The discovery, isolation, and subsequent identification of cell membrane glycoproteins involved in the structure and function of the cell surface are becoming more and more important. Here, concanavalin A-magnetic particle conjugates were employed to isolate the special membrane glycoproteins from living HepG-2 cells. The isolated glycoproteins were analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry as well as annotated. A total of 37 membrane glycoproteins were identified, and 25 of them were ascertained to locate in the extracellular region.
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