Method to convert N-terminal glutamine to pyroglutamate for characterization of recombinant monoclonal antibodies

Autor: Yan Peng, Daisy Richardson, Wei Xu, Fengqiang Wang, Brittany C. Paporello, Hongcheng Liu
Rok vydání: 2012
Předmět:
Zdroj: Analytical biochemistry. 436(1)
ISSN: 1096-0309
Popis: Cyclization of N-terminal glutamine to pyroglutamate is a common modification of recombinant monoclonal antibodies that has often been identified by liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS) analysis using separated fractions. An alternative approach of using glutaminyl-peptide cyclotransferase to convert the N-terminal glutamine to pyroglutamate was developed in the current study. Enzymatic conversion of the N-terminal glutamine to pyroglutamate not only provides an identification of the N-terminal amino acids without fraction collection but also can significantly simplify the chromatograms to assist fraction collections for the characterization of other antibody variants.
Databáze: OpenAIRE