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T-wave Ion Mobility-mass Spectrometry: Basic Experimental Procedures for Protein Complex Analysis
Published on: July 31, 2010
Classical approach to interpretation of the charge-dependence of peptide mobilities obtained by capillary zone
1Department of Biochemistry, School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia. d.winzor@mailbox.uq.edu.au
Abstract:
Published mobility measurements obtained by capillary zone electrophoresis of human growth hormone peptides are described reasonably well by the classical theoretical relationships for electrophoretic migration. This conformity between theory and experiment has rendered possible a more critical assessment of a commonly employed empirical relationship between mobility (u), net charge (z) and molecular mass (M) of peptides in capillary electrophoresis. The assumed linear dependence between u and z/M(2/3) is shown to be an approximate description of a shallow curvilinear dependence convex to the abscissa. An improved procedure for the calculation of peptide charge (valence) is also described.
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