title: High-performance liquid chromatography of peptides on a microspherical carbon column.
abstract: The properties of a microspherical carbon column for the separation of peptides and proteins are described. One hundred and thirty-three peptides, with from 1 to 148 amino acid residues, were applied on a carbon column and eluted with a linear gradient of acetonitrile [10-70% (v/v), 30 min] in 0.1% (v/v) trifluoroacetic acid solution. The elution behaviour of the peptides on the carbon column and on an octadecylsilica (ODS) column were compared under the same elution conditions. Relationships between the logarithm of the hydrophobicity of peptides and their capacity factors were approximately linear on both columns, but some exceptions were observed with peptides with aromatic residues, indicating stronger adsorption on the carbon than on the ODS column. These results suggest that the major factor for the separation of peptides on both the carbon and ODS columns is hydrophobic interactions. The stronger adsorption of aromatic side-chains in peptides on the carbon column could be understood by an interaction based on the aromatic or graphitic nature of the surface of the microspherical carbon packings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Isobe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okuyama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shinoda
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002244:Carbon; D002417:Cattle; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D010450:Endopeptidases; D006868:Hydrolysis; D008863:Microspheres; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D012997:Solvents; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; D012997:Solvents; C026679:octadecylsilica; D002244:Carbon; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D010450:Endopeptidases