Oligosaccharide Sequence (oligosaccharide + sequence)

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Oligosaccharide sequences in Quillaja saponins by electrospray ionization ion trap multiple-stage mass spectrometry

JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY (INCORP BIOLOGICAL MASS SPECTROMETRY), Issue 6 2004
Susanna Broberg
Abstract Ten different samples with 13 previously identified saponin structures from Quillaja saponaria Molina were investigated by electrospray ionization ion trap multiple-stage mass spectrometry (ESI-ITMSn) in positive and negative ion modes. Both positive and negative ion mode MS1,MS4 spectra were analyzed, showing that structural information on the two oligosaccharide parts in the saponin can be obtained from positive ion mode spectra whereas negative ion mode spectra mainly gave information on one of the oligosaccharide parts. Analysis of MS1,MS4 spectra identified useful key fragment ions important for the structural elucidation of Quillaja saponins. A flowchart involving a stepwise procedure based on key fragments from MS1,MS3 spectra was constructed for the identification of structural elements in the saponin. Peak intensity ratios in MS3 spectra were found to be correlated with structural features of the investigated saponins and are therefore of value for the identification of terminal monosaccharide residues. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]


Casein phosphoproteome: Identification of phosphoproteins by combined mass spectrometry and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis

ELECTROPHORESIS, Issue 16 2003
Gianfranco Mamone
Abstract We report a fast and easy-to-use procedure that combines polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis with matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight-mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF) and nanoelectrospray-tandem mass spectrometry (nES-MS/MS) analysis for the identification of casein components and defined phosphorylated sites. This methodology ensured identification of more than 30 phosphorylated proteins, five ,-, fifteen ,s1 -, ten ,s2 -, and four ,-casein (CN) components, including nonallelic, differently phosphorylated, and glycosylated forms. The sugar motif covalently bound to ,-CN was identified as chains, trisaccharide GalNAc, Gal, NeuGc, and tetrasaccharide 1GalNAc, 1Gal, 2NeuGc. Also identified was a biantennary chain made up of both chains of trisaccharide 1GalNAc, 1Gal, 1NeuGc, and tetrasaccharide 1GalNAc, 1Gal, 2NeuGc moiety on a single ,-CN component. The phosphate group on site Ser12 of tryptic peptide 8,22 of most phosphorylated ,s1 -CN (11 phosphate groups) was localized and the oligosaccharide sequence of the main tryptic glycopeptides of two ,-CN components was determined by means of MS/MS analysis. [source]


O -Glycosylated 24,kDa human growth hormone has a mucin-like biantennary disialylated tetrasaccharide attached at Thr-60

PROTEINS: STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS, Issue 13 2009
Juan J. Bustamante
Abstract MS was used to characterize the 24,kDa human growth hormone (hGH) glycoprotein isoform and determine the locus of O -linked oligosaccharide attachment, the oligosaccharide branching topology, and the monosaccharide sequence. MALDI-TOF/MS and ESI-MS/MS analyses of glycosylated 24,kDa hGH tryptic peptides showed that this hGH isoform is a product of the hGH normal gene. Analysis of the glycoprotein hydrolysate by high-performance anion-exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection and HPLC with fluorescent detection for N -acetyl neuraminic acid (NeuAc) yielded the oligosaccharide composition (NeuAc2, N -acetyl galactosamine1, Gal1). After ,-elimination to release the oligosaccharide from glycosylated 24,kDa hGH, collision-induced dissociation of tryptic glycopeptide T6 indicated that there had been an O -linked oligosaccharide attached to Thr-60. The sequence and branching structure of the oligosaccharide were determined by ESI-MS/MS analysis of tryptic glycopeptide T6. The mucin-like O -oligosaccharide sequence linked to Thr-60 begins with N -acetyl galactosamine and branches in a bifurcated topology with one appendage consisting of galactose followed by NeuAc and the other consisting of a single NeuAc. The oligosaccharide moiety lies in the high-affinity binding site 1 structural epitope of hGH that interfaces with both the growth hormone and the prolactin receptors and is predicted to sterically affect receptor interactions and alter the biological actions of hGH. [source]


Assembly of a Series of Malarial Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Anchor Oligosaccharides

CHEMISTRY - A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, Issue 8 2005
Yong-Uk Kwon Dr.
Abstract We report an efficient and convergent synthesis of a series of oligosaccharides comprised of the malaria GPI glycan (2,a), a promising anti-malaria vaccine candidate currently in preclinical trials and several related oligosaccharide sequences (3,8) that are possible biosynthetic precursors of the malarial GPI. A flexible synthetic strategy is disclosed that relies on a late-stage coupling between oligomannosides of varying length and pseudo-disaccharide glycosyl acceptor 11 to readily access various malarial GPI structures. Phosphorylation was accomplished by mild and efficient H-phosphonate chemistry before the final deprotection was carried out by using sodium in ammonia. The direct connection of a thiol group via a phosphate diester linkage to the inositol moiety provides a handle for easy conjugation of the GPI glycan to carrier proteins, immobilization on carbohydrate microarrays and photo-affinity labels identification. These synthetic oligosaccharides will serve as molecular probes. [source]