Identification method for twelve oligomannose-type sugar chains thought to be processing intermediates of glycoproteins

A mixture of the pyridylamino (PA) derivatives of 12 oligomannose-type sugar chains was fractionated into five fractions (mannose5N-acetylglucosamine2-PA approximately mannose9N-acetylglucosamine2-PA) by size-fractionation HPLC with a MicroPak AX-5 column. Each fraction thus obtained was then analyzed by reversed-phase HPLC with a Cosmosil 5C18-P column. In this way, the 12 PA-oligomannose-type sugar chains were completely separated from each other. The method was used to identify the structures of oligomannose-type sugar chains of human C3, the third component of human complement.     

Carbohydrates of lysosomal enzymes secreted by Tetrahymena pyriformis

The carbohydrate structures of acid phosphatase and alpha-glucosidase secreted into culture medium by Tetrahymena pyriformis strain W were studied. Their asparagine-linked sugar chains were quantitatively liberated as radioactive oligosaccharides from their polypeptide moieties by controlled hydrazinolysis followed by N-acetylation and NaB3H4 reduction. The approximate amounts of total sugar chains liberated from 1 mol each of acid phosphatase and alpha-glucosidase were 6 and 4 mol, respectively. Paper electrophoresis revealed that only neutral oligosaccharides were obtained from both enzymes. The oligosaccharide fraction from acid phosphatase was separated into seven components by Bio-Gel P-4 column chromatography while that from alpha-glucosidase was resolved into three components. The structures of these oligosaccharides were determined by sequential glycosidase digestion in combination with methylation analysis. The sugar chains of the two enzymes can be primarily classified as high mannose-type oligosaccharides. However, they have the following characteristic features: 1) their common core is not the usual Man5 . GlcNAc2 structure, it is Man3 . GlcNAc2; 2) some of the sugar chains of acid phosphatase have 1 approximately 3 glucose residues linked to the nonreducing terminal Man alpha 1----2 residue. The structural characteristics of the sugar moieties of the two enzymes indicate that they might be produced by the so-called "alternate pathway," in which lipid-linked Glc3 . Man5 . GlcNAc2 functions as an oligosaccharide donor.     

Structures of N-linked oligosaccharides of glycoproteins from tobacco BY2 suspension cultured cells

The structures of N-linked sugar chains of glycoproteins expressed in tobacco BY2 cultured cells are reported. Five pyridylaminated (PA-) N-linked sugar chains were derived and purified from hydrazinolysates of the glycoproteins by reversed-phase HPLC and size-fractionation HPLC. The structures of the PA-sugar chains purified were identified by two-dimensional PA-sugar chain mapping, ion-spray MS/MS analysis, and exoglycosidase digestions. The five structures fell into two categories; the major class (92.5% as molar ratio) was a xylose containing-type (Man3Fuc1 Xyl1GlcNAc2 (41.0%), GlcNAc2Man3Fuc1Xyl1GlcNAc2 (26.5%), GlcNAc1Man3Fuc1Xyl1GlcNAc2 (21.7%), Man3 Xyl1GlcNAc2 (3.3%)), and the minor class was a high-mannose type (Man5GlcNAc2 (7.5%)). This is the first report to show that alpha(1-->3) fucosylation of N-glycans does occur but beta(1-->4) galactosylation of the sugar chains does not in the tobacco cultured cells.     

Novel oligomannose-type sugar chains derived from glucose oxidase of Aspergillus niger.

The primary structure of the N-linked sugar chains of glucose oxidase from Aspergillus niger was investigated. These sugar chains were released from the polypeptide backbone by hydrazinolysis, and the reducing ends of the sugar chains were pyridylaminated. HPLC of the pyridylamino sugar chains with an amide-silica column showed at least seven sugar chain peaks. Chemical and exoglycosidase digestion and 400 lMHz H-NMR studies of the sugar chains of lower molecular weight showed that these were novel oligomannose-type sugar chains, (Man)5-7 (GlcNAc)2, with the structure: +/- Man alpha 1----3Man alpha 1----3(Man alpha 1----6)Man alpha 1----6(+/- Man alpha 1----3Man alpha 1---3)Man )Man beta 1----4GlcNAc beta 1----4GlcNAc.     

