N- and O-glycans in Unfertilized Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) Eggs Using Glycomic Techniques
Masaki Kurogochi, Kai Suzuki, Di Wu, Hisatoshi Hanamatsu, Ken Kitajima, Chihiro Sato, Jun-ichi Furukawa · 2026
Read N- and O-glycans in Unfertilized Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) Eggs Using Glycomic Techniques by Masaki Kurogochi, Kai Suzuki, Di Wu, Hisatoshi Hanamatsu, Ken Kitajima, Chihiro Sato, Jun-ichi Furukawa (2026) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-13207093.txt.
Description
Masaki Kurogochi and six colleagues wrote a study in twenty twenty-six that lists the sugar chains, called glycans, fixed to proteins in the unfertilized eggs of chum salmon. Fish genomics has moved fast, but the shape of these chains cannot be read off from genes alone. First-hand measures are thus in demand.
The team used glycomic methods, among them glycoblotting, a tagging method keyed to sialic acid links, and a release step with pyrazolone. They charted both N-glycans and O-glycans, the two classes by point of attachment. Two-branched N-glycans were the most common form, and many carried sulfate groups, some never reported before. The O-glycans held chains of one to seven sialic acid units. Such profiles bear on how fish develop and on fish farming, where egg quality shapes how well a hatchery does.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Masaki Kurogochi, Kai Suzuki, Di Wu, Hisatoshi Hanamatsu, Ken Kitajima, Chihiro Sato, Jun-ichi Furukawa |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 27 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |