Mass spectrometry-based techniques to elucidate the sugar code

M Grabarics, M Lettow, C Kirschbaum, K Greis… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Cells encode information in the sequence of biopolymers, such as nucleic acids, proteins,
and glycans. Although glycans are essential to all living organisms, surprisingly little is …

Sweet but Challenging: Tackling the Complexity of GAGs with Engineered Tailor‐Made Biomaterials

J Le Pennec, C Picart, RR Vivès… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) play a crucial role in tissue homeostasis by regulating the
activity and diffusion of bioactive molecules. Incorporating GAGs into biomaterials has …

Analysis of the glycosaminoglycan chains of proteoglycans

Y Song, F Zhang, RJ Linhardt - Journal of Histochemistry & …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are heterogeneous, negatively charged, macromolecules that
are found in animal tissues. Based on the form of component sugar, GAGs have been …

Developments in mass spectrometry for glycosaminoglycan analysis: a review

LE Pepi, P Sanderson, M Stickney, IJ Amster - Molecular & Cellular …, 2021 - ASBMB
This review covers recent developments in glycosaminoglycan (GAG) analysis via mass
spectrometry (MS). GAGs participate in a variety of biological functions, including cellular …

Shotgun ion mobility mass spectrometry sequencing of heparan sulfate saccharides

RL Miller, SE Guimond, R Schwörer… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Despite evident regulatory roles of heparan sulfate (HS) saccharides in numerous biological
processes, definitive information on the bioactive sequences of these polymers is lacking …

Characterization and quantification of highly sulfated glycosaminoglycan isomers by gated-trapped ion mobility spectrometry negative electron transfer dissociation …

J Wei, J Wu, Y Tang, ME Ridgeway, MA Park… - Analytical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) play vital roles in many biological processes and are naturally
present as complex mixtures of polysaccharides with tremendous structural heterogeneity …

State‐of‐the‐art glycosaminoglycan characterization

A Zappe, RL Miller, WB Struwe… - Mass Spectrometry …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are heterogeneous acidic polysaccharides involved in a range
of biological functions. They have a significant influence on the regulation of cellular …

Recent liquid chromatographic approaches and developments for the separation and purification of carbohydrates

G Nagy, T Peng, NLB Pohl - Analytical Methods, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbohydrate purification remains a bottleneck in securing analytical standards from natural
sources or by chemical or enzymatic synthesis. This review highlights the scope and …

Resolving heparan sulfate oligosaccharide positional isomers using hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography-cyclic ion mobility mass spectrometry

GJ Cavallero, J Zaia - Analytical chemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
Heparan sulfate (HS) is a linear polysaccharide covalently attached to proteoglycans on cell
surfaces and within extracellular matrices in all animal tissues. Many biological processes …

Characterization of an α-agarase from Thalassomonas sp. LD5 and its hydrolysate

W Zhang, J Xu, D Liu, H Liu, X Lu, W Yu - Applied microbiology and …, 2018 - Springer
It has been a long time since the first α-agarase was discovered. However, only two α-
agarases have been cloned and partially characterized so far and the study of α-agarases …