The asparagine-linked sugar chains of the glycoproteins in rat erythrocyte plasma membrane—Fractionation of oligosaccharides liberated by hydrazinolysis and structural studies of the neutral oligosaccharides

The asparagine-linked sugar chains of the plasma membrane glycoproteins of rat erythrocytes were released as oligosaccharides by hydrazinolysis and labeled by NaB³H₄ reduction. The radioactive oligosaccharides were separated into a neutral and at least four acidic fractions by paper electrophoresis. The neutral oligosaccharide fraction was separated into at least 11 peaks upon Bio-Gel P-4 column chromatography. Structural studies of them by sequential exoglycosidase digestion in combination with methylation analysis revealed that they were a mixture of three high mannose-type oligosaccharides and at least 11 complex type oligosaccharides with Manα1 → 6(Manα1 → 3)Manβ1 → 4GlcNAcβ1 → 4(±Fucα1 → 6)GlcNAc as their cores and Galβ1 → 4GlcNAc, Galβ1 → 3Galβ1 → 4GlcNAc, and various lengths of Galβ1 → 4GlcNAc repeating chains in their outer chain moieties. Most of the complex-type Oligosaccharides were biantennary, and the tri- and tetraantennary Oligosaccharides contain only the Galβ1 → 3Galβ1 → 4GlcNAc group in their outer chain moieties.     

The effects of dietary lipid and phenobarbitone on the production and utilization of NADPH in the liver. A combined biochemical and quantitative cytochemical study.

The unit A-type glycopeptides were purified from porcine thyroglobulin by Pronase digestion followed by chromatography on a DEAE-Sephadex A-25 column. These glycopeptides were separated into five fractions (UA-I, -II, -IV and -V) by Dowex 50W (X2) column chromatography. Fractions UA-I, -II, -III, -IV and -V were found to have the compositions (Man)9(GlcNAc)2-Asn, (Man)8(GlcNAc)2-Asn, (Man)7(GlcNAc)2-Asn, (Man)6(GlcNAc)2-Asn and (Man)5(GlcNAc)2-Asn respectively. The structures of these five fractions were investigated by the combination of exo- and endo-glycosidase digestions, methylation analysis. Smith periodate degradation and acetolysis. The results showed that fraction UA-V had the simplest structure: see formula in text. The larger glycopeptides (fractions UA-I, -II, -III and -IV) contained additional mannose residues alpha (1 leads to 2)-linked to the terminal mannose residues in the above core structure. These unit A-type glycopeptides appear to be biosynthetic intermediates that are to be processed to form complex-type glycopeptides (unit B-type sugar chains).     

Purification of hamster melanoma tyrosinases and structural studies of their asparagine-linked sugar chains

In cultured melanotic melanoma, a marked decrease of pigmentation has been found to be induced by the addition of tunicamycin [Y. Mishima and G. Imokawa (1983) J. Invest. Dermatol. 81, 106-114]. Since it appears that this impaired pigmentation arises from the loss of asparagine-linked sugar chains serving as a signal for transport of tyrosinase from GERL (Golgi-associated endoplasmic reticulum of lysosomes) to premelanosomes, tyrosinases from the membrane fraction of Greene's hamster melanoma have been purified, and the structures of their sugar chains have been analyzed. Two kinds of tyrosinases were purified by Triton X-100 solubilization; DEAE-cellulose, Sephadex G-200, and DEAE-Sephadex column chromatography; and preparative polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The two tyrosinases were separated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and both corresponded to Mr 69,000. Their asparagine-linked sugar chains were released by hydrazinolysis and analyzed. The sugar chains of the two tyrosinases were identical except for the sialic acid contents. One mole of each tyrosinase contained 1 mol of high-mannose-type sugar chains and 3 mol of complex-type sugar chains. The former chain has Man3 approximately 5 X GlcNAc2 and the latter has Man3 X GlcNAc beta 1----4(+/- Fuc alpha 1----6)GlcNAc as their core structures. The complex-type sugar chains are composed of mono-, bi-, tri-, and tetraantennary sugar chains, with +/- Sia alpha 2----3Gal beta 1----4GlcNAc beta 1----as their outer chains.     

