d-galacturonic acid


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d-ga·lac·tu·ron·ic ac·id

(gă-lak-tūr-on'ik as'id),
The d-isomer is an oxidation product of d-galactose, in which the 6-CH2OH group has become a -COOH group; occurs in many natural products (for example, pectins) and cell walls.
Synonym(s): pectic acid
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ANOVA results indicated significant seasonal differences for 19 different carbon substrates including 3 amino acids (L-phenylalanine, L-serine, and glycyl-L-glutamic acid), 9 carbohydrates ([alpha]-D-lactose, [beta]-methyl D-glucoside, D-cellobiose, D-mannitol, i-erythritol, glucose-1-phosphate, D-galacturonic acid [gamma]-lactone, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, and D-xylose), 4 carboxylic acids ([alpha]-ketobutyric acid, [gamma]-hydroxybutyric acid, pyruvic acid methyl ester, and D-galacturonic acid), 2 polymers ([alpha]-cyclodextrin and 2-hydroxybenzoic acid), and 1 phenolic compound (2-hydroxybenzoic acid).
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The major signs are assigned to D-galacturonic acid while the smaller signs are assigned to D-galactose, as shown in Table 4 [22, 25].
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D-Galacturonic acid, an oxidized form of D-galactose, the main monomer of pectin, is an attractive substrate for bioconversions, since pectin-rich biomass is abundantly available and pectin is easily hydrolyzed (4).
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Of these, 2 types of carbon sources (D-galacturonic acid and a-D-lactose) were positively correlated with the principal component and soil microbes showed the most efficient utilisation of these carbon sources under calcium cyanamide treatment; the other 3 carbon sources (a-cyclodextrin, 2-hydroxy benzoic acid and L- asparagine) were negatively correlated with the principal component and soil microbes showed the most efficient utilisation of a-cyclodextrin and 2-hydroxy benzoic acid in the CK treatment (Table 5).
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