Decoding two‐dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis complex maps by autocovariance function: A simplified approach useful for proteomics

This paper describes a mathematical approach applied for decoding the complex signal of two‐dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis maps of protein mixtures. The method is helpful in extracting analytical information since separation of all the proteins present in the sample is still far from being achieved and co‐migrating proteins are generally present in the same spot. The simplified method described is based on the study of the 2‐D autocovariance function (2D‐ACVF) computed on an experimental digitized map. The first part of the 2D‐ACVF allows for the estimation of the number of proteins present in the sample (2D‐ACVF computed at the origin) and of the separation performance (mean spot size). Moreover, the 2D‐ACVF plot is a powerful tool in identifying order in the spot position, and singling it out from the complex separation pattern. This method was validated on synthetic maps obtained by computer simulation to describe 2‐D PAGE real maps and reference maps retrieved from the SWISS‐2DPAGE database. The results obtained are discussed by focusing on specific information relevant in proteomics: sample complexity, separation performance, and identification of spot trains related to post‐translational modifications.

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