Sulfation Patterns and the Amounts of Chondroitin Sulfate in the Diamond Squid, Thysanoteuthis rhombus

Jun-ichi TAMURA; Kazuya ARIMA; Ayaka IMAZU; Nao TSUTSUMISHITA; Hiroyuki FUJITA; Manami YAMANE; Yoshiaki MATSUMI

doi:10.1271/bbb.90037

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Sulfation Patterns and the Amounts of Chondroitin Sulfate in the Diamond Squid, Thysanoteuthis rhombus

Jun-ichi TAMURA, Kazuya ARIMA, Ayaka IMAZU, Nao TSUTSUMISHITA, Hiroyuki FUJITA, Manami YAMANE, Yoshiaki MATSUMI

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Keywords: chondroitin sulfate, isolation, squid, sulfation pattern

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Article ID: 90037

DOI https://doi.org/10.1271/bbb.90037

The final version of this article is now available: Vol. 73 (2009) , No. 6 p.1387

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Abstract

We determined the sulfation patterns and the amount of chondroitin sulfate in several tissues of the diamond squid, Thysanoteuthis rhombus. Every tissue contained the highly-sulfated E type of chondroitin. The arms, skin, and fin had non-sulfated chondroitin as the homogenous polymer. The skin and fin possessed larger amounts of chondroitin sulfate per unit of weight than the other tissues.

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