Protein Identification & Characterization Services

Structural, Physicochemical and Biophysical Characterization Methods

Structural & Physicochemical Characterization

Biophysical Characterization

Purity and Impurities

Host Cell Protein (HCP) Analysis & Detection

BioPharmaSpec has developed a service for MS based HCP detection and quantitation as an orthogonal support to HCP-ELISA.

Process Related Impurities

BioPharmaSpec provides methods for the analysis of a significant range of process related impurities. These methods have been developed to allow identification and quantitation to low ppm/ppb limits.

Protein Characterization Methods

Amino Acid Analysis Triplicate hydrolysis, duplicate injection
N-terminal Sequencing 15 cycles (of light and heavy chains)
C-terminal sequencing Determined through molecular weight and peptide mapping
Peptide Mapping At least three digestion strategies

LC/ES-MS, Q-TOF
Glycosylation site occupancy Assessment of the degree of glycosylation site occupancy
Primary sequence confirmation MS based sequencing and Ile/Leu differentiation using Edman for the full sequence
Disulfide Bridge Assessment Determined through peptide mapping
Monosaccharide Composition Analysis Neutral and amino sugars

Sialic acids
Oligosaccharide profiling HILIC analysis of 2-AB labelled oligosaccharides covering the analysis of total N-glycans

Linkage (methylation) analysis
Intact molecular weight analysis As received, following reduction, following de-N-glycosylation, following reduction and de-N-glycosylation.

On line RP-HPLC-MS
icIEF With and without Carboxypeptidase B treatment
CE-SDS Non reducing and reducing
RP-HPLC with UV detection Performed on the sample as received
Ion Exchange Chromatography Isoforms can be collected and characterized
DSC To assess melting temperature
CD For far-UV (for secondary structure) and near UV (for tertiary structure)
FT-IR Secondary structure
IF Secondary and tertiary structure
1D and 2D NMR Secondary and tertiary structure
SEC-MALS Aggregation assessment
SV-AUC Orthogonal aggregation assessment
Cell based assay(s) Functional assessment
Binding assay(s) Assessment of binding affinity to receptors, ligands etc

The Role of Protein Characterization in Product Development

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