2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Studies on the Relationship between the Triple Helical Structure and Immunostimulatory Activity of beta-glucan
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23710244
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Living organism molecular science
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| Research Institution | Hokkaido University |
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Principal Investigator |
TANIGUCHI Tohru 北海道大学, 先端生命科学研究科(研究院), 助教 (00587123)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 糖 / 赤外円二色性 / 有機合成 / 糖スルホキシド / 高分子構造 |
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| Research Abstract |
The secondary and higher-order structure of oligo- and polysaccharides has been suggested to be important in exhibiting their biological activity; however, few methods have been available to study their relationship. In this study, through basic studies on vibrational circular dichroism (VCD), we developed a "VCD exciton chirality method", which allowed us to study stereostructures of complex molecules. By using this method, we successfully detected the conformational changes of beta glucan triple helix. Aiming at identifying the minimum structure of beta glucan to form triple helix, we also developed a new method to synthesize short beta glucan.
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Research Products
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