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4(3):261-270 (1993)     Crit Rev Oral Biol Med
© 1993 SAGE Publications

Biophysical Approaches to Salivary Mucin Structure, Conformation and Dynamics

Thomas A. Gerken

Departments of Pediatrics and Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106

Our understanding of the origins of the physical and biochemical properties of mucous glycoproteins is incomplete and not with out controversy. Recent molecular biological and biophysical studies revealing the architecture and solution structure and dynamics of a series of salivary mucins, invaluable toward resolving many of these questions, are discussed. Mucins are very large, structurally heterogeneous, and highly expanded molecules with the carbohydrate playing a key role in maintaining the extended mucin conformation.

Key Words: submaxillary mucins • o-linked glycoproteins • glycoprotein conformation • light scattering • nuclear magnetic resonance • molecular modeling • molecular dimensions.

Critical Reviews in Oral Biology & Medicine, Vol. 4, No. 3, 261-270 (1993)
DOI: 10.1177/10454411930040030201
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