title: Spectroscopic characterisation of disaccharides derived from keratan sulfates.
abstract: Skeletal keratan sulfates have been degraded by three independent techniques and the resultant, borohydride-reduced, disaccharides have been characterised by NMR spectroscopy. The 1H and 13C (where available) chemical shifts are reported for the following substances, where GalNAc-ol represents N-acetyl-galactosaminitol, GlcNAc-ol represents N-acetyl-glucosaminitol, GlcNAc(6S)-ol represents N-acetyl-glucosaminitol 6-O-sulfate and 2,5AnMan(6S)-ol represents 2,5-anhydro-D-mannitol 6-O-sulfate. (a) GlcNAc(6S)beta(1-3)Gal-ol, isolated after keratanase (from Pseudomonas sp.) digestion. (b) Gal beta(1-4)GlcNAc(6S)-ol and Gal(6S)beta(1-4) GlcNAc(6S)-ol, the 1H chemical shifts have been reported previously [Brown, G. M., Huckerby, T. N., Morris, H. G., Abram, B. L. & Nieduszynski, I. A. (1994) Biochemistry 33, 4836-4846; Brown, G. M., Huckerby, T. N. & Nieduszynski, I. A. (1994) Eur. J. Biochem. 224, 281-308], GlcNAc(6S)beta(1-6)GalNAc-ol, [formula: see text], [formula: see text], all isolated after keratanase II digestion. (c) Gal beta(1-4)2,5AnMan(6S)-ol and Gal(6S)beta(1-4)2,5AnMan(6S)-ol, isolated after hydrazinolysis and nitrous acid digestion. In addition, the model compounds Gal beta(1-4)GlcNAc-ol and Gal beta(1-6)GlcNAc-ol have also been examined by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy. The value of these data for microstructural analysis of keratan sulfate samples is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Polymer Centre, School of Physics and Materials, Lancaster University, England.
authors.forename: T N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Huckerby
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Dickenson
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Nieduszynski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000737:chemistry*; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002417:Cattle; D004187:Disaccharides / Q000737:chemistry*; D007632:Keratan Sulfate / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013057:Spectrum Analysis
chemical_list: D004187:Disaccharides; D007632:Keratan Sulfate