Chromatographic separation of asparagine-linked oligosaccharides labeled with an ultravioletabsorbing compound,p-aminobenzoic acid ethyl ester

We have expanded on the suitability ofp-aminobenzoic acid ethyl ester as an ultraviolet-absorbing reagent [Wanget al., (1984) Anal Biochem 141:366–81] for the analysis of asparagine-linked oligosaccharides derived from glycoproteins. The oligosaccharides released from glycoproteins by hydrazinolysis/N-reacetylation were derivatized withp-aminobenzoic acid ethyl ester and the derivatives were purified and separated into neutral and acidic oligosaccharides on a PRE-SEP C₁₈ cartridge. The acidic oligosaccharides could be further separated into a few species by high-voltage paper electrophoresis. p-Aminobenzoic acid ethyl ester derivatives of neutral oligosaccharides were analyzed by gel permeation chromatography on Bio-Gel P-4 and HPLC on a silica-based amide column. The elution profile and the proportion of the oligosaccharides were in agreement with literature values. The overall yield of oligosaccharides from glycoproteins was approximately 70%. Fifty pmol of oligosaccharide were detectable on Bio-Gel P-4 and 4–5 pmol on HPLC.Abbreviations HPLC high performance liquid chromatography - NABEE p-aminobenzoic acid ethyl ester - FAB-MS fast-atom bombardment mass spectrometry - (GlcNAc)₂, (GlcNAc)₃, (GlcNAc)₄, (GlcNAc)₅ and (GlcNAc)₆ chito-oligosaccharides containing 2,3,4,5 and 6 residues ofN-acetylglucosamine     

The asparagine-linked sugar chains of the glycoproteins in rat erythrocyte plasma membrane—Structural studies of the acidic oligosaccharides

Among the four acidic oligosaccharide fractions obtained by paper electrophoresis of the hydrazinolysate of the plasma membrane glycoproteins of rat erythrocytes, one was further separated into two by prolonged paper electrophoresis using 120-cm paper. Three fractions were mixtures of monosialyl oligosaccharides and two of disialyl oligosaccharides. After desialylation, their neutral portions were fractionated by Bio-Gel P-4 column chromatography and by affinity chromatography using a Con A-Sepharose column. Structural studies of the neutral oligosaccharides, thus obtained, indicated that at least 26 different complex-type oligosaccharides are present as a neutral portion of the acid oligosaccharides. Structurally they can be classified into bi-, tri-, and tetraantennary oligosaccharides with Manα1 → 6(Manα1 → 3)Manβ1 → 4GlcNAcβ1 → 4(±Fucα1 → 6)GlcNAc_OT as their common cores. Galβ1 → 3Galβ1 → 4GlcNAc, Siaα2 → 3Galβ1 → 4GlcNAc, Siaα2 → 6Galβ1 → 4GlcNAc, and a series of Siaα2 → (Galβ1 → 4GlcNAcβ1 → 3)_n · Galβ1 → 4GlcNAc were found as their outer chains. Their structures together with the structures of neutral oligosaccharides reported in the preceding paper indicated that the outer chain moieties of the asparagine-linked sugar chains of rat erythrocyte membrane glycoproteins are formed not by random concerted action of glycosyl transferases in Golgi membrane but by the mechanism in which the formation of one outer chain will regulate the elongation of others.     

Structural studies of the asparagine-linked sugar chains of two immunoglobulin M's purified from a patient with Waldenstr?m's macroglobulinemia

The structures of the sugar chains present in two human monoclonal IgM molecules purified from the serum of a patient with Waldenstr?m's macroglobulinemia have been determined. The asparagine-linked sugar chains were liberated as oligosaccharides by hydrazinolysis and labeled by reduction with NaB3H4 after N-acetylation. Their structures were studied by serial lectin column chromatography and sequential exoglycosidase digestion in combination with methylation analysis. These two IgM's were shown to contain almost the same sugar chains. The sugar chains were a mixture of a series of high-mannose-type and biantennary complex-type oligosaccharides. The complex-type oligosaccharides contain Man alpha 1----6(+/- GlcNAc beta 1----4)(Man alpha 1----3)Man beta 1----4GlcNAc beta 1----4(Fuc alpha 1----6)GlcNAc as their core and GlcNAc beta 1----, Gal beta 1----4GlcNAc beta 1---- and Neu5Ac alpha 2----6Gal beta 1----4GlcNAc beta 1---- groups in their outer chain moieties.     

