Analysis of NMR spectra of sugar chains of glycolipids by multiple relayed COSY and 2D homonuclear Hartman-Hahn spectroscopy

FEBS Lett. 1987 Feb 9;212(1):91-7. doi: 10.1016/0014-5793(87)81563-6.

Abstract

We applied multiple relayed COSY and 2D homonuclear Hartman-Hahn spectroscopy to globoside, a glycolipid purified from human red blood cells. The subspectra corresponding to individual sugar components were extracted even from overlapping proton resonances by taking the cross sections of 2D spectra parallel to the F2 axis at anomeric proton resonances, so that unambiguous assignments of sugar proton resonances were accomplished.

MeSH terms

  • Galactosamine / analysis*
  • Galactose / analysis*
  • Globosides / analysis*
  • Glucose / analysis*
  • Glycosphingolipids / analysis*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Sphingosine / analysis

Substances

  • Globosides
  • Glycosphingolipids
  • Galactosamine
  • Glucose
  • Sphingosine
  • Galactose