| Literature DB >> 1175622 |
J P Kamerling, J F Vliegenthart.
Abstract
N-Acetylneuraminic acid preparations from the urine of a patient with sialuria contain 1--2% of 2-deoxy-2,3-dehydro-N-acetylneuraminic acid. This new human sialic acid was isolated by ion-exchange and partition chromatography. The structure has been elucidated by mass spectrometry and confirmed by comparison with the synthetic compound. The properties of this unsaturated sialic acid in the orcinol/Fe3+/HCl and the periodic acid/thiobarbituric acid tests as well as in thin-layer and gas-liquid chromatography are described. It does not react with acylneuraminate pyruvatelyase. The origin of this new human sialic acid is discussed.Entities:
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Year: 1975 PMID: 1175622 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1975.tb02228.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Biochem ISSN: 0014-2956