| Literature DB >> 10818239 |
K Masuda1, Y Yamaguchi, K Kato, N Takahashi, I Shimada, Y Arata.
Abstract
The Fc portion of immunoglobulin G (IgG) expresses paired oligosaccharides with microheterogeneities, which are associated with efficiencies of effector functions and with pathological states. A comparison of electrospray ionization mass spectrometry data obtained using a variety of Fc fragments derived from human and mouse IgG that do and do not retain the inter-chain disulfide bridge(s) revealed that (1) the Fc portion can be asymmetric as well as symmetric with respect to glycosylation and (2) the ratios of the individual glycoforms are different from what is expected from the random pairing.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 10818239 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(00)01557-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN: 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124