Lengthening of sugar chain in enzymatic formation of a new glycosidic bond in the polysaccharide chain

Value 0.5 nm
Organism Fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Reference Proctor SA, Minc N, Boudaoud A, Chang F. Contributions of turgor pressure, the contractile ring, and septum assembly to forces in cytokinesis in fission yeast. Curr Biol. 2012 Sep 11 22(17):1601-8 p.1605 left column 2nd paragraphPubMed ID22840513
Primary Source Voet, D., and Voet, J. (2010). Biochemistry, Fourth Edition (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley).
Comments The enzymatic formation of a new glycosidic bond in the polysaccharide chain releases an energy ?Gb = 2.3?10^-20 J (14 kJ/mol) and yields the lengthening of the sugar chain by d=0.5 nm (primary source)
Entered by Uri M
ID 108262