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P3850

Sigma-Aldrich

Polygalacturonic acid sodium salt

from citrus fruit, ≥75% (titration)

Synonym(s):

Polyanhydrogalacturonic acid, Sodium polypectate

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CAS Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352201
NACRES:
NA.25

biological source

citrus fruit

Quality Level

Assay

≥75% (titration)

form

powder

color

white to light brown

solubility

water: 10 mg/mL, hazy to turbid, faintly yellow to yellow

cation traces

Na: 6.5-10.5% (ICP)

storage temp.

room temp

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General description

Sodium polypectate sequesters metal ions and, in fungal cultures, it is used as a carbon source and inducer of polygalacturonases.

Application

Sodium polypectate can be used to sequester metal ions. In fungal cultures, it is used as a carbon source and inducer of polygalacturonases.Polygalacturonic acid has been used in a study to assess an alkaline-active and alkali-stable pectate lyase from Streptomyces sp. S27 with potential in the textile industry. It has also been used in a study that investigated optimization of production and reaction conditions of polygalacturonase from Byssochlamys fulva.

Biochem/physiol Actions

In land plants, polygalacturonic acids are major components of cell wall polysaccharides (pectins). Bound polygalacturonase-inhibiting peptides (PGIP) protect pectin from degradation by fungal polygalacturonases.

Other Notes

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Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Optimization of production and reaction conditions of polygalacturonase from Byssochlamys fulva
Gupta, R. and K. Acta
Microbiology and Immunology, 58, 339-349 (2011)
Ana Paula de F C Vanzela et al.
Microbiological research, 157(3), 239-247 (2002-10-26)
The effects of glucose and of a pectic substrate in the duplication cycle, spore polarization and septation of Aspergillus nidulans were tested in poor and rich media. Growth on poor conditions and on sodium polypectate slowed nuclear duplication and reduced
M D Huertas-González et al.
Current genetics, 35(1), 36-40 (1999-02-18)
A pectate lyase (PL1) from the tomato vascular wilt pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici was previously characterized, and evidence was obtained for its production in planta. The gene encoding PL1 was isolated from a genomic library of F. oxysporum f.
Johanna Nykyri et al.
PloS one, 8(9), e73718-e73718 (2013-09-17)
In this study, we characterized a putative Flp/Tad pilus-encoding gene cluster, and we examined its regulation at the transcriptional level and its role in the virulence of potato pathogenic enterobacteria of the genus Pectobacterium. The Flp/Tad pilus-encoding gene clusters in
M A Chellegatti et al.
Journal of basic microbiology, 40(5-6), 319-326 (2001-02-24)
Penicillium frequentans synthesized eleven polygalacturonases and three pectinesterases when grown in the presence of pectin, sodium polypectate or monogalacturonic acid. When glucose was the sole carbohydrate source in the medium two of these polygalacturonases and one pectinesterase were produced. The

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