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assumption is fully confirmed by the results obtained
in the present study (Table 1).
(2) 2,4-Dinitrophenyl derivatives of amino acids are
sufficiently stable in the acid medium of micellar
solutions of sodium dodecyl sulfate in storage in the
dark and can be used as analytical forms for
quantitative determination of amino acids.
The data on the optimal composition of the micellar
eluent were used to determine the amino acid com-
position of two samples of a hydrolyzate of poly-
peptide fractions of animal origin. The acid hydrolysis
of the samples was performed by treatment with 6 M
HCl under heating on a water bath for 36 h, followed
by keeping at room temperature for 72 h. The resulting
mixture was neutralized with sodium carbonate,
methanol and then a buffer solution with pH 9.18 and
DNFB for derivatization were added, the mixture was
heated to 80°C on a water bath, and kept at this
temperature for 40 min.
(3) Use of micellar mobile phases with pH < 3 is
advisable as regards both the suppression of
dissociation of 2,4-dinitrophenyl amino acid deriva-
tives of amino acids to be separated, which favors their
retention, and the stability of analytical forms, because
the hydrolysis becomes faster with increasing pH.
(4) The strength of 2,4-dinitrophenyl derivatives of
amino acids decreases in micellar solutions of sodium
dodecyl sulfate, as also does that of free amino acids;
the effect of the micellar medium increases in the
order: glycine, threonine, valine, leucine.
The quantitative determination was made by the
external standard method. As the standard served a
mixture of amino acids derivatized under conditions
identical to those of the hydrolyzate sample under
study. In this way, we secured the same yield of the
product in the standard solution and a sample under
study.
(5) The micellar liquid chromatography with
mobile phases based on sodium dodecyl sulfate, used
to separate 2,4-dinitrophenyl derivatives of amino
acids, made it possible to determine the composition of
two polypeptide fractions of animal origin.
Peaks in chromatograms were identified by
comparison with chromatograms of solutions contain-
ing separate commercial preparations of 2,4-DNP-
amino acids: DNP-DL-α-aspartic acid, DNP-L-glu-
tamic acid, DNP-DL-threonine, DNP-glycine, DNP-
DL-proline, DNP-DL-methionine, DNP-D-valine,
DNP-D-tryptophan, DNP-leucine, (DNP)2-DL-tyro-
sine, DNP-DL-arginine, ε-DNP-DL-lysine, DNP-α-
alanine, α-DNP-histidine, and DNP-α-phenylalanine.
Before being introduced into the column, solutions
of derivatives were filtered through a paper filter.
Figures 3a and 3b show chromatograms of derivatives
of samples 1 and 2, respectively. According to the
identification results, the peak with a retention time of
about 6 min corresponds to a sum of alanine and
proline, and that with a retention time of about
23.5 min, to a sum of phenylalanine, leucine, and
isoleucine; also, the contents of threonine and lysine
were determined. The mass fraction of unidentified
components in terms of glycine was 7.8% for sample 1
and 1.5% for sample 2 (Table 2).
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