Selective separation and enrichment of proteins in aqueous two-phase extraction system

Feng Qu*, Hao Qin, Min Dong, Dong Xu Zhao, Xin Ying Zhao, Jing Hua Zhang

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Abstract

A simple aqueous two-phase extraction system (ATPS) of PEG/phosphate was proposed for selective separation and enrichment of proteins. The combination of ATPE with HPLC was applied to identify the partition of proteins in two phases. Five proteins (bovine serum albumin, Cytochrome C, lysozyme, myoglobin, and trypsin) were used as model proteins to study the effect of phosphate concentration and pH on proteins partition. The PEG/phosphate system was firstly applied to real human saliva and plasma samples, some proteins showed obviously different partition in two phases. The primary results manifest the selective separation and enrichment of proteins in ATPS provided the potential for high abundance proteins depletion in proteomics.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1100-1102
Number of pages3
JournalChinese Chemical Letters
Volume20
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2009

Keywords

  • Aqueous two-phase extraction
  • Proteins
  • Saliva and plasma
  • Selective separation and enrichment

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