CST, 10483S, PTMScan®N-Terminal Acetyl Motif [N-Ac] Kit

PTMScan for studying in the research area. Product Usage Information Cells are lysed in a urea-containing buffer, cellular proteins are digested by proteases, and the resulting peptides are purified by reversed-phase, solid-phase extraction. Peptides are then subjected to immunoaffinity purification using a PTMScan ® Motif antibody conjugated to protein A agarose beads. Unbound peptides are removed through washing, and the captured PTM-containing peptides are eluted with dilute acid. Reversed-phase purification is performed on microtips to desalt and separate peptides from antibody prior to concentrating the enriched peptides for LC-MS/MS analysis. CST recommends the use of PTMScan ® IAP Buffer #9993 included in the kit. Storage Antibody beads supplied in IAP buffer containing 50% glycerol. Store at -20°C. Do not aliquot the antibody. Protocol Available protocols: PTMScan Background Various forms of N-terminal protein processing exist in eukaryotes that target the starting methionine amino acid. One such modification is acetylation of the N-terminal methionine accepted from acetyl-CoA. This is mediated by N-terminal acetyltransferases (Nats) and has been found to be present on a wide variety of proteins estimated from 50 to more than 80% of proteins in some cases. There are six identified Nats that are well conserved from yeast to humans (1). This widely observed modification has been implicated in a variety of protein processes from translation regulation, stability, folding, localization, transcriptional control, and protein protein interactions. It also plays a role in Histone tail modifications (2,3,4,5). Alternate Names acetyl; motif; nac; nat