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- Betancourt, Lázaro H., et al.
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Targeting the hydrophilic regions of recombinant proteins by MS via in-solution buffer-free trypsin digestion
- 2020
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In: European Journal of Mass Spectrometry. - : SAGE Publications. - 1469-0667 .- 1751-6838. ; 26:3, s. 230-237
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- A desalting step using reversed phase chromatography is a common practice prior to mass spectrometry analysis of proteolytic digests in spite of the detrimental exclusion of the hydrophilic peptides. The detection of such peptides is also important for the complete coverage of protein sequences and the analysis of posttranslational modifications as inquired by regulatory agencies for the commercialization of biotechnological products. The procedure described here, named in-solution buffer-free digestion, simplifies the sample processing and circumvents the above-mentioned limitations by allowing the detection of tryptic hydrophilic peptides via direct ESI-MS analysis. Two DNA recombinant proteins such as HBcAg (hepatitis B core antigen) and fusion VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) were analyzed with the proposed in-solution buffer-free digestion allowing the detection of extremely hydrophilic di-, tri- and tetra-peptides, C-terminal His-tail peptide, as well as disulfide-containing peptides. All these molecular species are hardly seen in mass spectrometric analysis using a standard digestion that includes a C18-desalting step. The procedure was also successfully tried on hydrophilic tetra- and hexa-peptides of Ribonuclease B carrying an N-glycosylation site occupied with “high-mannose” N-glycan chains. The in-solution buffer-free digestion constitutes a simple and straightforward approach to analyse the hydrophilic proteolytic peptides which are commonly elusive to the detection by conventional mass spectrometric analysis.
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- Ramos, Yassel, et al.
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Sodium dodecyl sulfate free gel electrophoresis/electroelution sorting for peptide fractionation
- 2019
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In: Journal of Separation Science. - : Wiley. - 1615-9306 .- 1615-9314. ; 42:24, s. 3712-3717
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Shotgun proteomics based on peptide fractionation by using liquid chromatography has become the common procedure for proteomic studies, although in the very beginning of the field, protein separation by using electrophoresis was the main tool. Nonetheless, during the last two decades, the electrophoretic techniques for peptide mixtures fractionation have evolved as a result of relevant technological improvements. We also proposed the combination of sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis for protein fractionation and sodium dodecyl sulfate free polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis for peptide separation as a novel procedure for proteomic studies. Here, we present an optimized device for sodium dodecyl sulfate free polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis improving peptide recoveries respect to the established electrophoretic technique off gel electrophoresis meanwhile conserving the excellent resolution described for the former technique in slab gel based systems. The device simultaneously allows the separation and the collection of fractionated peptides in solution.
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