title: Automated evaluation of tryptic digest from recombinant human growth hormone using ultraviolet spectra and numeric peak information.
abstract: UV spectra were successfully employed in identifying peptide fragments from a tryptic digest of recombinant-DNA-derived human growth hormone (r-hGH). It was possible to distinguish very similar peptides utilizing a digital comparison of the UV spectra. An automated procedure was developed to generate a calibration library for the tryptic digest of a reference standard. The calibration library was then evaluated for reproducibility and selectivity and found to provide superior performance in correctly identifying ambiguous peaks as compared to the use of a conventional calibration table. Spectral match factors together with numerical information, derived from peak retention time, area and height, were used to arrive at a "peak score" descriptive of the similarity between standard and sample peaks. "Peak scores" could be combined to calculate a "sample score" indicative of overall similarity between an unknown and a standard. The scoring procedure was automated to generate a final report without operator intervention and successfully assigned appropriate scores to similar as well as dissimilar samples, e.g., native and oxidized r-hGH.
authors.affiliation: Hewlett-Packard Company, Avondale, PA 19311.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Sievert
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chloupek
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Hancock
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D002138:Calibration; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D012015:Reference Standards; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D014357:Trypsin / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013006:Growth Hormone; D014357:Trypsin