[HTML][HTML] Evolutionary differences in glycosaminoglycan fine structure detected by quantitative glycan reductive isotope labeling

R Lawrence, SK Olson, RE Steele, L Wang… - Journal of biological …, 2008 - ASBMB
To facilitate qualitative and quantitative analysis of glycosaminoglycans, we tagged the
reducing end of lyase-generated disaccharides with aniline-containing stable isotopes (12 C
6 and 13 C 6). Because different isotope tags have no effect on chromatographic retention
times but can be discriminated by a mass detector, differentially isotope-tagged samples can
be compared simultaneously by liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry and quantified by
admixture with known amounts of standards. The technique is adaptable to all types of …