Figure 3.
Example of glycan mass spectra after sialic acid linkage-specific derivatization. All pyridylamine (PA)-labeled glycan standards have identical mass before derivatization. Here, sialic acid linkage-specific alkylamidation (SALSA) was adopted to derivatize sialic acid; therefore, the mass difference between α2,3-/α2,6- is 28 Da.52)