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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-8-13
pubmed:abstractText
In typical mass spectrometry-based protein identification using peptide fragmentation fingerprinting, front-end separation plays a critical role in successful peptide sequencing. This separation step demands a great deal of time and usually is the rate-limiting step for the whole process. Here we provide an alternative separation method, based on a simple nanoflow delivery system, that is able to shorten the separation time considerably. This system consists of a 25-mul syringe connected to a manually packed reversed-phase mini-capillary column that can be directly coupled to an electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometer. A syringe pump is then used to deliver the peptide mixtures at a nanoscale flow rate. We examined the efficiency and efficacy of this method by analyzing the tryptic peptides of bovine serum albumin and of 10 Escherichia coli proteins separated by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2DE). The results showed that identification of each protein could be achieved successfully within 25 min by using the disposable mini-capillary column. Moreover, all 2DE-separated E. coli proteins were identified at high confidence levels. Together, our data suggest that this method is a suitable option for mass spectrometry-based protein identification.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0003-2697
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
368
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
123-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Protein identification by syringe pump-driven reversed-phase LC-MS/MS.
pubmed:affiliation
Proteome Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Evaluation Studies