title: A rapid method of sequencing long synthetic peptide sequences by laser power variation in MALDI-ToF, using polyglutamine model peptides.
abstract: Matrix assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight (MALDI-ToF) has evolved into a powerful method for structural analysis of biomolecules. The paper reports a very simple and efficient method of sequencing of long peptides using long polyglutamine stretches with and without interruptions as model peptides, using MALDI-ToF in a linear mode. The method does not require any enzymatic or proteolytic digestions and very long synthetic polyglutamine sequences can be sequenced efficiently just by incremental variation of laser power. The data also reveal whenever there is any interruption within a stretch of glutamines it undergoes a very prompt cleavage at that site. Thus, this method provides an alternative tool for validating long polyglutamine stretches which are very often used as models for studying the structure and conformation of proteins associated with a number of neurodegenerative disorders.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR), Mall Road, Delhi 110007, India. somdutta@igib.res.in
authors.forename: Somdutta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.forename: Santosh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pasha
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods; D007834:Lasers; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D020539:Sequence Analysis, Protein / Q000379:methods*; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; C097188:polyglutamine