Structural analysis of the carbohydrate chains of a mouse monoclonal IgM antibody

A mouse monoclonal IgM antibody, directed against human blood group B determinant, was isolated from hybridoma culture growth medium. Chemical analysis indicated presence of N- and O-linked oligosaccharides. The N- and O-linked carbohydrate chains were liberated using two different conditions of reductive alkaline degradation. Structural analysis was carried out on the isolated chains using chemical analysis, 500-MHz 1H-NMR spectroscopy and fast-atom-bombardment mass spectrometry. The following composite structures of the N-linked chains were found: (formula; see text) where R = OH for biantennary structures and R = Neu5Ac alpha 2-3Gal beta 1-4 GlcNAc beta 1- or Neu5Ac alpha 2-3Gal beta 1-3[Neu5Ac alpha 2-6]GlcNAc beta 1- for triantennary structures. The O-linked oligosaccharides, found in the light chains, were shown to have the structure Neu5Ac alpha 2-3Gal beta 1-3GalNAc. The native IgM antibody could be separated on a concanavalin-A-Sepharose column into two subfractions, differing in the presence of a high-mannose-type oligosaccharide.     

Saccharomyces cerevisiae alpha1,6-mannosyltransferase has a catalytic potential to transfer a second mannose molecule

In yeast, the N-linked oligosaccharide modification in the Golgi apparatus is initiated by alpha1,6-mannosyltransferase (encoded by the OCH1 gene) with the addition of mannose to the Man(8)GlcNAc(2) or Man(9)GlcNAc(2) endoplasmic reticulum intermediates. In order to characterize its enzymatic properties, the soluble form of the recombinant Och1p was expressed in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris as a secreted protein, after truncation of its transmembrane region and fusion with myc and histidine tags at the C-terminus, and purified using a metal chelating column. The enzymatic reaction was performed using various kinds of pyridylaminated (PA) sugar chains as acceptor, and the products were separated by high performance liquid chromatography. The recombinant Och1p efficiently transferred a mannose to Man(8)GlcNAc(2)-PA and Man(9)GlcNAc(2)-PA acceptors, while Man(5)GlcNAc(2)-PA, which completely lacks alpha1,2-linked mannose residues, was not used as an acceptor. At high enzyme concentrations, a novel product was detected by HPLC. Analysis of the product revealed that a second mannose was attached at the 6-O-position of alpha1,3-linked mannose branching from the alpha1,6-linked mannose that is attached to beta1,4-linked mannose of Man(10)GlcNAc(2)-PA produced by the original activity of Och1p. Our results indicate that Och1p has the potential to transfer two mannoses from GDP-mannose, and strictly recognizes the overall structure of high mannose type oligosaccharide.     

Structures of sugar chains of the third component of human complement

Human C3, the third component of human complement, contained mannose and N-acetylglucosamine as sugar components. The sugar chains were liberated from the polypeptide chains by hydrazinolysis, and the free amino groups were N-acetylated. The reducing end residues of the sugar chains thus obtained were tagged with 2-aminopyridine, and the pyridylamino (PA-) derivatives of sugar chains were separated by high-performance liquid chromatography. The structures of purified PA-sugar chains were analyzed by a combination of stepwise exoglycosidase digestions, size determination by paper electrophoresis, methylation analysis, Smith degradation, and partial acetolysis. These results showed that C3 contained two high-mannose type sugar chains ranging from Man5GlcNAc2 to Man9GlcNAc2. Analyses of the sugar chains of alpha- and beta-chains of C3 indicated that the alpha-chain contained mainly Man8GlcNAc2 and Man9GlcNAc2, while the beta-chain contained mainly Man5GlcNAc2 and Man6GlcNAc2.     

Structures of sugar chains of human kidney gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase

gamma-Glutamyltranspeptidase purified from human kidneys contains 4-5 asparagine-linked sugar chains in each molecule. The sugar chains were released from the polypeptide portion of the enzyme by hydrazinolysis as oligosaccharides and separated by paper electrophoresis into one neutral and two acidic fractions. By sequential exoglycosidase digestion and methylation analysis, the neutral fraction, which comprised 69% of total oligosaccharides, was shown to be a mixture of bisected bi- and triantennary complex-type sugar chains with and without a fucose on the proximal N-acetylglucosamine residue and with Gal beta 1----4GlcNAc and/or Gal beta 1----4(Fuc alpha 1----3)GlcNAc groups in their outer chain moieties. The acidic oligosaccharide fractions were mixtures of mono- and disialyl derivatives of bisected triantennary complex-type oligosaccharides with Gal beta 1----4GlcNAc and/or Gal beta 1----4(Fuc alpha 1----3)GlcNAc group in their outer chain moieties. Some of the outer chains of the acidic oligosaccharides were considered to be sialylated X-antigenic structures.     

