Double coupling Edman chemistry for high-sensitivity automated protein sequencing |
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Authors: | ID Ireland DF Lewis XF Li A Renborg S Kwong M Chen NJ Dovichi |
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Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. |
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Abstract: | Capillary electrophoresis with laser-induced fluorescence detection (CE-LIF) is a promising new method for the analysis of protein sequencing products. It gives 10 zmol (1 zmol = 10(-21) mol) limits of detection (3 sigma) for fluorescein thiohydantoin (FTH) amino acids. We have developed a separation for the (FTH)-amino acid products generated from 18 of the 20 coded amino acids. The extremely low volume requirement associated with CE-LIF makes it incompatible with commercial sequencers. For this reason, we have also been developing a miniaturized sequencer that can be more easily coupled to our detection system. Both the CE-LIF system and the miniaturized sequencer are described. |
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