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Rapid identification of specific mutations in the sequence of an enzyme variant produced by protein engineering using
W D van Dongen1, J H van Bommel, P D van Wassenaar
1Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Department of Mass Spectrometry, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
Abstract:
Unknown, specific mutations in the sequence of an enzyme variant (a Bacillus subtilisin protease) produced by protein engineering were identified using High-performance Liquid Chromatographic/Fast Atom Bombardment Mass Spectrometric (HPLC/FAB MS) techniques. The variant and the highly homologous wild-type enzyme were treated with CNBr followed by tryptic digestion. The resulting peptides were analysed using HPLC/frit FAB MS. The peptides with molecular masses beyond the range of the HPLC/MS system under the chosen scanning conditions were collected using HPLC and subsequently analysed 'off-line' using static FAB MS. This procedure allowed the complete amino acid sequence determination of the variant protease using the known amino acid sequence of the wild-type enzyme as reference.