{"id":13564,"date":"2018-01-18T08:58:38","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T13:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/?p=13564"},"modified":"2026-01-07T15:14:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T20:14:40","slug":"research-discoveries-glycoprotein-glycosylation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/2018\/01\/18\/research-discoveries-glycoprotein-glycosylation\/","title":{"rendered":"Research discoveries: glycoprotein glycosylation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New research papers from the Zaia laboratory have established novel strategies for analyzing glycans and glycopeptides.<\/p>\n<p>Glycomics and glycoproteomics analyses by mass spectrometry require efficient front-end separation methods to enable deep characterization of heterogeneous glycoform populations. Chromatography methods a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/zaiapaper\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/biochemcellbio\/files\/2018\/01\/zaiapaper-502x300.jpg\" alt=\"zaiapaper\" width=\"502\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-13566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/files\/2018\/01\/zaiapaper-502x300.jpg 502w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/files\/2018\/01\/zaiapaper-768x459.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/biochemcellbio\/files\/2018\/01\/zaiapaper.jpg 1001w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/a>re generally limited in their ability to resolve glycoforms using mobile phases that are compatible with online liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). The adoption of capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry methods (CE-MS) for glycomics and glycoproteomics is limited by the lack of convenient interfaces for coupling the CE devices to mass spectrometers. Here, we describe the application of a microfluidics-based CE-MS system for analysis of released glycans, glycopeptides and monosaccharides. We demonstrate a single CE method for analysis three different modalities, thus contributing to comprehensive glycoproteomics analyses. In addition, we explored compatible sample derivatization methods. We used glycan TMT-labeling to improve electrophoretic migration and enable multiplexed quantitation by tandem MS. We used sialic acid linkage-specific derivatization methods to improve separation and the level of information obtained from a single analytical step. Capillary electrophoresis greatly improved glycoform separation for both released glycans and glycopeptides over that reported for chromatography modes more frequently employed for such analyses. Overall, the CE-MS method described here enables rapid setup and analysis of glycans and glycopeptides using mass spectrometry<\/p>\n<p>To learn more:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Khatri, K.; Klein, J. A.; Zaia, J. Use of an informed search space maximizes confidence of site-specific assignment of glycoprotein glycosylation. <em>Anal Bioanal Chem<\/em> <strong>2017<\/strong>, <em>409<\/em>, 607-618.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/27734143%20http:\/\/download.springer.com\/static\/pdf\/786\/art%253A10.1007%252Fs00216-016-9970-5.pdf?originUrl=http%3A%2F%2Flink.springer.com%2Farticle%2F10.1007%2Fs00216-016-9970-5&amp;token2=exp=1484677575~acl=%2Fstatic%2Fpdf%2F786%2Fart%25253A10.1007%25252Fs00216-016-9970-5.pdf%3ForiginUrl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Flink.springer.com%252Farticle%252F10.1007%252Fs00216-016-9970-5*~hmac=955a8ffc2043a5f54feddb694e57c8c5ff2cde7e701c3882811017b07406d135%20https:\/\/link.springer.com\/content\/pdf\/10.1007%2Fs00216-016-9970-5.pdf\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span color=\"#3300ff\"> Pubmed Link<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Khatri, K.; Klein, J. A.; Haserick, J.; Leon, D. R.; Costello, C. E.; McComb, M. E.; Zaia, J. Microfluidic capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry for analysis of monosaccharides, oligosaccharides and glycopeptides. <em>Anal. Chem.<\/em> <strong>2017<\/strong>, <em>89<\/em>, 6645-6655.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/28530388%20http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/pdfplus\/10.1021\/acs.analchem.7b00875\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span color=\"#3300ff\"> Pubmed Link<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New research papers from the Zaia laboratory have established novel strategies for analyzing glycans and glycopeptides. 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