Abstract
The 1H-n.m.r. spectra of solutions in [2H6]dimethyl sulphoxide of the sodium salts of tetra-, hexa- and octa-saccharides prepared from hyaluronate by testicular-hyaluronidase digestion were examined at 300 and 500 MHz. The signals from hydroxy groups at positions 2 and 3 in the glucuronic acid moiety were assigned. Their chemical shifts and associated temperature-dependencies, as well as their coupling constants, depended on whether or not the uronic acid was at the non-reducing end. Deviations from the 'normal' pattern of hydroxy-group proton n.m.r. behaviour were attributable to participation in hydrogen bonds, either to the acetamido carbonyl oxygen atom or the pyranose ring oxygen atom of neighbouring N-acetylhexosamine moieties. A secondary structure, containing four different hydrogen bonds per trisaccharide unit of glucuronsyl-hexosaminyl-glucuronic acid, was demonstrated. This is the first complete and detailed secondary structure to be established for hyaluronate in any solvent. Hyaluronate is compared with chondroitin sulphate, dermatan sulphate, heparan sulphate and keratan sulphate in their potential to form secondary structures with features in common. The significance of the details of the structure to its overall stability, and the probability of their persistence into aqueous environments, are discussed. The presence of all or most of the secondary structure in glycosaminoglycuronans is correlated with a space-filling function in the tissue, and with a high carbohydrate content in the parent proteoglycan in the case of the chondroitin sulphates.
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