Development of
convenient strategies for identifi
cation of plant
N-gly
can profiles has been driven by the emergen
ce of plants as an expression system for therapeuti
c proteins. In this arti
cle, we reinvestigated qualitative and quantitative aspe
cts of plant
N-gly
can profiling. The extra
ction of plant proteins through a phenol/ammonium a
cetate pro
cedure followed by degly
cosylation with peptide
N-gly
cosidase A (PNGase A) and
coupling to 2-aminobenzamide provides an oligosa
ccharide preparation
containing redu
ced amounts of
contaminants from plant
cell wall polysa
ccharides. Su
ch a preparation was also suitable for a
ccurate qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the
N-gly
can
content by mass spe
ctrometry. Combining these approa
ches allows the profiling to be
carried out from as low as 500 mg of fresh leaf material. We also demonstrated that
collision-indu
ced disso
ciation (CID) mass spe
ctrometry in negative mode of
N-gly
cans harboring
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crimination of plant
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