Evaluation of aminolysis of anilinothiazolinones to phenylthiocarbamoyl amino acid methyl amides as an alternative conversion method in protein sequencing

Chemical protein sequencing and amino acid analysis

Chemical protein sequencing remains the cornerstone of protein structural analysis. Recent developments allow an increased rate of sampling and a reduction in background noise. Mass spectrometric detection of chemical sequencing products will, in all likelihood, initiate an era of sequencing of sub-picomole quantities of protein. Significant progress toward routine, automated carboxy-terminal sequencing has been reported recently.