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Comparison of three modifications of fused‐silica capillaries and untreated capillaries for protein profiling of maize extracts by capillary electrophoresis
Author(s) -
Pobozy Ewa,
Sentkowska Aleksandra,
Piskor Anna
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of separation science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.72
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1615-9314
pISSN - 1615-9306
DOI - 10.1002/jssc.201301236
Subject(s) - capillary electrophoresis , chromatography , chemistry , polyacrylamide , capillary action , electrophoresis , albumin , polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis , biochemistry , materials science , polymer chemistry , composite material , enzyme
In this work, capillary electrophoresis was applied to protein profiling of fractionated extracts of maize. A comparative study on the application of uncoated fused‐silica capillaries and capillaries modified with hydroxypropylmethylcellulose, ω‐iodoalkylammonium salt and a commercially available neutral capillary covalently coated with polyacrylamide is presented. The coating stability, background electrolyte composition, and separation efficiency were investigated. It was found that for zeins separation, the most stable and efficient was the capillary coated with polyacrylamide. Finally, the usefulness of these methods was studied for the differentiation of zein fraction in transgenic and nontransgenic maize. Zeins extracted from maize standards containing 0 and 5% m/m genetic modification were successfully separated, but slight differences were observed in terms of the zein content. Albumin and globulin fractions were analyzed with the use of unmodified fused‐silica capillary with borate buffer pH 9 and the capillary coated with polyacrylamide with phosphate buffer pH 3. In the albumin fraction, additional peaks were found in genetically modified samples.

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