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  • Title: Quantitative enzymatic-mass spectrometric analysis of the chitinous polymers in fungal cell walls.
    Author: Urs MJ, Moerschbacher BM, Cord-Landwehr S.
    Journal: Carbohydr Polym; 2023 Feb 01; 301(Pt A):120304. PubMed ID: 36436867.
    Abstract:
    Chitin is an essential structural component of complex and dynamic fungal cell walls. It may be converted by partial or full deacetylation to yield chitosan. Here, we describe a method to quantify N-acetyl d-glucosamine (GlcNAc, A) and d-glucosamine (GlcN, D) units and, thus, total amount and average fraction of acetylation (x̅ FA) of the chitinous polymers by complete enzyme hydrolysis of the polymers followed by mass spectrometric analyses of the monomers. First, the native polymers were isotopically N-acetylated, then enzymatically hydrolyzed to A and R (2H3N-acetyl-d-glucosamine - former D) monomers. Relative abundances of A and R units were used to calculate x̅ FA, and a double-isotopically labeled internal standard R* ([13C2,2H3] N-acetyl-d-glucosamine) monomer was used to calculate the absolute amounts of GlcNAc and GlcN units present in the fungal samples. The method was validated using known chitosan polymers and is suitable for both purified cell walls and whole mycelia.
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