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The selective isolation of phosphorylated peptides and subsequent analysis using mass spectrometry is important for understanding how protein kinase and phosphatase signals can precisely modulate the on/off states of signal transduction pathways. However, the isolation and detection of multi-phosphorylated peptides is still limited due to their distinct affinity to various materials and their poor ionization efficiency. Here, we report a highly efficient and selective enrichment of phosphorylated peptides using binuclear Zn 2+ -dipicolylamine complex-coated magnetic microspheres (ZnMMs). ZnMMs can utilize the rapid and selective isolation/enrichment of phosphorylated peptides and the subsequent mass spectrometric analysis, given the intrinsic magnetic property of magnetic microspheres and the highly selective binding ability of the binuclear Zn 2+ -dipicolylamine complex to phosphate groups. α-Casein and β-casein were chosen for a proof-of-concept demonstration. We contemplated that phosphopeptides were selectively isolated and enriched from both the tryptic digests of casein proteins and mixed samples with a high degree of sensitivity by facilitating ZnMMs. Especially, ZnMMs showed high efficiency with multi-phosphopeptides, which are in general difficult to be examined by mass analysis on account of their poor ionization efficiency. For the model protein α, β-casein mixture of the tryptic digest, 17 phosphopeptides were identified with ZnMMs and 82% of the enriched phosphopeptides were multi-phosphorylated peptides, indicating that ZnMMs have excellent enrichment efficiency and strong affinity towards multi-phosphorylated peptides.

Zinc Ion-immobilized Magnetic Microspheres for Enrichment and Identification of Multi-phosphorylated Peptides by Mass Spectrometry