Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2004, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (10): 1889.

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Kinetics Study of Iron Release of Human Serum Ferritin with MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry and Electronic Spectrum Technology

YAN Li, HUANG He-Qing, JIN Hong-Wei, CHEN Ping, YANG Tian-Ci, WANG Qun-Li   

  1. Key Lab of Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Key Laboratory of Cell Biology and Tumr Cell Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
  • Received:2003-12-01 Online:2004-10-24 Published:2004-10-24

Abstract: MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry was used to understand the compound of proteins in human serum and electronic spectrum was used to study the kinetics of iron release of the human serum ferritin. The result shows that if Na2S2O4 was taken as the reducer, it is impossible to examine the iron release in serum with normal spectrum. When Vc was used as the reducer, the kinetic reaction of the iron release from serum ferritin was the first-order. It might be due to the abundance and influence of other proteins in human serum in the course of iron release, and that could fit the need of iron in the body.

Key words: Serum, Ferritin, Iron release, Kinetics, Mass spectrometry

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