A novel derivatization method with 5-bromonicotinic acid N-hydroxysuccinimide for determination of the amino acid sequences of peptides
A novel derivatization method with 5-bromonicotinic acid N-hydroxysuccinimide for determination of the amino acid sequences of peptides
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DOI:
10.1002/(sici)1097-0231(19980529)12:10
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发表时间:
1998-01-01
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2
通讯作者:
Tsunasawa, S
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作者:
Miyagi, M;Nakao, M;Tsunasawa, S
We have developed a novel method that effectively identifies the N-terminal product ions produced in the tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) analysis of peptides done in conjunction with the specific derivatization of the N-terminal amino group using 5-bromonicotinic acid N-hydroxysuccinimide ester (BrNA-NHS). Electrospray ionization with low-energy collision-induced dissociation (CID) MS/MS clearly differentiated the N-terminal product ions labeled with the 5-bromonicotinyl group from other ions, on the basis of the appearance of CID peaks with a doublet pattern characteristically separated by 2 mass units produced by the equal natural abundances of Br-79 and Br-81. Th, tracing of a series of these bromine-containing product ions allows the easy amino acid sequencing of peptides. Using Gln-Arg-Leu-Gln-Ser-Asn-Gln-Leu-Lys as the test peptide, we found that within 30 minutes at pH 6.5 and 37 degrees C its alpha-amino group was completely acylated with BrNA-NHS (peptide: BrNA-NHS = 1:40; mol/mol). The epsilon-amino group of the C-terminal lysine residue was less likely to be acylated under these conditions, being only partly modified (about 20%). This suggests the possibility of keeping the epsilon-amino group free from acylation. The method was successfully applied to the determination of the amino acid sequences of peptides from porcine kidney aminoacylase I produced by digestion with lysyl endopeptidase and with Staphylococus aureus VS protease. (C) 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.