title: Investigation of sulfhydryl groups in cabbage phospholipase D by combination of derivatization methods and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry.
abstract: All eight cysteine residues in 92 kDa cabbage phospholipase D (PLD), deduced from the cDNA sequence, were shown to have free sulfhydryl groups by analysis using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOFMS) of tryptic peptides of PLD derivatized with p-chloromercurybenzoate, iodoacetic acid, and N-ethylmaleimide, as well as of underivatized PLD. Assignment of sulfhydryl groups by any one method was not conclusive. However, complementary information derived from tryptic peptides derivatized with different reagents made full assignment of sulfhydryl groups possible.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747, South Korea.
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Roh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D001937:Brassica / Q000201:enzymology*; D003545:Cysteine / Q000032:analysis*; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000032:analysis; D005033:Ethylmaleimide / Q000737:chemistry; D019807:Iodoacetic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D010739:Phospholipase D / Q000032:analysis*; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / Q000379:methods*; D014357:Trypsin / Q000378:metabolism; D020245:p-Chloromercuribenzoic Acid / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D020245:p-Chloromercuribenzoic Acid; D010739:Phospholipase D; D014357:Trypsin; D003545:Cysteine; D005033:Ethylmaleimide; D019807:Iodoacetic Acid