title: GalNAc beta 1----3 terminated glycosphingolipids of human erythrocytes.
abstract: Nonacid glycosphingolipids with 4 to 10 sugar residues isolated from pooled erythrocytes of blood group O donors have been efficiently separated as peracetylated derivatives on silicic acid. This procedure enabled a quantitative estimate of individual compounds and also revealed several GalNAc beta 1----3 terminated structures. The structural characterization of these glycolipids with 1H-NMR spectroscopy, direct inlet mass spectrometry, gas chromatography, and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry identified the compounds as GalNAc beta 1----3Gal alpha 1----4Gal beta 1----4Glc beta 1----1-N-acetyl sphingosine and GalNAc beta 1----3Gal alpha 1----4Gal beta 1----4Glc beta 1----1-N-acetyl phytosphingosine, GalNAc beta 1----3GalNAc beta 1----3Gal alpha 1----4Gal beta 1----4Glc beta 1----1 ceramide, and GalNAc beta 1----3Gal beta 1----4GlcNAc beta 1----3Gal beta 1----4Glc beta 1----1 ceramide.
mesh_terms: D000107:Acetylation; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D006028:Glycosphingolipids / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008745:Methylation; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D006028:Glycosphingolipids; D010446:Peptide Fragments