chemical analyses using methylation analysis and smith degradation as the principal methods indicated that the polysaccharide moiety consisted of a mannan which has a pentasaccharide repeating unit of alpha-mannosyl-1,3-alpha-mannosyl-1,2-alpha-mannosyl-1,2-alpha-mannosyl-1 , 2-alpha-mannose joined through alpha-1,3-mannosyl linkages .
C0032594
polysaccharide
C0024727
mannan