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Direct Ampholyte-Free Liquid-Phase Isoelectric Peptide Focusing: Application to the Human Serum Proteome
Electrophoresis
  • Zhen Xiao
  • Thomas P. Conrads
  • David A. Lucas
  • George M. Janini
  • Carl F. Schaefer
  • Kenneth H. Buetow
  • Haleem J. Issaq
  • Timothy D. Veenstra, Cedarville University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2004
DOI
10.1002/elps.200305700
PubMed ID
14730577
Abstract

In this study, we utilized a multidimensional peptide separation strategy combined with tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) for the identification of proteins in human serum. After enzymatically digesting serum with trypsin, the peptides were fractionated using liquid-phase isoelectric focusing (IEF) in a novel ampholyte-free format. Twenty IEF fractions were collected and analyzed by reversed-phase microcapillary liquid chromatography (microLC)-MS/MS. Bioinformatic analysis of the raw MS/MS spectra resulted in the identification of 844 unique peptides, corresponding to 437 proteins. This study demonstrates the efficacy of ampholyte-free peptide autofocusing, which alleviates peptide losses in ampholyte removal strategies. The results show that the separation strategy is effective for high-throughput characterization of proteins from complex proteomic mixtures.

Keywords
  • Blood proteins,
  • humans,
  • isoelectric focusing,
  • mass spectrometry,
  • peptide fragments,
  • proteome,
  • proteomics
Citation Information
Zhen Xiao, Thomas P. Conrads, David A. Lucas, George M. Janini, et al.. "Direct Ampholyte-Free Liquid-Phase Isoelectric Peptide Focusing: Application to the Human Serum Proteome" Electrophoresis Vol. 25 Iss. 1 (2004) p. 128 - 133 ISSN: 0173-0835
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/timothy-veenstra/300/