Issue 8, 2018

Study on behaviors and performances of universal N-glycopeptide enrichment methods

Abstract

Glycosylation is a crucial process in protein biosynthesis. However, the analysis of glycopeptides through MS remains challenging due to the microheterogeneity and macroheterogeneity of the glycoprotein. Selective enrichment of glycopeptides from complex samples prior to MS analysis is essential for successful glycoproteome research. In this work, we systematically investigated the behaviors and performances of boronic acid chemistry, ZIC-HILIC, and PGC of glycopeptide enrichment to promote understanding of these methods. We also optimized boronic acid chemistry and ZIC-HILIC enrichment methods and applied them to enrich glycopeptides from mouse liver. The intact N-glycopeptides were interpreted using the in-house analysis software pGlyco 2.0. We found that boronic acid chemistry in this study preferred to capture glycopeptides with high mannose glycans, ZIC-HILIC enriched most N-glycopeptides and did not show significant preference during enrichment and PGC was not suitable for separating glycopeptides with a long amino acid sequence. We performed a detailed study on the behaviors and performances of boronic acid chemistry, ZIC-HILIC, and PGC enrichment methods and provide a better understanding of enrichment methods for further glycoproteomics research.

Graphical abstract: Study on behaviors and performances of universal N-glycopeptide enrichment methods

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
21 dic. 2017
Accepted
12 feb. 2018
First published
15 feb. 2018

Analyst, 2018,143, 1870-1880

Study on behaviors and performances of universal N-glycopeptide enrichment methods

Y. Xue, J. Xie, P. Fang, J. Yao, G. Yan, H. Shen and P. Yang, Analyst, 2018, 143, 1870 DOI: 10.1039/C7AN02062G

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