Structural study of asparagine-linked oligosaccharide moiety of taste-modifying protein, miraculin

The structures of the N-linked oligosaccharides of miraculin, which is a taste modifying glycoprotein isolated from miracle fruits, berries of Richadella dulcifica, are reported. Asparagine-linked oligosaccharides were released from the protein by glycopeptidase (almond) digestion. The reducing ends of the oligosaccharide chains thus obtained were aminated with a fluorescent reagent, 2-aminopyridine, and the mixture of pyridylamino derivatives of the oligosaccharides was separated by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) on an ODS-silica column. More than five kinds of oligosaccharide fractions were separated by the one chromatographic run. The structure of each oligosaccharide thus isolated was analyzed by a combination of sequential exoglycosidase digestion and another kind of HPLC with an amidesilica column. Furthermore, high resolution proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) measurements were carried out. It was found that 1) five oligosaccharides obtained are a series of compounds with xylose-containing common structural core, Xyl beta 1----2 (Man alpha 1----6) Man beta 1----4-GlcNAc beta 1----4 (Fuca1----3)GlcNAc, 2) a variety of oligosaccharide structures are significant for two glycosylation sites, Asn-42 and Asn-186, and 3) two new oligosaccharides, B and D, with unusual structures containing monoantennary complex-type were characterized. (formula; see text)     

Detection of bisected biantennary form in the asparagine-linked oligosaccharides of fibronectin isolated from human term amniotic fluid

Fibronectin purified from human term amniotic fluid contains 10 asparagine-linked sugar chains in one molecule. The sugar chains were quantitatively liberated as radioactive oligosaccharides from the polypeptide moiety by hydrazinolysis followed by N-acetylation and NaB3H4 reduction and fractionated by anion-exchange column chromatography and serial lectin affinity chromatography. The structures of these sugar chains were determined by sequential exoglycosidase digestion in combination with methylation analysis. The results indicated that they are a mixture of bisected and non-bisected bi- and triantennary complex-type sugar chains with and without a fucose on the proximal N-acetylglucosamine residue and with Gal beta 1----4GlcNAc beta 1----, GlcNAc beta 1----, Neu5Ac alpha 2----3Gal beta 1----4GlcNAc beta 1----, and Neu5Ac alpha 2----6Gal beta 1----4GlcNAc beta 1---- groups in their outer chain moieties.     

Fluorescent derivatives of carbohydrates in the analysis of the structure of glycoconjugates. N-(4-methylcoumarin-7-yl) glycamines in the study of asparagine-bound carbohydrate chains of glycoproteins

4-(N-Methylcoumarin-7-yl) glycamines were employed in studying asparagine-linked carbohydrate chains of acid desialylated fetuin. The procedure was optimised for the reductive amination of oligosaccharides with 7-amino-4-methylcoumarin in the presence of Na(CN)BH3 to lead to oligosaccharide glycamines (AMC-OS). AMC-OS were obtained from dextran oligosaccharides and from oligosaccharides released by hydrazinolysis of asparagine-linked sugar chains of asialofetuin. Reverse-phase HPLC and exclusion HPLC with fluorimetric quantitation of AMC-OS is described. TSK Gel 2000 SW column was calibrated using dextran AMC-OS to give linear relationship ln Ni = k(ti/tr)+b, where ti/tr is retention time of the AMC-OS relatively to the reference AMC-trisaccharide, and Ni is calibration unit value, characterizing molecular size of AMC-OS. Three AMC-OS, Gal3GlcNAc3Man3GlcNAc2-AMC (I) and (II), and Gal2GlcNAc3Man3GlcNAc2AMC (III), were obtained from asialofetuin in a molar ration of 1:1.8:0.1. Acid treatment of AMK-OS (II) in desialylation conditions also gave AMC-OS (III), thus suggesting a partial degalactosylation of the glycoprotein sugar chains during the desialylation. Consequent digestion of AMC-OS (II) and (III) with Jack bean beta-galactosidase and beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase led to the same AMC-OS, Man3GlcNAc2AMC. The final digestion product of AMC-OS (I) was GalGlcNAcMan3GlcNAc2AMC, suggesting a structural difference in one of the antennas of the minor sugar chain of asialofetuin. The monosaccharide quantitation and exoglycosidase sequencing were carried out at a 100 pmole level.     

