Use of a charge reducing agent to enable intact mass analysis of cysteine-linked antibody-drug-conjugates by native mass spectrometry

Antibody-drug-conjugates (ADC) are a growing class of anticancer biopharmaceuticals. Conjugation of cysteine linked ADCs, requires initial reduction of mAb inter-chain disulfide bonds, as the drugs are attached via thiol chemistry. This results in the active mAb moiety being transformed from a coval...

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Main Authors: Kamila J. Pacholarz, Perdita E. Barran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-06-01
Series:EuPA Open Proteomics
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212968516300174