申请人:West Virginia University Research Corporation
公开号:US20040175822A1
公开(公告)日:2004-09-09
An apparatus and method for Edman degradation using a microfluidic system to identify and characterize peptides is disclosed. A microfluidic device comprises an entrance channel through which a substantially purified polypeptide is accepted, a reaction channel engaging the entrance channel wherein the substantially purified polypeptide is digested, producing a digestion product, a reagent reservoir engaging the reaction channel, the reagent reservoir capable of delivering a reagent to the reaction channel, and an exit channel extending from the reaction channel, wherein the digestion product travels through the exit channel upon leaving the reaction channel. Protein digestion on the device comprises delivering a substantially purified polypeptide to a reaction channel, confining the polypeptide in the reaction channel, digesting the polypeptide in the reaction channel producing a digestion product, and removing the digestion product from the reaction channel, wherein the last two steps are repeated until the polypeptide is substantially digested.
本发明公开了一种利用微流体系统进行埃德曼降解以鉴定和表征多肽的装置和方法。微流控装置包括一个入口通道,通过该入口通道接收基本纯化的多肽;一个与入口通道相接的反应通道,在该反应通道中消化基本纯化的多肽,产生消化产物;一个与反应通道相接的试剂储存器,该试剂储存器能够将试剂输送到反应通道;以及一个从反应通道延伸出来的出口通道,其中消化产物在离开反应通道后通过出口通道。该装置上的蛋白质消化包括将基本纯化的多肽输送到反应通道,将多肽限制在反应通道中,在反应通道中消化多肽产生消化产物,以及从反应通道中移除消化产物,其中重复后两个步骤,直到多肽基本消化为止。