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. 2023 Sep 9;39(11):302. doi: 10.1007/s11274-023-03753-7

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2

A conceptual scheme on how heteromannans interact (green) with other lignocellulosic fractions, such as cellulose (purple) and O-acetyl-arabinoglucuronoxylan (cyan). The lsHM such as GM regions binds to the cellulose microfibril surfaces and the hsHM binds to lignin (not shown) but not cellulose, while O-acetyl-arabinoglucuronoxylan hydrogen bond to the hydrophilic surfaces of cellulose through folding as a twofold helical screw. The hemicelluloses, O-acetyl-galactoglucomannan and O-acetyl-arabinoglucuronoxylan, may adopt more coiled conformations where they can interact with each other through bridging adhesion of different intensities. Finally, the ferulic groups attached to the arabinosly residues of the xylan enable coupling of xylan with lignin (not shown)