You provide us with a) or b):

a) Homogenous protein per sample, obtained by excision of bands from a dried SDS-gel (stained with Coomassie Blue or Silver, preferably without fixation). Please enclose a gel photo. Please, mention the %age of the gel, clearly mark the bands which were excised from the gel, and specify the molecular weight marker and the estimated molecular weight of the proteins of interest.

b) At least 25 µg of each purified native protein sample(ammonium sulfate precipitate or lyophilized protein). Please, enclose a photo of an analytical SDS-PAGE, mention the %age of the gel, clearly mark the bands which correspond to the purified proteins, and specify the molecular weight marker and the estimated molecular weight of the proteins of interest. Recommend a suitable buffer for dialyzing (ammonium sulfate precipitate) or dissolving (lyophilized material) the proteins. If this is not a standard buffer, add your buffer in sufficient amount (esp. for dialysis). Mention special requirements of your protein with respect to solubility and stability (especially important for membrane proteins).

Required Information:

Protein identity (incl. database entry number) and source of the protein samples (organism, tissue, cell fraction etc.), and assumption which protein modification is anticipated.

Please ship the protein without cooling (dried gel bands, lyophilized protein) or on blue ice (ammonium sulfate precipitate) to:

Gentaur
Avenue de l'Armée 68/B4
B-1040 Brussels BELGIUM

 

1. (In gel) trypsination of the protein (bands) of interest (Protein is cleaved at arg and lys sites into peptides)
2. MALDI-TOF Mass Spectometry analysis of the tryptic peptides
3. Peptides carrying posttranslational modifications are identified by comparing their actual mass with their theoretical mass peak by peak. This process is carried out by trained scientists. A list of experimental peptides that correspond to unmodified peptides is generated, then a list of experimental peptides that match to peptides which carry modifications of cystein residues, methionine residues, or other modification as documented in SWISS-PROT is created. In order to find novel modifications, the mass differences between all experimental peptides and all theoretical peptides are calculated. If a mass difference corresponds to the mass of any known modification the peptide is classified as potentially modified. Within the peptide the potential amino acid(s) that may carry the modification in question is/are suggested.
4. A comparison list of modifications for the different protein samples is delivered.

Cat. Nr. CPPM01: Comparison of Posttranslational Modifications of a Protein by MALDI-TOF-MS, proteins shipped in protein gel bands
Price: 495 Euro per sample (minimum: 2 samples)

Cat. Nr. CPPM02: Comparison of Posttranslational Modifications of a Purified Protein by MALDI-TOF-MS
Price: 720 Euro per sample (minimum: 2 samples)