Division of Biochemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge.
J Gen Physiol. 1966 Jul 1;49(6):331-46. doi: 10.1085/jgp.49.6.331.
Polysaccharide synthesis is discussed from the point of view of the sources of biological information that determine the structures and control the rates of synthesis of complex polysaccharides. It is concluded that three types of information contribute in important and different ways, namely enzyme specificity, primer substances, and the structure of the cytoplasmic membrane. Each of these factors is discussed in a general way with examples of its contribution to the structure and organization of specific polysaccharides.
多糖的合成是从决定复杂多糖结构和控制其合成速度的生物信息源的角度来讨论的。结论认为,有三种类型的信息以重要的不同方式发挥作用,即酶的特异性、引物物质和细胞质膜的结构。这三个因素都进行了一般性的讨论,并列举了它们对特定多糖结构和组织的贡献的例子。