| Literature DB >> 1991030 |
G H Tai1, G M Brown, H G Morris, T N Huckerby, I A Nieduszynski.
Abstract
Alkaline-borohydride-reduced keratan sulphate chains were isolated from bovine articular cartilage (6-8-year-old animals). Nine keratan sulphate fractions of increasing molecular weight were prepared by gel-permeation chromatography on a calibrated column of TSK 30 XL. The samples were analysed for fucose and galactose contents (% by wt. of keratan sulphate) and fucose/galactose ratio. The fucose content increased with molecular size, but the galactose content remained constant. It was concluded that the alpha(1----3)-linked fucose [Thornton, Morris, Cockin, Huckerby, Nieduszynski, Carlstedt, Hardingham & Ratcliffe (1989) Biochem. J. 260, 277-282] was located within the poly-N-acetyl-lactosamine repeat sequence of articular-cartilage keratan sulphate.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1991030 PMCID: PMC1149847 DOI: 10.1042/bj2730307
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem J ISSN: 0264-6021 Impact factor: 3.857