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ESI-MS at a precision of +-2 Da should work alone.

Best wishes

Kornelius

On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 19:32:56 +0100
 Matthew Chu <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> N-terminal sequencing / MS for intact mass analysis are the only ways that I
> can think of.....
> 
> Matt
> 
> 2008/7/1 Klaus Futterer <[log in to unmask]>:
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> > We have a 150 kDa protein that reproducibly crystallises at one of the
> > Hampton Screen conditions. However, we know from SDS gel analysis that the
> > crystals contain only a 45 kDa fragment, that forms through proteolytic
> > cleavage over time. We would like to determine the sequence boundaries of
> > the fragment.
> >
> > We believe a combination of N-terminal sequencing plus MS analysis might
> > give us the information we need, but I was wondering whether the ccp4bb
> > community has other suggestions.
> >
> > Klaus
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> Matthew LH Chu
> PhD Student
> School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
> University of Manchester
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