Patent ID: 7041472

Claim:
A method for selectively collecting the N-terminal peptide fragment of a protein, comprising: a protection step (1) of protecting side chain-amino groups of amino acid residues containing side chain-amino groups of a protein of interest to obtain a protected protein protected on the side chain-amino groups; a fragmentation step (2) of cleaving the protected protein into one N-terminal peptide fragment (a) containing the N-terminus of the peptide of interest and one or more of peptide fragments (b) other than the N-terminal peptide fragment (a); and a separation step (3) of separating the N-terminal peptide fragment (a) from the other peptide fragments (b) by selectively eluting the N-terminal peptide fragment (a) based on the difference in their reactivity or affinity to substrate, wherein the selective elution is achieved by allowing the N-terminal peptide fragment (a) to bind to the substrate while allowing the other peptide fragments (b) to elute and subsequently eluting the bound N-terminal peptide fragment (a).