The major protein fraction of guar has been isolated in a homogeneous form. It does not contain any phosphorus and has 0.8% carbohydrate. Its sedimentation coeff. is 10.5 S, mol. wt. 223 000, and intrinsic viscosity 0.047 dl/g. It consists of at least 6 nonidentical polypeptide chains. It exhibits an absorption max. at 280 nm and fluorescence emission max. at 325 nm and consists mainly of beta structure and random coil.
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