manually excised, transferred into a 1.5 ml Eppendorf
tube, destained using 2009L Milli-Q for 6 hours, and
finally digested with sequencing-grade modified 0.01
μg/μL trypsin (2-3 μL) at 37°C overnight. 1 μL of the
digested samples was eluted with an equal volume
of matrix solution α-Cyano-4-Hydroxycinnamic
Acid (HCCA, Sigma. USA) containing in 0.1%
trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) and 50% acetonitrile (ACN),
were dotted onto an AnchorChip™ MALDI target
plate (Bruker Daltonics, Billerica, MA, USA). Peptide
sequencing and protein identification were performed
by MALDI-TOF/TOF MS method on an AutoFlex III
mass spectrometer (BrukerDalton, Bremen, Germany)
working in reflection mode as previously described
(21 (link)). Polypeptide calibrator was used as an internal
reference.