title: Structural analysis and quantitative evaluation of the modifications produced in human hemoglobin by methyl bromide using mass spectrometry and Edman degradation.
abstract: The present study reports a procedure developed for the identification and quantitative analysis of the adducts formed by interaction of methyl bromide with human hemoglobin, based on combined analysis by electrospray mass spectrometry and automated Edman degradation of either intact globin chains or tryptic peptides of globin chains. The procedure has allowed identification of the reactive sites in human hemoglobin, and has been applied to the analysis of samples modified in vitro by methyl bromide. The results obtained represent the basis for the complete structural characterization of the modified hemoglobin and demonstrate the usefulness of the proposed analytical approach for the evaluation of the degree of alkylation and the identification of modified amino acids in proteins.
authors.affiliation: Servizio di Spettrometria di Massa del CNR, Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mamone
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Malorni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scaloni
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sannolo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Basile
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pòcsfalvi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ferranti
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005914:Globins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D006842:Hydrocarbons, Brominated / Q000737:chemistry*; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry; D014357:Trypsin
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D006454:Hemoglobins; D006842:Hydrocarbons, Brominated; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D010455:Peptides; D005914:Globins; C005218:methyl bromide; D014357:Trypsin