A 15 min RP-UHPLC method following IdeS digestion was developed for analyzing antibody modifications including oxidation.
CpB treatment prior to IdeS digestion eliminated the interference of C-terminal lysine with oxidation.
Antibody variants separated by RP-UHPLC were characterized by on-line MS.
Oxidation levels measured by RP-UHPLC are in good agreement with those acquired by peptide mapping.
RP-UHPLC provided high resolution and high throughput separation for antibody variants at subdomain level.