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Published on: September 2, 2015
Femtomole peptide mapping by derivatization, high-performance liquid chromatography, and fluorescence detection
1Department of Chemistry, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Abstract:
A highly sensitive peptide mapping method using derivatization and fluorescence detection is described. Bovine cytochrome c was digested using a buffer compatible with the derivatization that followed. The derivatization was performed with 6-aminoquinolyl-N-hydroxysuccinimidyl carbamate. The peptide mapping of the tagged digest was conducted with both HPLC and capillary LC (CLC) systems. A capillary LC-electrospray ionization mass spectrometer (MS) was set up for measuring the molecular weights of the tagged peptides. Optimization was made of the conditions used for digestion, derivatization, and mapping. MS measurements of the tagged peptides suggested that there was only one derivatization product produced from all peptides (except one) and that all the identified peptides were fully tagged. Peptide mapping of the tagged digest reviews a larger number of peptides, covering almost the entire sequence. Peptide mapping of a 20 fmol amount of tagged digest was readily performed with the CLC system. By using derivatization and fluorescence detection, the sensitivity of peptide mapping could be improved 2000 times compared to that observed with uv detection of untagged peptides.
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