| abstract |
The present disclosure provides methods of making isotopically-labeled glycans or a mixture of glycans (e.g., a glycan preparation) via reductive amination. Such methods are useful, for example, in the determination of the relative amounts of a glycan species present in two or more glycoprotein preparations using mass spectroscopy. In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a method of making an isotopically-labeled glycan by a glycan with an amine and an isotopically-labeled reducing agent to provide an isotopically-labeled aminated glycan. In certain embodiments, the amine is an isotopically-labeled amine. |