PMID: 10024660

 

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Title : Structural characterization of the N-linked oligosaccharides in bile salt-stimulated lipase originated from human breast milk

Abstract :
  1. The detailed structures of N- glycans derived from bile salt-stimulated lipase ( BSSL ) found in human milk were determined by combining exoglycosidase digestion with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry
  2. The N- glycan structures were conclusively determined in terms of complexity and degree of fucosylation
  3. Ion-exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection, together with mass-spectral analysis of the esterified N- glycans , indicated the presence of monosialylated structures
  4. The molecular mass profile of esterified N- glycans present in BSSL further permitted the more detailed studies through collision-induced dissociation (CID) and sequential exoglycosidase cleavages
  5. The N- glycan structures were elucidated to be complex/dibranched, fucosylated/complex/dibranched, monosialylated/complex/dibranched, and monosialylated/fucosylated/dibranched entities