Name: GM2-Oligosaccharide
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- Overview
  - GM2-oligosaccharide (sodium salt) is a trisaccharide (GalNAcβ1,4Galβ1,4Glc) with sialic acid linked α2,3 to the central galactose residue (Ledeen, 2009). The parent GM2 ganglioside is present on neuronal cells and plays a key role in the regulation of dendritogenesis in cortical pyramidal neurons. In lysosomal storage disorders, such as, Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff disease, where hexosaminases A and B are deficient, GM2 ganglioside accumulates in the nervous system (Cachon-Gonzalez, 2018). GM2 ganglioside is also overexpressed in melanomas and other tumours of neuro-ecto origin (Yoshida, 2020). Moreover, the sugar moiety of GM2 ganglioside is a receptor allowing viral infection of cells with reovirus and rotavirus (Zhu, 2018).
    
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- Properties
  - Categories
    
    Ganglioside Oligosaccharides and Gangliosides
    
    Molecular Formula
    
    C31H51N2O24Na
    
    Molecular Weight
    
    858.73 g/mol
    
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- Reference
  - Ledeen et al (2009) Neurobiology Meets Glycosciences, In: The Sugar Code (Ed: Gabius H. J) pp 495-516, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim
    Cachon-Gonzalez et al (2018) Genetics and Therapies for GM2 Gangliosidosis, Current Gene Therapy, 18(2), 68-89
    Yoshida et al (2020) B4GALNT1 induces angiogenesis, anchorage independence growth and motility, and promotes tumorigenesis in melanoma by induction of ganglioside GM2/GD2, Scientific Reports, 10, 1199.
    Zhu et al (2018) Both ganglioside GM2 and cholesterol in the cell membrane are essential for Bombyx mori cypovirus cell entry, Developmental&Comparative Immunology, 88, 161-168,