Volume 49, Issue 44 pp. 8185-8189
Communication

Efficient Tryptic Proteolysis Accelerated by Laser Radiation for Peptide Mapping in Proteome Analysis

Guoping Yao

Guoping Yao

Department of Chemistry and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433 (China), Fax: (+86) 21-6564-1740

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Prof. Chunhui Deng

Prof. Chunhui Deng

Department of Chemistry and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433 (China), Fax: (+86) 21-6564-1740

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Prof. Xiangmin Zhang

Prof. Xiangmin Zhang

Department of Chemistry and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433 (China), Fax: (+86) 21-6564-1740

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Prof. Pengyuan Yang

Prof. Pengyuan Yang

Department of Chemistry and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433 (China), Fax: (+86) 21-6564-1740

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First published: 24 September 2010
Citations: 21

This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Projects: 20875017, 21075022, and 20735005), the Technological Innovation Program of Shanghai (09JC1401100), the National Basic Research Priorities Program (Project: 2007CB914100/3), and the Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project (B109).

Graphical Abstract

Back to basics: Coupled with MALDI-TOF MS, laser-assisted proteolysis (see schematic illustration) enabled rapid protein digestion and peptide mapping without the need for enzyme immobilization to increase the efficiency of tryptic digestion. Protein solutions containing trypsin were digested in less than a minute upon irradiation at 808 nm with a laser.

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