IgA deglycosylation to identify glycosylation sites

In order to provide information on the peptide sequence of the IgA glycopeptides, a proteomics analysis was run on LC-MS/MS data of N-glycosidase F-digested IgA samples, in which the N-glycans had been released. The samples included IgA (isolated) from: 1) the saliva samples from two healthy donors, 2) a pooled-plasma standard from a minimum of 20 human donors (VisuCon-F Frozen Normal Control Plasma; Affinity Biologicals, Ancaster, Canada), 3) 10 μg of a human plasma-derived IgA standard (Lee Biosolutions, Maryland Heights, MO), and 4) a human colostrum-derived SIgA standard (Athens Research and Technology, Athens, GA).