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J. Biochem, 1982, Vol. 92, No. 3 607-613
© 1982 Japanese Biochemical Society

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Micro-Identification of Amino-Terminal Acetylamino Acids in Proteins1

Susumu TSUNASAWA and Kozo NARITA2

Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University Suita, Osaka 565

By using a reversed phase HPLC system, we have developed a rapid and quantitative micro-identification method for amino-terminal acetylamino acids in proteins at the sample range of 10–100 nmol.

The process of the identification method consists of the following steps: (1) digestion of a protein by an appropriate protease; (2) separation of an acidic peptide(s) from the digest on a Dowex 50 × 2 column; (3) further purification of the acidic peptide(s) by reversed phase HPLC using a C18 column; (4) subsequent exhaustive digestion of each acidic peptide to amino acids and an acylamino acid, by pronase and carboxypeptidase Y; (5) isolation of the acylamino acid on a Dowex 50×2 column; (6) identification of the acylamino acid on a C18 column; (7) confirmation of the acyl group by HPLC as an 1-acyl-2-dansylhydrazine derivative and of the amino acid on amino acid analyzer. By applying this new method to such proteins as ovalbumin and cytochrome c their amino-terminal acetylamino acids can be determined in the range of less than 10 nmol.

1 On the first anniversary of Professor K. Narita's death.

2 Deceased on February 21, 1981.


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