LC-ESI/MS (m/z 1300–2000) of the complex oligosaccharides obtained by digestion of the slow-migrating nonacid glycosphingolipid fraction p-IV-f from human blood group A(Rh+)p stomach with Rhodococcus endoglycoceramidase II.
A, base peak chromatogram from LC-ESI/MS of the oligosaccharides derived from fraction p-IV-f. B, MS2 of the ion at m/z 1363 (retention time 14.9 min). C, MS2 of the ion at m/z 1363 (retention time 19.8 min). D, MS2 of the ion at m/z 1509 (retention time 16.5 min). E, MS2 of the ion at m/z 1420 (retention time 19.4 min). F, interpretation formulas showing the deduced oligosaccharide sequences. The identification of oligosaccharides was based on their retention times, determined molecular masses, and subsequent MS2 sequencing. The oligosaccharides identified in the chromatograms were Fucα2Galβ3/4GlcNAcβ3Galβ4(Fucα3)GlcNAcβ3Galβ4Glc (Fuc-Hex-HexNAc-Lex-5), Fucα2Galβ4(Fucα3)GlcNAcβ3Galβ4(Fucα3)GlcNAcβ3Galβ4Glc (Ley-9), GalNAcα3(Fucα2)Galβ4GlcNAcβ3Galβ4GlcNAcβ3Galβ4Glc (A8-2), Fucα2Galβ4(Fucα3)GlcNAcβ3Galβ4GlcNAcβ3Galβ4Glc (Ley-8), Fucα2Galβ4GlcNAcβ3Galβ4GlcNAcβ3Galβ4GlcNAcβ3Galβ4Glc (H9-2), and Galβ4GlcNAcβ3Galβ4GlcNAcβ3Galβ4GlcNAcβ3Galβ4Glc (nLc8). *, nonoligosaccharide contaminants.