Sonoreactor-based technology for fast high-throughput proteolytic digestion of proteins

J Proteome Res. 2007 Feb;6(2):909-12. doi: 10.1021/pr060508m.

Abstract

Fast (120 s) and high-throughput (more than six samples at once) in-gel trypsin digestion of proteins using sonoreactor technology has been achieved. Successful protein identification was done by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry, MALDI-TOF-MS. Specific identification of the adenylylsulphate reductase alfa subunit from a complex protein mixture from Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ATCC 27774 was done as a proof of the methodology. The new sample treatment is of easy implementation, saves time and money, and can be adapted to online procedures and robotic platforms.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Proteins / chemistry
  • Computer Simulation
  • Desulfovibrio desulfuricans / enzymology
  • Oxidoreductases Acting on Sulfur Group Donors / chemistry
  • Peptide Hydrolases
  • Proteins / chemistry*
  • Sonication
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Proteins
  • Oxidoreductases Acting on Sulfur Group Donors
  • adenylylsulfate reductase
  • Peptide Hydrolases