Peptides adsorbed on reverse-phase chromatographic beads as targets for femtomole sequencing by post-source decay matrix assisted laser desorption ionization-reflectron time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-RETOF-MS) |
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Authors: | K Gevaert H Demol M Puype D Broekaert S De Boeck T Houthaeve J Vandekerckhove |
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Affiliation: | Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiteit Gent, Belgium. krgev@gengenp.rug.ac.be |
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Abstract: | We here describe a procedure for concentrating peptides from solutions by adsorbing them onto reverse-phase beads that were added to these solutions. The beads are then transferred to the target disc of the matrix assisted laser desorption ionization-reflectron time of flight (MALDI-RETOF) mass spectrometer. Because of their hydrophobic nature, these beads cluster in a very small area on the target disc assuring an important concentration step. After drying, peptides are desorbed from the beads by adding a small volume of 50% acetonitrile in 0.1% trifluroacetic acid in water containing the matrix components. Hereby we focus the original amount of peptide material on the target disc on a very small surface, producing highly concentrated peptide-matrix mixtures. This permits high yield identification and sequence tagging by post-source-decay analysis on peptides derived from proteins only available in the femtomole range from one-dimensional (1-D) or two-dimensional (2-D) gels. The procedure is illustrated by the identification of 38 proteins from human thrombocyte membrane skeletons. |
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