Glycopeptides prepared from 1 nmol of a mixture of glycoproteins, transferrin, and ribonuclease B by lysylendopeptidase digestion were isolated by lectin and cellulose column chromatographies, and then they were analyzed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry and MALDI-quadrupole ion trap (QIT)-TOF mass spectrometry which enables the performance of MS ( n ) analysis. The lectin affinity preparation of glycopeptides with Sambucus nigra agglutinin and concanavalin A provides the glycan structure outlines for the sialyl linkage and the core structure of N-glycans. Such structural estimation was confirmed by MALDI-TOF MS and MALDI-QIT-TOF MS/MS. Amino acid sequences and location of glycosylation sites were determined by MALDI-QIT-TOF MS/MS/MS. Taken together, the combination of lectin column chromatography, MALDI-TOF MS, and MALDI-QIT-TOF MS ( n ) provides an easy way for the structural estimation of glycans and the rapid analysis of glycoproteomics.
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Kubota et al. (2008) studied this question.