Attomole protein analysis by CIEF with LIF detection |
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Authors: | Lauren M Ramsay Jane A Dickerson Norman J Dovichi |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA |
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Abstract: | We have coupled CIEF with an LIF detector that is based on a post‐column sheath flow cuvette. We employed Chromeo P503 as a fluorogenic reagent to label proteins before analysis. This reagent reacts with the ε‐amine of lysine residues, preserving the cationic nature of the residue; labeled proteins generate extremely sharp peaks in CIEF. A set of four standard proteins generated a linear relationship between migration time and pI. A protein homogenate prepared from a Barrett's esophagus cell line resolved over 100 components in a 40 min separation. Detection limits for Chromeo P503‐labeled β‐lactoglobulin were 5 amol injected into the capillary. Fluorescent impurities present in the ampholytes generated a large background signal that degraded the detection limit by four orders of magnitude compared with other forms of capillary electrophoresis with this detector. |
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Keywords: | Attomole protein analysis CIEF LIF |
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