Proteolysis in microfluidic droplets: an approach to interface protein separation and peptide mass spectrometry
- 2 May 2012
- journal article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Lab on a Chip
- Vol. 12 (15), 2625-2629
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c2lc40206h
Abstract
A versatile microreactor protocol based on microfluidic droplets has been developed for on-line protein digestion. Proteins separated by liquid chromatography are fractionated in water-in-oil droplets and digested in sequence. The microfluidic reactor acts also as an electrospray ionization emitter for mass spectrometry analysis of the peptides produced in the individual droplets. Each droplet is an enzymatic micro-reaction unit with efficient proteolysis due to rapid mixing, enhanced mass transfer and automated handling. This droplet approach eliminates sample loss, cross-contamination, non-specific absorption and memory effect. A protein mixture was successfully identified using the droplet-based micro-reactor as interface between reverse phase liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry.Keywords
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