Abstract
Studies have been made on the oligosaccharide residues of the alkali-stable carbohydrate–protein linkage of sialoglycopeptides derived from human erythrocytes. Four glycopeptides were isolated after alkaline borohydride treatment and Pronase digestion of MN-active sialoglycopeptides. The structure of one of these glycopeptides (GPIV) has been studied by sequential hydrolysis with specific glycosidases. Glycopeptide GPIV contained (per mol): 1mol of fucose, 1mol of sialic acid, 3mol of galactose, 3mol of mannose, 4mol of acetylglucosamine, 1mol of aspartic acid and fractional amounts of threonine, serine and glycine. The molecular weight of the glycopeptide was estimated to be 2330 by gel filtration. On the basis of glycosidase-digestion results, a tentative structure is proposed for the oligosaccharide moiety of glycopeptide GPIV.
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