The oligosaccharides of the glycoprotein pheromone of Volvox carteri f. nagariensis Iyengar (Chlorophyceae)

The sexuality-inducing glycoprotein of Volvox carteri f. nagariensis was purified from supernatants of disintegrated sperm packets of the male strain IPS-22 and separated by reverse-phase HPLC into several isoforms which differ in the degree of O-glycosylation. Total chemical deglycosylation with trifluoromethanesulphonic acid yields the biologically inactive core protein of 22.5 kDa. This core protein possesses three putative binding sites for N-glycans which are clustered in the middle of the polypeptide chain. The N-glycosidically bound oligosaccharides were obtained by glycopeptidase F digestion and were shown by a combination of exoglycosidase digestion, gaschromatographic sugar analysis and two-dimensional HPLC separation to possess the following definite structures: (A) Man beta 1-4GlcNAc beta 1-4GlcNAc; (B) (Man alpha)3 Man beta 1-4GlcNAc beta 1-4GlcNAc Xyl beta; (C) (Man alpha)2 Man beta 1-4GlcNAc beta 1-4GlcNAc; (D) (Man)2Xyl(GlcNAc)2. Xyl beta Two of the three N-glycosidic binding sites carry one B and one D glycan. The A and C glycans are shared by the third N-glycosylation site. The O-glycosidic sugars, which make up 50% of the total carbohydrate, are short (up to three sugar residues) chains composed of Ara, Gal and Xyl and are exclusively bound to Thr residues.     

Systematic fractionation of oligosaccharides of human immunoglobulin G by serial affinity chromatography on immobilized lectin columns

Human immunoglobulin G is known to contain 16 different biantennary complex-type asparagine-linked sugar chains, each of which occurs in a nonsialylated, monosialylated, or disialylated form. These oligosaccharides can be separated into 14 fractions by sequential affinity chromatography with Aleuria aurantia lectin (AAL)-Sepharose, RCA120-WG003, and E4-phytohemagglutinin-agarose columns. Twelve of them were found to contain a single oligosaccharide, while the fraction which passed through all three columns was shown to contain two oligosaccharides, GlcNAc beta 1----2Man alpha 1----6(+/- GlcNAc beta 1----4) (GlcNAc beta 1----2Man alpha 1----3)Man beta 1----4GlcNAc beta 1----4GlcNAcOT. The fraction, which bound to the AAL-Sepharose column and passed through the remaining two lectin columns, also contained two oligosaccharides, GlcNAc beta 1----2Man alpha 1----6(+/- GlcNAc beta 1----4) (GlcNAc beta 1----2Man alpha 1----3)Man beta 1----4GlcNAc beta 1----4 (Fuc alpha 1----6)GlcNAcOT. These results indicated that serial affinity chromatography with the three lectin columns can be used effectively to detect changes in the sugar chains of IgG resulting from diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis.     

A structural study of the asparagine-linked oligosaccharide moiety of duck ovomucoid

Asparagine-linked oligosaccharides of duck ovomucoid were released quantitatively from the protein by digestion with glycoamidase A (from almond), the reducing ends of the oligosaccharide chains thus obtained were aminated with a fluorescent reagent, 2-aminopyridine, and the mixture of pyridylamino derivatives of the oligosaccharides was separated using two different types of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) on a reversed phase column and an amide adsorption column. More than sixteen different oligosaccharides were separated and the structures were characterized by a combination of the 2-dimensional sugar mapping technique using HPLC, exoglycosidase digestion, and proton nuclear magnetic resonance measurements (1- and 2-dimensional). Furthermore, the HPLC profile of duck ovomucoid oligosaccharides was compared with previously reported profiles obtained from quail and chicken ovomucoids.Abbreviations COSY chemical shift-correlated spectroscopy - DQF-COSY double quantum filtered COSY - DSS sodium, 4,4-dimethyl-4-silapentane 1-sulfonate - Gal D-galactose - GlcNAc or GN N-acetyl-D-glucosamine - HOHAHA homonuclear Hartmann-Hahn spectroscopy - Man or M D-mannose - NOE nuclear Overhauser enhancement - ODS octadecylsilyl - PA pyridylamino - ROESY rotating frame nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy - SDS/PAGE sodium dodecyl sulfate/polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis