Table 2.
Relative Proportion of Heparan [35S]Sulfate Disaccharides Yielded by Degradation with Heperitinases I and II.
HS | Supernatants | Cell Extracts | ||||||
ma | Tm1 | Tm5 | S11 | ma | Tm1 | Tm5 | S11 | |
ΔUA-GlcNAc,6S | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 |
ΔUA-GlcNS | 41 | 37 | 34 | 36 | 33 | 33 | 25 | 31 |
ΔUA-GlcNS,6S | 29 | 43 | 41 | 35 | 36 | 44 | 44 | 35 |
ΔUA,2S-GlcNS,6S | 19 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 14 | 23 | 24 |
The radioactivity of the disaccharides was measured after the separation (by paper chromatography) of compounds incubated with both heparitinases I and II. The types of uronic acid were not taken into account.
ma, melan-a; Tm1, Tm5, and S11 ,tumorigenic melanoma cell lines; ΔUA-GlcNS, O-(4-deoxy-hex-4-enopyranosyluronic acid)-(1-4)-2-sulfamino-D-glucose; ΔUA-GlcNAc,6S, O-(4-deoxy-hex-4-enopyranosyluronic acid)-(1-4)-2-acetamido-D-glucose 6-sulfate; ΔUA-GlcNS,6S, O-(4-deoxy-hex-4 enopyranosyluronic acid)-(1-4)-2-sulfamino-D-glucose 6-sulfate; ΔUA,2S-GlcNS,6S, O-(4-deoxyhex-4-enopyranosyluronic acid 2-sulfate)-(1-4)-2-sulfamino-D-glucose.