LudgerTag Glycan Labeling Kit reagents are purified to analytical grade and are dispensed and sealed under clean, inert atmospheres. The ampoules are pre-cleaned by pyrolysis at 500°C then opened just before dispensing and sealing under oxygen-free dry nitrogen. These controls ensure that your analyses work properly each and every time.
Other “instant” labeling systems label the amino group formed during PNGase f release before hydrolysis of the reducing terminal of the sugar. This means these systems cannot be used to label any pre-released glycan standards or other sugars with free reducing ends such as O-glycans, GSL-glycans, or GAGS.
2-AB and 2-AA are used in HILIC-(U)HPLC, WAX-HPLC, and MALDI-MS assays. They are the most referenced glycan label for biopharmaceutical analysis. 2-AA is also used for monosaccharide analysis.
The DMB Sialic Acid Labeling Kit has been developed for the qualitative analysis of sialic acids
Procainamide labeled glycans are commonly used in HILIC-(U)HPLC and ESI-MS assays. Procainamide gives >3 times more response in HPLC assays compared to 2-AB labelled glycans and >30 times more response for ESI-MS.
Permethylation stabilizes sialic acids for MALDI-MS techniques and aids linkage analysis studies (MALDI-MS, ESI-MS).
