<p>The structural instability and electronegativity of sialic acids make N-sialoglycan profiling challenging. We compared commonly used preparation strategies, including native, acetohydrazide-based derivatization, and permethylation, in N-glycomics with nMatch, an R-based bioinformatics tool that ensures full coverage of the detected N-glycans using mass spectrometry. We demonstrated that permethylation leads to efficient detection of not only N-sialoglycans but also other N-glycans and, therefore, provides a valuable reference for the selection of the appropriate N-glycan preparation strategy in future studies.</p>

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Efficient Detection of N-sialoglycans in N-glycomics Using Mass Spectrometry by nMatch

  • Shanshan Zhao,
  • Shouwen Du,
  • Yudong Guan,
  • Hartmut Schlüter

摘要

The structural instability and electronegativity of sialic acids make N-sialoglycan profiling challenging. We compared commonly used preparation strategies, including native, acetohydrazide-based derivatization, and permethylation, in N-glycomics with nMatch, an R-based bioinformatics tool that ensures full coverage of the detected N-glycans using mass spectrometry. We demonstrated that permethylation leads to efficient detection of not only N-sialoglycans but also other N-glycans and, therefore, provides a valuable reference for the selection of the appropriate N-glycan preparation strategy in future studies.