When electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) is used on-line with capillary isoelectric focusing (CIEF), the presence of the carrier ampholytes creating the IEF pH gradient is not desirable. With the purpose of removing these ampholytes, we have developed a free-flow electrophoresis (FFE) device and coupled it to CIEF. The different parameters inherent to the resulting CIEF/FFE system were optimised using ultraviolet absorbance (UV) detection. The on-line coupling of this system with ESI-MS was successfully realised for three model proteins (myoglobin, carbonic anhydrase I and beta-lactoglobulin B).
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