... change with tissuesource and age, but within a single chain there is vari-ability. The chain cap of CS is a GalNAc or GlcAresidue; a 4,6-disulfated GalNAc residue, rare in the repeat region of ... diverse tissue sources, fromtissues of differing ages and also within a singlechain. Enhanced availability of data to facilitate the characterization of these structures is therefore of value.GAGs ... 6-O-sulfation, is observedwhereas in C. elegans the chondroitin is unsulfated[13,14].Within a tissue, the sulfation profile and levels of epimerization of GlcA to IdoA change with age. Forexample, the...