Magnetic non-porous hydrophilic poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate-co-glycidyl methacrylate) microspheres prepared by the dispersion polymerization and modified with iminodiacetic acid (IDA) were employed for the IMAC separation of phosphopeptides. Fe(3+) and Ga(3+) ions immobilized on IDA-modified magnetic microspheres were used for the enrichment of phosphopeptides from the proteolytic digests of two model proteins differing in their physico-chemical properties and phosphate group content: porcine pepsin A and bovine α-casein. The optimum conditions for phosphopeptide adsorption and desorption in both cases were investigated and compared. The phosphopeptides separated from the proteolytic digests were analyzed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. The ability of the prepared Fe(3+)- and Ga(3+)-IDA-modified magnetic microspheres to capture phosphopeptides from complex mixtures was shown on an example of bovine milk proteolytic digest.

Institute of Pathological Physiology and CEH 1st Faculty of Medicine Charles University Prague U Nemocnice 5 128 53 Praha 2 Czech Republic

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