Preventing N- and O-formylation of proteins when incubated in concentrated formic acid

Proteomics

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1059-1068

  Zheng, Shi ^a,b   Doucette, Alan A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Formic acid; N formylation; O formylation; Protein modifications; Protein solubilization; Technology

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FORMIC ACID; LYSINE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; SERINE; THREONINE; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HISTONE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FORMYLATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FORMYLATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEOMICS; REACTION TIME; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TEMPERATURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SOLUBILITY; STANDARDS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FORMATES; HISTONES; HUMANS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEOMICS; SERINE; SOLUBILITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THREONINE;

EID: 84960436973     PISSN: 16159853     EISSN: 16159861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201500366     Document Type: Article

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