title: A comparative study on structural elucidation of sialyl oligosaccharides by mass spectrometry with fast atom bombardment, electrospray ionization, and matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization.
abstract: To establish a new protocol for sensitive detection and structural characterization of sialyl oligosaccharides, their sensitivities and structural information from mass spectrometry and tandem mass spectrometry with FAB-, ESI-, and MALDI were evaluated in detail. Among these ionization methods, FAB-MS and FAB-MS/MS gave reproducible and predictable spectra carrying information on sequence and branching of sialyl oligosaccharides after derivatization with 2-aminopyridine (PA). With both positive and negative ion modes, their structural elucidation promises to be straightforward, MS/MS spectra being measurable at as low as 200 pmol. Thus, this method constitutes a powerful tool for sensitive detection and structural characterization of limited quantities of sialyl oligosaccharides by FAB-MS and FAB-MS/MS.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Health Science Laboratory, SumitomoChemical Co. Ltd., Osaka, Japan. okamotom@sc.sumitomo-chem.co.jp
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okamoto
mesh_terms: D000631:Aminopyridines; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000737:chemistry*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016339:Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D000631:Aminopyridines; D009844:Oligosaccharides; C016735:sialooligosaccharides; C032439:alpha-aminopyridine