Table 2. Carbohydrate composition analysis of protein-free GPIs and GPI-anchored proteins of RH and PTG strains.

Sample	Ino	Man	GlcNAc	GalNAc	Gal	Glca	Fuc	Xyl
RH protein-free GPIs	1.0±0.1	3.9±1.1	2.5±0.7	1.2±0.3	2.6±1.4	5.6±2.2	2.5±0.3*	1.2±0.1**
PTG protein-free GPIs	1.0±0.1	3.2±0.4	1.6±0.3	0.7±0.2	0.4±0.1	2.3±0.7	0.8±0.2	0.6±0.1
RH GPI-anchored proteins	1.0±0.1	18.9±3.2*	7.3±0.6*	1.4±0.3	6.3±1.2	14.1±3.9	7.6±0.1	8.0±1.0
PTG GPI-anchored proteins	1.0±0.1	9.3±2.6	4.5±1.1	1.2±0.1	4.1±1.9	15.1±4.1	5.5±0.5	7.2±0.8

^aGlucose is a common contaminant. Values are means of molar ratios ± SD of three replicates.

Values are means of molar ratios ± SD of three replicates.

^**P<0.005,

^*P<0.05 RH protein-free GPI and GPI-anchored protein samples compared to PTG protein-free GPI and GPI-anchored protein samples, respectively.