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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 2.
Published in final edited form as: Anal Chem. 2012 Dec 13;85(1):138–146. doi: 10.1021/ac302256d

Table 1.

Charge states and average charge of positive and negative ions formed in nanoESI by electrothermal supercharging from native solution and from denaturing solution.

Protein MW (kDa) Charge States (+) Average Charge (+) Charge States (−) Average Charge (−)
Supercharged Denatured Supercharged Denatured Supercharged Denatured Supercharged Denatured
Ubiquitin 8.6 17 – 4+ 14 – 4+ 9.8 ± 0.1 11.0 ± 0.1 9 – 3− 11 – 3− 3.99 ± 0.03 6.0 ± 0.2

Barstar 10.2 15 – 5+ 12 – 5+ 7.5 ± 0.3 8.8 ± 0.1 13 – 3− 13 – 4− 7.9 ± 0.3 9.20 ± 0.04

Cytochrome c 12.3 22 – 6+ 21 – 7+ 14.4 ± 0.1 15.2 ± 0.1 17 – 4− 14 – 4− 6.6 ± 0.1 9.46 ± 0.02

RNase A 13.7 14 – 5+ 14 – 7+ 9.6 ± 0.1 11.2 ± 0.1 6 – 4− 11 – 4− 4.98 ± 0.01 7.0 ± 0.1

α-Lactalbumin 14.2 15 – 5+ 13 – 6+ 10.26 ± 0.04 10.38 ± 0.04 11 – 4− 13 – 4− 5.4 ± 0.1 8.2 ± 0.1

Lysozyme 14.7 16 – 6+ 14 – 7+ 11.5 ± 0.5 10.93 ± 0.04 6 – 4− 7 – 4− 4.94 ± 0.04 5.47 ± 0.03

Phospholipase A2 15.2 16 – 7+ 17 – 9+ 10.4 ± 0.3 12.6 ± 0.1 6 – 5− 7 – 5− 5.4 ± 0.1 5.73 ± 0.03

Myoglobin 17.6 28 – 7+ 28 – 8+ 14.9 ± 0.5 17.46 ± 0.02 20 – 5− 20 – 5− 12.3 ± 0.7 13.1 ± 0.2

EFN 30.0 47 – 10+ 42 – 10+ 24.0 ± 0.5 23.5 ± 0.4 37 – 8− 35 – 8− 21.0 ± 0.2 22.9 ± 0.2