Hemocyanin from the keyhole limpet Megathura crenulata (KLH) carries a novel type of N-glycans with Gal(β1-6)Man-motifs

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 269, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 5459-5473

  Kurokawa, Tomofumi ^a,b   Wuhrer, Manfred ^b   Lochnit, Günter ^b   Geyer, Hildegard ^b   Markl, Jürgen ^c   Geyer, Rudolf ^b,d  

^a TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED   (Japan)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY GIESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate structure analysis; Keyhole limpet hemocyanin; Mass spectrometry; N glycans

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE LINKED OLIGOSACCHARIDE; GLYCAN DERIVATIVE; GLYCOPEPTIDE; GLYCOPROTEIN; IMMUNOSTIMULATING AGENT; KEYHOLE LIMPET HEMOCYANIN; MANNOSE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

AMINATION; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRACTIONATION; HAPTEN CARRIER COMPLEX; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLATION; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FUCOSE; GALACTOSE; GLYCOPEPTIDES; HEMOCYANIN; MANNOSE; METHYLATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLLUSCA; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; POLYSACCHARIDES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; TRYPSIN;

INVERTEBRATA; MEGATHURA CRENULATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0036439590     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03244.x     Document Type: Article

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