Capillary zone electrophoresis for the analysis of glycoforms of cellobiohydrolase

Ruchi Gupta, Sara J. Baldock, Peter R. Fielden, Bruce D. Grieve

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    Abstract

    Cellobiohydrolase (CBH) is an important enzyme for the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to ethanol. This work separated the glycoforms of CBH possessing different numbers of neutral mannoses using capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) in a 50. mM, pH 7.5 phosphate buffer. The method analysed CBH in an intact form using a polyacrylamide coated fused silica capillary without requiring additives or labelling of the enzyme. The migration time of the major peak was found to be 21.6 ± 0.1. min (n= 3) and the approach is suitable for testing of batch-to-batch consistency of CBH. Ease-of-use, automation and speed are the other benefits due to which the use of CZE for analysing glycoforms of CBH was concluded to be ideal. © 2011 Elsevier B.V.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)5362-5368
    Number of pages6
    JournalJournal of Chromatography A
    Volume1218
    Issue number31
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 5 Aug 2011

    Keywords

    • Biofuel
    • Capillary coating
    • Cellobiohydrolase
    • Electrophoresis
    • Glycoforms
    • Mannose

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