title: Isolation and characterization of methylated sugars from the tube of the hydrothermal vent tubiculous annelid worm Alvinella pompejana.
abstract: The tube of Alvinella pompejana contains in its carbohydrate fraction, 3 methylated monosaccharides: 2-mono-O-methyl-L-fucose, 3-mono-O-methyl-L-fucose and 2,4-di-O-methyl-L-fucose. The present work appears to be the first report of the occurrence of 2-mono-O-methyl-L-fucose and 3-mono-O-methyl-L-fucose in the animal kingdom. Moreover, it is the first time that 2,4-di-O-methyl-L-fucose is found in nature.
authors.affiliation: IFREMER, Centre de Brest, Plouzané, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Talmont
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fournet
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000845:Annelida / Q000032:analysis*; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D005643:Fucose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008745:Methylation
chemical_list: D005643:Fucose