Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2004, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (5): 853.

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Purification and Structure Characterization of the Hyaluronic Acid Produced by a Streptococcus Zooepidemicus Mutation Strain

HONG Shui-Sheng1, CHEN Jia1, TENG Li-Rong1, MENG Qing-Fan1, ZHANG Jian-Guo2, LIU Lan-Ying1   

  1. 1. College of Life Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130023;
    2. State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Chinese Acadamy of Sciences, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Changchun 130022, China
  • Received:2003-06-05 Online:2004-05-24 Published:2004-05-24

Abstract: A mutated strain of Streptococcus zooepidemicus capable of producing the polysaccharide in a high yield was obtained after being mutated bythe chemical agent N-methyl-N′-nitro-N- nitrosoguanidine(NTG). Polysaccharide produced bythe mutated strain of Streptococcus zooepidemicus was purified bythe procedure including Savage method, quaternary ammonium compound precipitation, DEAE-cellulose(DE52) column chromatograph and Sephadex G-75 gel filtration. The purified polysaccharide was proved to be hyaluronic acid(HA) by means of chemical composition analysis, 13C NMR, Infrared spectra, and circular dichroism. The single helix conformation of the purified HA was studied by Congo red experiment. The molecular weight of the HA was about 1.16×106, which was measured by viscosity method.

Key words: Streptococcus zooepidemicus, Hyaluronic acid, Separation and purification, Characterization

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