Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2004, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (11): 2013.

• Articles • Previous Articles     Next Articles

A Novel Method for Quaternization of Amino Acid/Peptide and Its Product Detection Using Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry

BAO Hui-Min1, ZHAI Jian-Jun1,2, ZHANG Guo-An1, YANG Peng-Yuan1, CHEN Xian1   

  1. 1. Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China;
    2. Department of Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
  • Received:2004-05-17 Online:2004-11-24 Published:2004-11-24

Abstract: A novel detection method for quaternization of amino acid and peptide was reported. In this method Ag2CO3 was employed instead of KHCO3 to catalyze the occurrence of quaternization reaction. The absence of metal ions in the reaction system enabled us to in situ detect the quaternizing products by using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry(ESI-MS). We analyzed quaternizing products of six amino acids and two peptides in situ, and obtained the ratio of major product to by-product, which suggests the new method possesses prominent advantages over the old one. This method could offer a potential chance to combine quaternization with mass spectrometry which is helpful for the future use of quaternization reaction in quantitative proteomics.

Key words: Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, Amino acid/peptide, Quaternization

CLC Number: 

TrendMD: