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Curdlan, a linear bacterial beta-(1->3)-glucan

Curdlan, a linear bacterial beta-(1->3)-glucan. Species, exposure and limitations are retained in each linked claim.

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  1. Dectin-1 lacks residues involved in calcium ligation that mediates carbohydrate-binding by classical C-type lectins, and among 187 diverse sequence-defined oligosaccharide probes together with designer microarrays from a neutral soluble glucan from S. cerevisiae, curdlan from Alcaligenes faecalis and pustulan from Umbilicaria papullosa, Dectin-1 binding is detected exclusively to 1,3-linked glucose oligomers, the minimum length required for detectable binding being a 10- or 11-mer, and 11-13 gluco-oligomers in clustered form displayed on liposomes mimic the macromolecular beta-glucans and compete with zymosan binding and triggering of tumour necrosis factor alpha secretion.

    Experimental context and source evidence
    evidence_span
    {"source_cache": "artifacts/glucan-research/16371356.abstract.txt", "locator": "Indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "dd98941694dedd8e3e85766c0c299b54fbc29ca8cce7c61a333efceee796867f", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1911, "text_sha256": "dd98941694dedd8e3e85766c0c299b54fbc29ca8cce7c61a333efceee796867f"}
    experimental_model
    Neoglycolipid oligosaccharide microarrays built from three glucan polysaccharides and screened against 187 sequence-defined probes
    exposure
    Dectin-1 binding to oligosaccharide probes generated from a soluble yeast glucan, curdlan and pustulan
    limitations
    A binding assignment on arrayed probes rather than on a cell surface. The clustered-ligand test uses liposomes and a Dectin-1-expressing cell line.
    nutrient_topic
    Beta-glucan research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct clinical effect, and each preparation is recorded as its own entity with no family link joining any pair. · Beta-glucan
    organism
    Recombinant protein and a macrophage cell line
    plain_language
    The receptor reads only one linkage, needs a run of about ten sugars to grip at all, and needs them clustered to fire.
    primary_references
    [bg-p16371356] Ligands for the beta-glucan receptor, Dectin-1, assigned using "designer" microarrays of oligosaccharide probes (neoglycolipids) generated from glucan polysaccharides. (2006). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16371356/ DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m511461200
    tissue_or_cell_type
    Cell-free microarray and cultured cells

    Beta-glucan: a structural family rather than an agent, what decides whether a bound glucan actually signals, the complement route that a cereal and a yeast preparation share, and the unequal human evidence behind each (2026-09-22) · lines 125–136

    AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Neoglycolipid oligosaccharide microarrays built from three glucan polysaccharides and screened against 187 sequence-defined probes · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft

    ### bg-only-beta-1-3-oligomers-bind Dectin-1 lacks residues involved in calcium ligation that mediates carbohydrate-binding by classical C-type lectins, and among 187 diverse sequence-defined oligosaccharide probes together with designer microarrays from a neutral soluble glucan from S. cerevisiae, curdlan from Alcaligenes faecalis and pustulan from Umbilicaria papullosa, Dectin-1 binding is detected exclusively to 1,3-linked glucose oligomers, the minimum length required for detectable binding being a 10- or 11-mer, and 11-13 gluco-oligomers in clustered form displayed on liposomes mimic the macromolecular beta-glucans and compete with zymosan binding and triggering of tumour necrosis factor alpha secretion. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Beta-glucan research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct clinical effect, and each preparation is recorded as its own entity with no family link joining any pair. plain_language: The receptor reads only one linkage, needs a run of about ten sugars to grip at all, and needs them clustered to fire. organism: Recombinant protein and a macrophage cell line tissue_or_cell_type: Cell-free microarray and cultured cells experimental_model: Neoglycolipid oligosaccharide microarrays built from three glucan polysaccharides and screened against 187 sequence-defined probes limitations: A binding assignment on arrayed probes rather than on a cell surface. The clustered-ligand test uses liposomes and a Dectin-1-expressing cell line. exposure: Dectin-1 binding to oligosaccharide probes generated from a soluble yeast glucan, curdlan and pustulan evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/glucan-research/16371356.abstract.txt", "locator": "Indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "dd98941694dedd8e3e85766c0c299b54fbc29ca8cce7c61a333efceee796867f", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1911, "text_sha256": "dd98941694dedd8e3e85766c0c299b54fbc29ca8cce7c61a333efceee796867f"} [bg-p16371356] Ligands for the beta-glucan receptor, Dectin-1, assigned using "designer" microarrays of oligosaccharide probes (neoglycolipids) generated from glucan polysaccharides. (2006). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16371356/ DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m511461200
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