Biosynthesis of the blood-group-B-specific trisaccharide in a rhesus monkey.
A Rhesus monkey, serologically grouped as B, has been shown to excrete low-molecular-weight carbohydrate material in urine closely related to that found in human urine. Galactose feeding resulted in the excretion of a trisaccharide which was shown to be identical to the trisaccharide isolated from the urine of group B humans under the same conditions. Experiments in which [14C]galactose was administered both orally and via an intestinal vein demonstrated that the intestine is the site of biosynthesis.
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D000818:Animals; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005690:Galactose / Q000378:metabolism; D000882:Haplorhini; D006801:Humans; D008253:Macaca mulatta / Q000652:urine; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000652:urine; D013045:Species Specificity
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D002241:Carbohydrates; D009844:Oligosaccharides; D005690:Galactose