Can anyone suggest a protocol of protein deglycosylation using the TFMSA (trifluoromethanesulfonic acid) please?

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Bassel Sabbagh

you can try this one, it is a protocol for isolation and enrichment of secreted protein from filamentous fungi, including chemical (using TFMSA) and enzymatic deglycosylation.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18369903

Marta Mikolajczak

I think this might work, I will give it a go, thank you!!!