Nature Communications (Mar 2020)

Shotgun ion mobility mass spectrometry sequencing of heparan sulfate saccharides

  • Rebecca L. Miller,
  • Scott E. Guimond,
  • Ralf Schwörer,
  • Olga V. Zubkova,
  • Peter C. Tyler,
  • Yongmei Xu,
  • Jian Liu,
  • Pradeep Chopra,
  • Geert-Jan Boons,
  • Márkó Grabarics,
  • Christian Manz,
  • Johanna Hofmann,
  • Niclas G. Karlsson,
  • Jeremy E. Turnbull,
  • Weston B. Struwe,
  • Kevin Pagel

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15284-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Heparan sulfates (HS) contain functionally relevant structural motifs, but determining their monosaccharide sequence remains challenging. Here, the authors develop an ion mobility mass spectrometry-based method that allows unambiguous characterization of HS sequences and structure-activity relationships.