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  • Title: Chemical analysis of the hyphal wall of Schizophyllum commune.
    Author: Sietsma JH, Wessels JG.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1977 Jan 24; 496(1):225-39. PubMed ID: 189831.
    Abstract:
    1. Purified hyphal wall fragments of Schizophyllum commune are analysed and shown to consist of glucose (67.6%), mannose (3.4%), xylose (0.2%), (N-acetyl)glucosamine (12.5%), amino acids (6.4%) and some lipid material (3.0%). 2. The previously proposed structures of two glucans located at the hyphal wall surface (Wessels et al. (1972) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 273, 346-358) were essentially confirmed using methylation analysis. The mucilaginous glucan consists of 1,3-linked beta-glucan chains with branches of single glucose units attached by beta-1,6 linkages on every third unit, on average, along the chain. The alkali soluble S-glucan is an exclusively 1,3-linked alpha-glucan. 3. The alkali-insoluble R-glucan, occurring in close association with chitin, in the inner wall layer, has been characterised by methylation analysis, X-ray diffraction, enzymatic hydrolysis with purified exo-beta-1,3-glucanase and Smith degradation. It appears to be a highly branched beta-1,3,beta-1,6-glucan and a model of this glucan is proposed. Certain parts of this highly insoluble R-glucan bear a close structural similarity to the mucilaginous glucan present at the outer wall surface and in the medium.
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