A procedure to map N-glycosylation sites is presented here. It can be applied to purified proteins aswell as to highly complex mixtures. The method exploits deglycosylation by PNGase F in a diagonal,reverse-phase chromatographic setup. When applied to 10
L of mouse serum, affinity-depleted for itsthree most abundant components, 117 known or predicted sites were mapped in addition to 10 novelsites. Several sites were detected on soluble membrane or receptor components. Our methodfurthermore senses the nature of glycan structures and can detect differential glycosylation on a givensite. These properties-high sensitivity and dependence on glycan imprinting-can be exploited forglycan-biomarker analysis.