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. 2006 Oct 1;78(19):7058-60.
doi: 10.1021/ac060693n.

Supercritical fluid chromatography reduction of hydrogen/deuterium back exchange in solution-phase hydrogen/deuterium exchange with mass spectrometric analysis

Supercritical fluid chromatography reduction of hydrogen/deuterium back exchange in solution-phase hydrogen/deuterium exchange with mass spectrometric analysis

Mark R Emmett et al. Anal Chem. .

Abstract

The single biggest problem with solution-phase H/D exchange as a mass spectrometric probe of surface exposure in a protein (or protein complex) is back-exchange of H for D after the initial H/D exchange has been quenched. Back-exchange results in loss of pertinent data and also greatly hampers data analysis. Previously, very fast, cold (0-4 degrees C) HPLC was performed to help reduce back-exchange, but calculated back-exchange still averages approximately 30%. In this report, supercritical fluid chromatography replaces HPLC as the desalting/separation technique prior to mass analysis, providing a dramatic reduction in back-exchange compared to the fast, cold HPLC methods.

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