Proteins extracted from mitochondria are reduced using a final concentration of 5 mM of TCEP (tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine) at room temperature for 10 min.
The proteins are further alkylated using a final concentration of 20 mM of CAA (chloro-acetamide) at room temperature for 15 min.
A 25 ul aliquot of the lysate is acidified using 2.5 ul of 12% phosphoric acid. Using a pH test paper to make sure solution pH< 2.
Combine 165 ul of the S-trap buffer (90% MeOH with 100 mM triethylammonium bicarbonate) with the acidified lysate.
Transfer the combined colloid into the S-trap micro (Protifi, NY).
Centrifuge the S-trap micro at 4000 g for 1 min at room temperature.
Using 150 ul of the S-trap buffer to wash the S-trap and centrifuge at 4000 g for 1 min. Repeat the step two more times.
Add 20 ul of 100 mM triethylammonium bicarbonate containing 20 ug of Trypsin into S-trap micro. Allow the incubation stay overnight (14-16 hr) at 37 C.
After overnight incubation, directly adding 40 ul of the 50 mM triethylammonium bicarbonate and centrifuge at 4000 g for 1 min.
Add 40 ul of 2% formic acid in water to the S-trap, and centrifuge at 4000 g for 1 min.
Add 40 ul of 50% acetonitrile in water to the S-trap, and centrifuge at 4000 g for 1 min.
Speedvac the sample.
The sample is reconstituted in 20 ul of 2% acetonitrile and 0.2% formic acid in water and 500 ug of the peptide is used for LC-MS/MS analysis.