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Glycobiology, Vol 8, 719-724, Copyright © 1998 by Society for Glycobiology

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Ion-spray mass spectrometry for identification of the nonreducing terminal sugar of glycosaminoglycan

K Takagaki, H Munakata, W Nakamura, H Matsuya, M Majima and M Endo
Department of Biochemistry, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki 036-8256, Japan.

Various oligosaccharides from hyaluronic acid, which have glucuronic acid or N- acetylglucosamine at the nonreducing terminal, were prepared by digestion with a combination of testicular hyaluronidase and beta- glucuronidase. These oligo saccharides were analyzed by negative-mode ion-spray mass spectrometry (MS) with an atmospheric pressure ion source. Introduction of collisionally activated dissociation tandem mass spectrometry (CAD-MS/MS) produced ions derived from cleavage of the glycosidic bonds, allowing the structure to be analyzed. The CAD- MS/MS spectrum showed an intense and characteristic fragment ion at m/z 193 for oligosaccharides having glucuronic acid at the nonreducing terminal. On the other hand, this ion was not observed in the spectra of oligosaccharides having N- acetylglucosamine at the nonreducing terminal. Therefore, the fragmentation pattern revealed by CAD-MS/MS provides useful information for distinguishing glucuronic acid and N- acetylglucosamine at the nonreducing terminal of oligosaccharides derived from hyaluronic acid and other glycosaminoglycans. This ion- spray CAD-MS/MS technique was also applied successfully to the characterization of glycosaminoglycans reconstructed by glycotechnology.
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