The molecule is a linear amino hexasaccharide comprising a (1->3), (1->4), (1->3), (1->4), (1->3) sequence of N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosamine, beta-D-galactose, N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosamine, beta-D-galactose, N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosamine and (at the reducing end) N-acetyl-alpha-D-galactosamine. It is an amino hexasaccharide, a galactosamine oligosaccharide and a glucosamine oligosaccharide.
N-[(2S,3R,4R,5S,6R)-2-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[(2R,3S,4R,5R,6S)-5-acetamido-6-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[(2R,3S,4R,5R,6R)-5-acetamido-6-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6R)-3-acetamido-2,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-4-yl]oxy-4-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-3-yl]oxy-3,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-4-yl]oxy-4-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-3-yl]oxy-3,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-4-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-3-yl]acetamide