Automated immobilized metal affinity chromatography/nano-liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization mass spectrometry platform for profiling protein phosphorylation sites

Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. 2005;19(1):57-71. doi: 10.1002/rcm.1746.

Abstract

A versatile integrated system has been developed for the automated enrichment and analysis of phosphopeptides by immobilized metal affinity chromatography/nano-liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (IMAC/nano-LC/ESI-MS). This system utilizes two independently controlled high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) pumps, an autosampler and microvalves to prepare and elute samples into an ion trap mass spectrometer. The use of robust reversed-phase HPLC columns with integrated ESI emitter tips enables the reproducible detection and identification of low-femtomole quantities of phosphopeptides. The entire system is coordinated through a simple user interface by customized software. The ruggedness of the system is demonstrated by highly reproducible analyses of single and multi-protein digests, while its utility is demonstrated by the thorough evaluation of the relative immunoprecipitation efficiencies of several commercially available anti-phosphotyrosine antibodies.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Automation
  • Binding Sites
  • Chromatography, Affinity / methods
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Chromatography, Liquid
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Oligopeptides / chemical synthesis
  • Oligopeptides / chemistry*
  • Phosphoproteins / chemistry*
  • Phosphorylation
  • Protein Array Analysis
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine / chemistry*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / methods*

Substances

  • Oligopeptides
  • Phosphoproteins
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine