PMID-sentid Pub_year Sent_text comp_official_name comp_offsetprotein_name organism prot_offset 6239876-0 1984 Carbohydrate moiety of von Willebrand factor is not necessary for maintaining multimeric structure and ristocetin cofactor activity but protects from proteolytic degradation. Carbohydrates 0-12 von Willebrand factor Homo sapiens 23-44 6239876-1 1984 To better define the role of carbohydrate in the structure and ristocetin cofactor activity of von Willebrand factor, we have removed up to 83% of total hexose by sequential treatment of the molecule with endo-beta-N-acetyl-glucosaminidase F (endo F), neuraminidase, and beta-galactosidase. Carbohydrates 29-41 von Willebrand factor Homo sapiens 95-116 6239876-5 1984 All multimers of unreduced carbohydrate-modified von Willebrand factor migrated more rapidly in SDS-agarose, but the triplet pattern of individual multimers was unchanged. Carbohydrates 27-39 von Willebrand factor Homo sapiens 49-70 6239876-11 1984 This suggested that carbohydrate was protecting von Willebrand factor against traces of one or more protease contaminants. Carbohydrates 20-32 von Willebrand factor Homo sapiens 48-69 6239876-14 1984 In contrast, the multimeric structure of von Willebrand factor with intact carbohydrate was not affected by plasmin under similar conditions. Carbohydrates 75-87 von Willebrand factor Homo sapiens 41-62 6239876-15 1984 These studies suggest that carbohydrate protects von Willebrand factor from disaggregation occurring secondarily to proteolytic attack but does not play a direct role in maintaining its multimeric structure or ristocetin cofactor activity. Carbohydrates 27-39 von Willebrand factor Homo sapiens 49-70