Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7788251 | Carbohydrate Polymers | 2015 | 29 Pages |
Abstract
High-molecular-mass hyaluronan (HA) was controllably depolymerized in pure aqueous solution with recombinant leech hyaluronidase (HAase). The HAase concentration per unit HA and hydrolysis time played important roles in molecular mass distribution. By modulating the concentrations of HAase and controlling the hydrolysis time, any molar-mass-defined HA oligomers could be efficiently and specifically produced on a large scale (40Â g/L), such as HA oligosaccharides with weight-average molar mass of 4000, 10,000, and 30,000Â Da and end hydrolysates containing only HA6 and HA4. High performance liquid chromatography-size exclusion chromatography, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, capillary zone electrophoresis, and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry confirmed low polydispersity of the produced molar-mass-defined HA oligosaccharides. Therefore, large-scale production of defined HA oligosaccharides with narrow molecular mass distribution will significantly promote progress in related research and its potential applications.
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Authors
Panhong Yuan, Mengxian Lv, Peng Jin, Miao Wang, Guocheng Du, Jian Chen, Zhen Kang,