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. 2003 Aug 15;374(Pt 1):185–192. doi: 10.1042/BJ20030291

Characterization of the carbohydrate moieties of the functional unit RvH1-a of Rapana venosa haemocyanin using HPLC/electrospray ionization MS and glycosidase digestion.

Pavlina Dolashka-Angelova 1, Alexander Beck 1, Alexandar Dolashki 1, Mariano Beltramini 1, Stefan Stevanovic 1, Benedetto Salvato 1, Wolfgang Voelter 1
PMCID: PMC1223564  PMID: 12732096

Abstract

The primary structures of two biantennary N -glycans of the glycoprotein Rapana venosa (marine snail) haemocyanin were determined. Two different structural subunits have been found in R. venosa haemocyanin: RvH1 and RvH2. The carbohydrate content of the N-terminal functional unit RvH1-a of RvH1 was studied and compared with the N-terminal functional unit RvH2-a of RvH2. Oligosaccharide fragments were released from the glycoprotein by Smith degradation of a haemocyanin pronase digest and separated on a Superdex 300 column. The glycopeptide fragments, giving a positive reaction for the orcinol/H2SO4 method, were separated by HPLC. In order to determine the linked sugar chains to the hinge glycopeptides isolated from the functional unit RvH1-a, several techniques were applied, including capillary electrophoresis, matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-MS and electrospray ionization-MS in combination with glycosidase digestion. On the basis of these results and amino acid sequence analysis, we concluded that the functional unit RvH1-a contains 7% oligosaccharides N-glycosidically attached to Asn262 and Asn401, and the following structures were suggested:[structure: see text]

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