title: Glycosylation site analysis of human alpha-1-acid glycoprotein (AGP) by capillary liquid chromatography-electrospray mass spectrometry.
abstract: A new anionic surfactant (RapiGest SF) was successfully used for site-specific analysis of glycosylation in human alpha-1-acid glycoprotein (AGP). By means of this analytical approach combined with capillary HPLC-mass spectrometry (and tandem mass spectrometry), the N-linked glycosylation pattern of AGP was explored. On the basis of mass matching and MS/MS experiments ca 80 different AGP-derived glycopeptides were identified. Glycosylation shows a markedly different pattern for the various glycosylation sites. At sites I and II, triantennary complex-type oligosaccharides predominate and at sites III, IV and V, tetra-antennary complex-type oligosaccharides predominate. Sites IV and V show the presence of additional N-acetyl lactosamine (Gal-GlcNAc) units (even higher degree of branching and/or longer antennae are also present).
authors.affiliation: Department of Mass Spectrometry, Institute of Structural Chemistry, Chemical Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1525 Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Tímea
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imre
authors.forename: Gitta
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schlosser
authors.forename: Gabriella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pocsfalvi
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Siciliano
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Molnár-Szöllosi
authors.forename: Tibor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kremmer
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Malorni
authors.forename: Károly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vékey
mesh_terms: D002853:Chromatography, Liquid; D006031:Glycosylation; D006801:Humans; D009961:Orosomucoid / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D009961:Orosomucoid