Mass spectra of intact bovine lactoferrin before and after ultrafiltration obtained by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass (MALDI-TOF-MS) spectrometer Bruker ultrafleXtreme (Bruker Daltonik, Bremen, Germany) were recorded in the positive ion linear mode in m/z range of 25000-250000 using accelerating voltage of 25 kV. Saturated solution of sinapinic acid (SA) dissolved in TA30 (mixture of 0.1 % TFA and ACN at the 70:30 (v/v) was used as matrix solution, while Protein Calibration Standard II (Bruker Daltonics, Bremen) was selected for calibration.
Peptide mass fingerprint (PMF) of bovine lactoferrin before and after ultrafiltration in both, reduced and non-reduced conditions, was recorded in MS mode in the reflectron positive ion mode within m/z range of 500-3500. Saturated α-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid (HCCA) in TA30 was used as a matrix solution, while the Peptide Calibration Standard II (Bruker Daltonics, Bremen) was applied as a calibrant.
MS/MS fragments of bovine lactoferrin were obtained in Laser Ionization Fragmentation Technologies (LIFT) mode. The common criteria selected for the bLF identification was the peak intensity ˃ 1000 a.u., except for bovine lactoferrin before ultrafiltration at non-reduced conditions in which case the criteria was changed to intensity ˃ 3000 a.u. Cysteine carbamidomethylation and methionine oxidation were selected as global and variable modifications, respectively. Variable modification, such as HexNAc (N), Hex(1)HexNAc(2) (N), HexNAc(2)dHex(1) (N), HexNAc(2)dHex(1) (N), Hex(1)HexNAc(1)dHex(1) (N), and Hex(1)HexNAc(1)NeuAc(1) (N) were applied in order to indicate matches (glycopeptides), representing the potential glycosylation sites. Mascot database along with BioTools were applied for the result interpretation.
(2024-07-03)