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A comprehensive investigation of the peak capacity for the reversed-phase gradient liquid-chromatographic analysis of intact proteins using a polymer-monolithic capillary column

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The present study reports on the analysis of different factors affecting the magnitude of the peak capacity for intact protein separations conducted in gradient reversed-phase liquid chromatography. Experiments were conducted using a 200 µm i.d. capillary styrene-co-divinylbenzene monolithic column that was developed in-house and was characterized by a mode globule cluster size of 1.2 µm and a mode macropore size of 1.0 µm (based on scanning electron microscopy). The monolith yielded a minimum plate-height value of 13.3 µm for uracil. The use of trifluoroacetic acid instead of formic acid as ion-pairing agent generally led to better peak symmetry, narrower peak widths which effect is protein-dependent, and improved loadability characteristics. The peak capacity has been systematically assessed at different flow rates and gradient duration. The highest peak capacity of 247 was obtained at a flow rate of 1 µL min −1 and a gradient time of 120 min, which corresponds to an optimal t G/t 0 ratio of ∼60. While the optimum van Deemter velocity for intact proteins was approximated to be 0.065 µL min −1, the highest peak capacity was achieved at approximately 20-fold higher flow rate, depending on the gradient duration applied and the molecular weight of the proteins. The optimum velocity increased with decreasing gradient time and is a compromise between the magnitude of the mass-transfer contribution (decreasing the peak capacity with velocity) affected by molecular diffusion, and the increase in peak capacity induced by the more favorable gradient-volume ratio.

Tijdschrift: Journal of chromatography
ISSN: 0021-9673
Volume: 1609
Jaar van publicatie:2020
Trefwoorden:Kinetic performance, Van Deemter, Ion-pairing agent, Loadability, Top-down proteomics
CSS-citation score:2
Toegankelijkheid:Open