Separation
of PA-labeled
glycans was carried out on a Shimadzu HPLC system equipped with a
fluorescence detector. In case of RP-HPLC, a Hypersil ODS column (C18;
Agilent) was used with 100 mM ammonium acetate, pH 4.0, and 30% (v/v)
methanol; a gradient of the latter (1% per minute) was programmed.
The column was calibrated daily in terms of glucose units (g.u.) with
a pyridylaminated partial dextran hydrolysate. For 2D-HPLC, selected
fractions were reapplied to a combined hydrophilic-interaction anionic-exchange
HPLC (HIAX, Dionex IonPac AS11) with an inverse gradient of acetonitrile
in 800 mM ammonium acetate, pH 3.85, as previously described.32 (link) For further details refer to the Supporting Information.