Novel Application for ProteaseMAX Surfactant: Cell Lysis

ProteaseMax Surfactant
The novel mass spectrometry compatible surfactant sulfonate-(sodium 3-((1-(furan-2-yl)undecyloxy) carbonylamino)-propane-1-sulfonate (i.e.ProteaseMAX) facilitates both in-gel and in-solution digestion applications by reducing the time required, enabling protein solubilization/denaturation and increasing peptide/protein identifications.

A new application was highlighted in a recent publication (1) which utilized ProteaseMAX to lyse cells prior to trypsin digestion and subsequent mass spec analysis. The composition of the buffer determines the overall efficiency of cell lysis, dissociation of protein complexes, protein solubility and ease of removal prior to LC/MS-MS analysis.

When compared to lysis buffers containing either urea or SDC, ProteaseMAX provided the optimal number of identified peptides/proteins.
In addition it can be easily removed from the lysate by acidic precipitation.

Reference

  1. Pirmoradian, M. et al. (2013). Rapid and deep human proteome analysis by single-dimension shotgun proteomics. Mol. Cell. Prot. 12, 3330–8.
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Gary Kobs

Gary Kobs

Strategic Marketing Manager at Promega Corporation
Gary earned his B.S. in Bacteriology, UW-Madison in 1982. From 1982–1986 he served as Research Tech at UW-Madison. From 1986 to the present Gary has been with Promega Corporation serving in many capacities including as the very first editor of Promega Notes. He was also Manager Tech Services and Training, Product Manager Restriction/Modifying Enzymes, Product Manager Protein Analysis, and is now Sr. Product Manager for Protein Analysis products.

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