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The uronic acid composition of anticoagulantly active and inactive heparin. 1985

L Rosenfeld, and S Radoff, and I Danishefsky

Bovine heparin was fractionated with respect to chain length and anticoagulant activity. Analysis of each of these fractions for iduronic and glucuronic acids demonstrated that active heparin has a greater amount of glucuronic acid than inactive heparin. The ratio of the uronic acids in the respective fractions was the same for heparin with different molecular weights. Thus, active heparin with longer chain lengths have more additional glucuronate residues than are required for the antithrombin-binding domain. The results indicate that the active and inactive heparin species differ in more than one structural characteristic and suggest a considerable divergence in their respective biosynthesis.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007067	Iduronic Acid	Component of dermatan sulfate. Differs in configuration from glucuronic acid only at the C-5 position.	Iduronate,Acid, Iduronic
D008168	Lung	Either of the pair of organs occupying the cavity of the thorax that effect the aeration of the blood.	Lungs
D008970	Molecular Weight	The sum of the weight of all the atoms in a molecule.	Molecular Weights,Weight, Molecular,Weights, Molecular
D001777	Blood Coagulation	The process of the interaction of BLOOD COAGULATION FACTORS that results in an insoluble FIBRIN clot.	Blood Clotting,Coagulation, Blood,Blood Clottings,Clotting, Blood
D002417	Cattle	Domesticated bovine animals of the genus Bos, usually kept on a farm or ranch and used for the production of meat or dairy products or for heavy labor.	Beef Cow,Bos grunniens,Bos indicus,Bos indicus Cattle,Bos taurus,Cow,Cow, Domestic,Dairy Cow,Holstein Cow,Indicine Cattle,Taurine Cattle,Taurus Cattle,Yak,Zebu,Beef Cows,Bos indicus Cattles,Cattle, Bos indicus,Cattle, Indicine,Cattle, Taurine,Cattle, Taurus,Cattles, Bos indicus,Cattles, Indicine,Cattles, Taurine,Cattles, Taurus,Cow, Beef,Cow, Dairy,Cow, Holstein,Cows,Dairy Cows,Domestic Cow,Domestic Cows,Indicine Cattles,Taurine Cattles,Taurus Cattles,Yaks,Zebus
D005965	Glucuronates	Derivatives of GLUCURONIC ACID. Included under this heading are a broad variety of acid forms, salts, esters, and amides that include the 6-carboxy glucose structure.	Glucosiduronates,Glucuronic Acids,Acids, Glucuronic
D006493	Heparin	A highly acidic mucopolysaccharide formed of equal parts of sulfated D-glucosamine and D-glucuronic acid with sulfaminic bridges. The molecular weight ranges from six to twenty thousand. Heparin occurs in and is obtained from liver, lung, mast cells, etc., of vertebrates. Its function is unknown, but it is used to prevent blood clotting in vivo and vitro, in the form of many different salts.	Heparinic Acid,alpha-Heparin,Heparin Sodium,Liquaemin,Sodium Heparin,Unfractionated Heparin,Heparin, Sodium,Heparin, Unfractionated,alpha Heparin
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D014574	Uronic Acids	Acids derived from monosaccharides by the oxidation of the terminal (-CH2OH) group farthest removed from the carbonyl group to a (-COOH) group. (From Stedmans, 26th ed)	Uronic Acid,Acid, Uronic,Acids, Uronic
D020723	Glucuronic Acid	A sugar acid formed by the oxidation of the C-6 carbon of GLUCOSE. In addition to being a key intermediate metabolite of the uronic acid pathway, glucuronic acid also plays a role in the detoxification of certain drugs and toxins by conjugating with them to form GLUCURONIDES.	Glucuronate,Glucuronic Acid, 6-(14)C-labeled, (D)-isomer,Glucuronic Acid, Monopotassium Salt,Glucuronic Acid, Monosodium Salt,Monopotassium Glucuronate,Monosodium Glucuronate,Glucuronate, Monopotassium,Glucuronate, Monosodium