TY  - JOUR
AB  - Background: Protein histidine phosphatase (PHP) is an enzyme which removes phosphate groups from histidine residues. It was described for vertebrates in the year 2002. The recombinant human 16 kDa protein forms multimeric complexes in physiological buffer and in the gas phase. High-mass calibration in matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) has remained a problem due to the lack of suitable standards. Large proteins can hardly be freed of their substructural microheterogeneity by classical purification procedures so that their use as calibrants is limited. A small adduct-forming protein of validated quality is a valuable alternative for that purpose. Methodology/Principal Findings: Three major PHP clusters of ,113, 209 and .600 kDa were observed in gel filtration analysis. Re-chromatography of the monomer peak showed the same cluster distribution. The tendency to associate was detected also in MALDI-TOF MS measuring regular adducts up to 200 kDa. Conclusions/Significance: PHP forms multimers consisting of up to more than 35 protein molecules. In MALDI-TOF MS it generates adduct ions every 16 kDa. The protein can be produced with high quality so that its use as calibration compound for high mass ranges above 100 kDa, where standards are difficult to obtain, is feasible.
AU  - Ludwig, Katrin
AU  - Habbach, Mohamed Schähdi
AU  - Habbach, M. Schähdi
AU  - Habbach, Schähdi
AU  - Krieglstein, Josef
AU  - Klumpp, Susanne
AU  - König, Simone
DA  - 2011-08-18
DO  - doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0023612
LA  - eng
N1  - Finanziert durch den Open-Access-Publikationsfonds 2011/2012 der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) und der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU Münster).
N1  - PLoS ONE 6 (2011) 8, e23612
PY  - 2011-08-18
TI  - MALDI-TOF High Mass Calibration up to 200 kDa Using Human Recombinant 16 kDa Protein Histidine Phosphatase Aggregates
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-97379389900
Y2  - 2024-11-21T16:09:10
ER  -