title: Capillary electrophoresis of cationic random coil peptide standards: effect of anionic ion-pairing reagents and comparison with reversed-phase chromatography.
abstract: The present study compares a charge/hydrophobicity capillary electrophoresis (CE) approach to reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) for the separation of three series of four synthetic, random coil peptide standards. Each series has peptides of the same positive charge (+1, +2 and +3 series) and length but differing in hydrophobicity. Complete resolution of the 12 peptides was achieved via a novel CE approach: a capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) mode effected a separation of identically charged peptides; within each charged group of peptides, the addition of perfluorinated acid anionic ion-pairing reagents allowed resolution of the peptides through a mechanism based on peptide hydrophobicity which we have termed ioninteraction (II)-CZE. The peak capacity and peptide resolution of this CE approach was superior to that of RP-HPLC and stresses an important role for CE for peptide/proteomic applications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA.
authors.forename: Traian V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Popa
authors.forename: Colin T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Mant
authors.forename: Robert S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Hodges
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000838:Anions / Q000737:chemistry; D002412:Cations / Q000737:chemistry; D002845:Chromatography / Q000379:methods; D019075:Electrophoresis, Capillary / Q000379:methods*; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000838:Anions; D002412:Cations; D010455:Peptides