as the standard for protein quantitation and purchased from Sigma-Aldrich
(St. Louis, MO). Sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3), dithiotheritol
(DTT), iodoacetamide (IAA), ammonium hydroxide, sodium cyanoborohydride
(NaBH3CN), formaldehyde (CH2O), and formaldehyde-isotope
(13CD2O) were from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis,
MO) as well. Sequencing grade modified trypsin was from Worthington
Biochemical Corporation (Freehold, NJ). Formic acid and acetonitrile
of HPLC grade were obtained from Merck (Darmstadt, Germany). Ultrapure
water was obtained by a Milli-Q Gradient water purification system
(Millipore, Bedford, MA). Raw bovine milk samples were provided by
Shiyun Lai in Beingmate Research Institute.