Analysis of heparin tetrasaccharide and trisaccharide.
A, composition of the fully sulfated Δ-tetrasaccharide (Hep-Tetra) and the trisaccharide (Hep-Tri) after removing the Δ-hexuronate using Hg2+ treatment. Residual Hg2+ was then removed from the trisaccharide product through cation exchange. B, FACE analyses of the Δ-tetrasaccharide (tetra) and the disaccharide (di) prepared through heparin lyase digestion of heparin, after removal of the Δ-hexuronate(2S) residue, yielding the X1 fragment, and the trisaccharide (tri) and monosaccharide (mono), respectively.