摘要
A new approach utilizing open tubularcapillary Columns coated with Zirconium phosphonate (ZrP-OTCC) for enrichment of phosphopeptides is described. The experimental conditions: interior diameter, length of capillary and How rate was optimized using tryptic digest of alpha-casein (a phosphoprotein) as a model sample. The ZrP-OTCC was demonstrated to tolerate Urea, sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS). and NaCl. Further experimental results show that the ZrP-OTCC can trap the phosphopeptides even at the concentration of alpha-casein as low as 10(-8) M. This column has also been successfully coupled online with nano-liquid chromatography for enrichment and then separation of phosphopeptides from a complex sample, and finally analyzed the phosphopeptides by mass spectrometry (MS).