Hindsgaul O, Tahir S H, Srivastava O P, Pierce M
Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Carbohydr Res. 1988 Mar 1;173(2):263-72. doi: 10.1016/s0008-6215(00)90822-x.
Incubation of the trisaccharide acceptor, beta-D-GlcpNAc-(1----2)-alpha-D-Manp-(1----6)-beta-D-Manp-O( CH2)8CO2Me with sonicates of Rous sarcoma-transformed baby-hamster kidney cells, which contain N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V activity, resulted in the production of beta-D-GlcpNAc-(1----2)-[beta-D-GlcpNAc-(1----6)]-alpha-D-Manp-(1- ---6)- beta-D-Manp-O(CH2)8CO2Me (4). The product of the enzymic reaction was identified by comparison of its 1H-n.m.r. spectrum with that of authentic 4 whose chemical synthesis is also described.