Harvey DJ Analysis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry: an update for 2011-2012 Mass Spectrometry Reviews36(3) (2017)
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NCBI PubMed ID:26270629 Publication DOI:10.1002/mas.21471 Journal NLM ID:8219702 Publisher: Wiley Correspondence: Department of Biochemistry, Oxford Glycobiology Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Institutions: david.harvey@bioch.ox.ac.uk
This review is the seventh update of the original article published in 1999 on the application of MALDI mass spectrometry to the analysis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates and brings coverage of the literature to the end of 2012. General aspects such as theory of the MALDI process, matrices, derivatization, MALDI imaging, and fragmentation are covered in the first part of the review and applications to various structural types constitute the remainder. The main groups of compound are oligo- and poly-saccharides, glycoproteins, glycolipids, glycosides, and biopharmaceuticals. Much of this material is presented in tabular form. Also discussed are medical and industrial applications of the technique, studies of enzyme reactions, and applications to chemical synthesis.