Heparitin sulfate, structure

Heparitin sulfate is composed of D-glucuronic acid, n-glucosamine, acetyl, and sulfate residues in approximately equimolar ratio (J12). The structure of heparitin sulfate still awaits final elucidation, but it may be distinguished from other sulfated mucopolysaccharides by means of its high positive rotation, electrophoretic behavior, and resistance to testicular, bacterial, and leech hyaluronidases. Final identification, however, usually requires its isolation and analysis. 

C6. Cifonelli, J. A., and Dorfman, A., Structural studies on herapin and heparitin sulfate. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 4, 328-331 (1961). 

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