Use of stable isotopically enriched proteins and directly coupled high-performance liquid chromatography inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for quantitatively monitoring the transfer of metals between proteins

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 369, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-104

  Mason, Andrew Z ^a   Moeller, Rhonda ^b   Thrippleton, Kelly A ^c   Lloyd, Douglas ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CRG Marine Laboratories   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Golden West College   (United States)

Author keywords

67Zn; Carbonic anhydrase; Directly coupled HPLC ICP MS; Metallothionein

Indexed keywords

CARBONIC ANHYDRASE; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ION EXCHANGE; MOLAR RATIO; PEPTIDES; ZINC;

HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; HPLC ICP MS; ISOTOPICALLY ENRICHED; METALLOTHIONEINS; P-NITROPHENYL ACETATE; REDUCED GLUTATHIONE; THERMODYNAMIC ASPECTS; ^67ZN;

METALS;

CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; ESTERASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALLOTHIONEIN II; STABLE ISOTOPE; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 34548283175     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2007.06.015     Document Type: Article

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