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Glycoconj J 1996 Jun 01;133:401-13. doi: 10.1007/bf00731473.
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Isolation and identification of novel sulfated and nonsulfated oligosialyl glycosphingolipids from sea urchin sperm.

Ijuin T , Kitajima K , Song Y , Kitazume S , Inoue S , Haslam SM , Morris HR , Dell A , Inoue Y .


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Novel sulfated and nonsulfated oligosialylglycosphingolipids were isolated from sperm of the sea urchin, Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus, and their structures were established as follows: [formula: see text] This provides the first evidence for the natural occurrence of a tetrasialic acid structure in glycosphingolipids. The finding of sulfated oligosialyl chains is especially noteworthy in that the sulfate group exclusively resides on the C-8 of the nonreducing terminal residues of oligo/polysialyl chains and that sulfation appears to be a termination signal for elongation of oligosialyl chains. Sulfation at the nonreducing terminal Neu5Ac residues of oligosialyl chains was also found to facilitate the formation of an inter-residue lactone between the carboxyl group at the nonreducing terminal sulfated Neu5Ac and the hydroxyl group at C-9 of the penultimate Neu5Ac residue. The long chain base was 4-hydroxysphinganine (t18:0) and the major fatty acid species were identified as C20:1, C21:1, and C22:1.

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Genes referenced: LOC100887844 LOC115930018

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