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. 2011 May 13;6(5):e19678. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019678

Figure 3. Separation of Muc5b and Muc5ac by anion exchange chromatography.

Figure 3

Purified respiratory mucins were reduced and carboxymethylated and dialysed into 6 M urea prior to anion exchange chromatography on a Resource Q column. Aliquots of each fraction were analysed by PAS-staining (black triangles) and for reactivity with MANeq5b-I (black circles) and MANeq5ac-I (open circles). The dotted line indicates the linear gradient of lithium perchlorate. Inset shows Muc5ac and Muc5b peptides identified by tandem mass spectrometry analysis of fractions 20 and 29.