Formylation: an undesirable modification on glycopeptides and glycans during storage in formic acid solution

In glycomic and glycoproteomic studies, solutions containing diluted organic acids such as formic acid (FA) have been widely used for dissolving intact glycopeptide and glycan samples prior to mass spectrometry analysis. Here, we show that an undesirable + 28 Da modification occurred in a time-depen...

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Veröffentlicht in:Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry 2022-05, Vol.414 (11), p.3311-3317
Hauptverfasser: Zhi, Yuan, Jia, Li, Shen, Jiechen, Li, Jun, Chen, Zexuan, Zhu, Bojing, Hao, Zhifang, Xu, Yintai, Sun, Shisheng
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Zusammenfassung:In glycomic and glycoproteomic studies, solutions containing diluted organic acids such as formic acid (FA) have been widely used for dissolving intact glycopeptide and glycan samples prior to mass spectrometry analysis. Here, we show that an undesirable + 28 Da modification occurred in a time-dependent manner when the glycan and glycopeptide samples were stored in FA solution at − 20 °C. We confirmed that this unexpected modification was caused by formylation between the hydroxyl groups of glycans and FA with a relatively low reaction rate. As this incomplete modification affected the glycan and glycopeptide identification and quantification in glycomic and glycoproteomic studies, the storage at − 20 °C should be avoided once the glycan and glycopeptide samples have been dissolved in FA solution. Graphical abstract
ISSN:1618-2642
1618-2650
DOI:10.1007/s00216-022-03989-6