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SUBMITTER: Brown KA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6532422 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Brown Kyle A KA Chen Bifan B Guardado-Alvarez Tania M TM Lin Ziqing Z Hwang Leekyoung L Ayaz-Guner Serife S Jin Song S Ge Ying Y
Nature methods 20190415 5
We report the identification of a photocleavable anionic surfactant, 4-hexylphenylazosulfonate (Azo), which can be rapidly degraded by ultraviolet irradiation, for top-down proteomics. Azo can effectively solubilize proteins with performance comparable to that of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and is compatible with mass spectrometry. Azo-aided top-down proteomics enables the solubilization of membrane proteins for comprehensive characterization of post-translational modifications. Moreover, Azo i ...[more]