ITRAQ
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iTRAQ (isobaric tag for relative and absolute quantitation) is a non-
gel based technique used to identify and quantify proteins from
different sources in one single experiment. It uses isotope coded
covalent tags. iTRAQ is used in proteomics to study quantitative
changes in the proteome.[1][2]
Contents [hide]
1 Procedure
2 See also
3 External links
4 References
[edit] Procedure
The method is based on the covalent labeling of the N-terminus and
sidechain amines of peptides from protein digestions with tags of
varying mass. There are currently two mainly used reagents: 4-plex and
8-plex, which can be used to label all peptides (In theory) from
different samples/treatments. These samples are then pooled and
usually fractionated by nano liquid chromatography and analyzed by
tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS). A database search is then performed
using the fragmentation data to identify the labelled peptides and
hence the corresponding proteins. The fragmentation of the attached
tag generates a low molecular mass reporter ion that can be used to
relatively quantify the peptides and the proteins from which they
originated, using software such as the freely available i-Tracker[3].