A water-soluble glycopeptide (GLPCW-II) was isolated from the fruiting bodies of
Ganoderma lucidum by DEAE-Sepharose Fast-Flow and Sephacryl S-300 High Resolution Chromatography. The glycopeptide had a molecular weight of 1.2 × 10
4 Da (determined by HPLC), and consisted of
90 % carbohydrate and
8 % protein as determined using the phenol-sulfuric acid method and the BCA
TM protein assay reagent kit, respectively. The polysaccharide moiety was composed mainly of
pan class=""smCaps"">dpan>-Glc,
pan class=""smCaps"">lpan>-Fuc, and
pan class=""smCaps"">dpan>-Gal in the ratio of 1.00:1.09:4.09. To facilitate structure–activity studies, the structure of the GLPCW-II polysaccharide moiety was elucidated using
1H and
13C NMR spectroscopy including COSY, TOCSY, HMBC, HSQC, and ROESY, combined with GC–MS of methylated derivatives, and shown to consist of repeating units with the following structure: