title: Isolation and characterization of a novel type of glycosphingolipid from Neanthes diversicolor.
abstract: Five glycosphingolipids were obtained in the pure state from the marine annelid, Neanthes diversicolor. Final isolation of the individual compound was achieved by means of preparative HPLC with a reversed phase column in a recycling mode. They were assigned the structures, 1-O-beta-D-(6-O-[2'-(trimethylammonio)- ethylphosphoryl])galactopyranosyl, -N-hexadecanoyl-(4E,8E)-sphingadiene (1), -N-hexadecanoyl-(4E)-sphingenine (2), -N-heptadecanoyl-(4E)-sphingenine (3), -N-octadecanoyl-(4E)-sphingenine (4) and -N-hexadecanoyl-sphinganine (5). It is noted that they are the monogalactosyl ceramides carrying the phosphocholine group in the galactose moiety, and that one of them contains an odd numbered fatty acid residue.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Setsunan University, Hirakata, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Noda
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyahara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000845:Annelida / Q000737:chemistry*; D001665:Binding Sites; D002518:Ceramides / Q000737:chemistry; D006028:Glycosphingolipids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010767:Phosphorylcholine / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D002518:Ceramides; D006028:Glycosphingolipids; D010767:Phosphorylcholine