Automated in-solution protein digestion using a commonly available high-performance liquid chromatography autosampler |
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Authors: | Jason Richardson Bhavana Shah Gang Xiao Pavel V. Bondarenko Zhongqi Zhang |
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Affiliation: | Process and Product Development, Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA |
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Abstract: | A completely automated peptide mapping liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) system for characterization of therapeutic proteins in which a common high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) autosampler is used for automated sample preparation, including protein denaturation, reduction, alkylation, and enzymatic digestion, is described. The digested protein samples are then automatically subjected to LC/MS analysis using the same HPLC system. The system was used for peptide mapping of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), known as a challenging group of therapeutic proteins for achieving complete coverage and quantitative representation of all peptides. Detailed sample preparation protocols, using an Agilent HPLC system, are described for Lys-C digestion of mAbs with intact disulfide bonds and tryptic digestion of mAbs after reduction and alkylation. The automated procedure of Lys-C digestion of nonreduced antibody, followed by postdigestion disulfide reduction, produces both the nonreduced and reduced digests that facilitate disulfide linkage analysis. The automated peptide mapping LC/MS system has great utility in preparing and analyzing multiple samples for protein characterization, identification, and quantification of posttranslational modifications during process and formulation development as well as for protein identity and quality control. |
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Keywords: | Automation Protein Digestion Autosampler Mass spectrometry Monoclonal antibody Peptide mapping |
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