title: Structural characterization of a blood group A heptaglycosylceramide with globo-series structure. The major glycolipid based blood group A antigen of human kidney.
abstract: A blood group A glycosphingolipid with the globo-series structure has been isolated from human kidney and structurally characterized. The structure was shown by mass spectrometry and proton NMR spectroscopy of the intact permethylated and permethylated-reduced derivatives together with degradation studies to be, GalNAc alpha 1----3Gal(2----1 alpha Fuc)beta 1----3GalNAc beta 1----3Gal alpha 1----4Gal beta 1----4Glc beta 1----1 Ceramide. This glycolipid reacts with both polyclonal and monoclonal anti-A blood group typing antisera and it is the major glycolipid based blood group A antigen present in the human kidney.
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D005915:Globosides / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006028:Glycosphingolipids / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000276:immunology*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008745:Methylation
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D005915:Globosides; D006028:Glycosphingolipids