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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The Substrate Specificity of Testicular Hyaluronidase and Its Use in Sequencing Chondroitin Sulfates

Abstract

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Testicular hyaluronidase was used to study the distribution of sulfated disaccharide units along chondroitin sulfate chains. The transglycosylation activity of the hyaluronidase was eliminated by use of excess levels of a second enzyme, (beta)-glucuronidase to remove all nonreducing terminal D-glucuronic acid residues from oligosaccharides present in the reaction mixture. This action prevented the oligosaccharides from participating in the transglycosylation reaction. Conditions were also designed to eliminate sulfatase activities present in the hyaluronidase preparation. the D-glucuronic acid released also provided a convenient assay of the hyaluronidase activity.

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Biochemistry
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2014

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Knudson, Warren

Subjects

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Identifiers

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Identifier
(UMI)AAI8209598
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/70506

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Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Knudson, Warren. The Substrate Specificity of Testicular Hyaluronidase and Its Use in Sequencing Chondroitin Sulfates. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/70506