title: The use of porcine liver (2----3)-alpha-sialyltransferase in the large-scale synthesis of alpha-Neup5Ac-(2----3)-beta-D-Galp-(1----3)-D-GlcpNAc, the epitope of the tumor-associated carbohydrate antigen CA 50.
abstract: alpha-Neup5Ac-(2----3)-beta-D-Galp-(1----3)-D-GlcpNAc (2) and, alpha-Neup5Ac-(2----3)-beta-D-Galp-(1----3)-beta-D-GlcpNAcOMBn+ ++ were prepared on a large scale by the action of beta-D-Galp-(1----3)-D-GalpNAc (2----3)-alpha-sialyltransferase (partially purified from porcine liver) on beta-D-Galp-(1----3)-D-GlcpNAc and beta-D-Galp-(1----3)-beta-D-GlcpNAcOMBn, respectively. The trisaccharide 2 is the epitope of the tumor-associated carbohydrate antigen CA 50, highly expressed in human pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Chimie Moléulaire d'Orsay, U.R.A. C.N.R.S. 462, Université Paris-Sud, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lubineau
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Augé
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: François
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate / Q000737:chemistry*; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D000939:Epitopes / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012799:Sialyltransferases / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013552:Swine; D014312:Trisaccharides / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate; D000939:Epitopes; D014312:Trisaccharides; D012799:Sialyltransferases