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Serum transferrin precipitated with specific antisera was analyzed by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization/time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI/TOF-MS) and electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). When analyzed by MALDI, transferrin showed signal peaks that clearly could be separated from ions of IgG present in the immunoprecipitate. By ESI-MS, when the immunoprecipitates were loaded through a microcapillary polymeric reversed-phase column connected to the electrospray ionization probe, the mass spectra of transferrin were observed with a high signal-to-noise ratio and good resolution. By MALDI/TOF-MS, the observed molecular weight of normal transferrin was ∼ 1.2 ku smaller when analyzed in the reflectron mode than in the linear mode. The observed molecular weight of transferrin treated with sialidase was approximately the same in both modes. A comparison between the results obtained in both modes may help to estimate the number of sialic acids on the protein molecule. A transferrin isoform with a molecular weight of ∼2.2 ku less than the normal species was identified in the serum of patients with a carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein syndrome as well as in heavy alcohol consumers.
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Nakanishi, T., Shimizu, A., Okamoto, N. et al. Analysis of serum protein precipitated with antiserum by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization/time-of-flight and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry as a clinical laboratory test. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 6, 854–859 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1016/1044-0305(95)00326-9
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