title: Keratan sulphate in the interglobular domain has a microstructure that is distinct from keratan sulphate elsewhere on pig aggrecan.
abstract: The microstructure of keratan sulphate purified from the interglobular domain, the keratan sulphate-rich region and total aggrecan was compared using fluorophore-assisted-carbohydrate-electrophoresis. Keratan sulphate in the interglobular domain was substantially less sulphated than keratan sulphate elsewhere on aggrecan, based on the ratio of unsulphated: monosulphated disaccharides generated by endo-beta-galactosidase digestion, and the ratio of monosulphated: disulphated disaccharides generated by keratanase II digestion. The ratio of unsulphated: monosulphated: disulphated disaccharides was 1:4:5 for keratan sulphate from total aggrecan and the keratan sulphate-rich region, but only 1:0.9:0.8 for the interglobular domain. These results show that keratan sulphate in the interglobular domain of pig aggrecan has a microstructure that is distinct from keratan sulphate in the keratan sulphate-rich region.
authors.affiliation: University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Arthritis Research Group, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, 3052, Australia. amanda.fosang@mcri.edu.au
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Fosang
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Last
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Poon
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Plaas
mesh_terms: D053674:Aggrecans / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D006801:Humans; D007632:Keratan Sulfate / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D053674:Aggrecans; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D007632:Keratan Sulfate