Diffusion ordered spectroscopy as a complement to size exclusion chromatography in oligosaccharide analysis

Diffusion ordered spectroscopy as a complement to size exclusion chromatography in oligosaccharide analysis.

A series of N-acetyl-chitooligosaccharides (GlcNAc)(1-6) have been studied by a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) method, diffusion ordered spectroscopy (DOSY). DOSY has also been applied to two additional synthetic related oligosaccharides [GlcNH(2)-(GlcNAc)(4) and GlcNH(2)-(GlcNAc)(2)-GlcNAcSO(3)Na]. A plot of the log of the determined diffusion coefficients (logD) of (GlcNAc)(n) versus the lo...

Size Exclusion Chromatography of Polymers

In the characterization of polymers, size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) has become a standard technique for determining molar mass averages andmolar mass distributions (MMD) of polymers. The principle of SEC is easily understood: owing to limited accessability of the pore volume within the particles of the column packing, polymer molecules are separated according to their hydrodynamic volumes,...

A Deadenylase Assay by Size-Exclusion Chromatography

The shortening of the 3'-end poly(A) tail, also called deadenylation, is crucial to the regulation of mRNA processing, transportation, translation and degradation. The deadenylation process is achieved by deadenylases, which specifically catalyze the removal of the poly(A) tail at the 3'-end of eukaryotic mRNAs and release 5'-AMP as the product. To achieve their physiological functions, all dea...

Liposome retention in size exclusion chromatography

BACKGROUND Size exclusion chromatography is the method of choice for separating free from liposome-encapsulated molecules. However, if the column is not presaturated with lipids this type of chromatography causes a significant loss of lipid material. To date, the mechanism of lipid retention is poorly understood. It has been speculated that lipid binds to the column material or the entire lipos...

Matrix-assisted diffusion-ordered spectroscopy