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1: Biochem J. 1990 Oct 1;271(1):243-5.Click here to read Links

There are two major types of skeletal keratan sulphates.

Division of Biological Sciences, University of Lancaster, Bailrigg, U.K.

High-field 1H-n.m.r.-spectroscopic studies supported by chemical carbohydrate analyses show that skeletal keratan sulphates (KS-II) of bovine origin may be sub-classified into two groups. Keratan sulphate chains from articular and intervertebral-disc cartilage (KS-II-A) contain two structural features, namely alpha(1----3)-fucose and alpha(2----6)-linked N-acetyl-neuraminic acid residues, that are absent from keratan sulphates from tracheal or nasal-septum cartilage (KS-II-B).

PMID: 2222415 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC1149539