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Peptide Synthesis | … Synthetic Peptides. Four standard peptides were purchased from GenScript (Nanjing, China). The sequences of the synthetic peptides were sWIESTLTK, NTSsSTPQLR, LGSSPNSSPHMSsPPTK, and SHLEsTTKDQEPIFYK … | Get A Quote |
The study of membrane proteins, and in particular ion channels, is crucial to understanding cellular function. Mass spectrometry-based approaches including bottom-up strategies to study membrane proteins have been successful yet still can remain challenging. In this study, we sought to evaluate the phosphorylation patterns of the ion channel TRPM7 which is involved in a range of critical physiological functions. To overcome extraction obstacles associated with analyzing membrane proteins, we incorporated the use of 5% SDS solubilization coupled with SCAD and S-Trap digestion methods to eliminate detergent interference in downstream LC-MS/MS analysis. We found that the SCAD method was more efficient, y... More