, Professor of the University of Western Australia (WA, Australia), for his contributions in glycochemistry.

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A Brief and Informationally Rich Naming System for Oligosaccharide Motifs of Heteroxylans Found in Plant Cell Walls*

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