Method of choice for protein identification: (A) Edman technique, (B) Mass spectrometry, (C) Sanger technique, (D) 2-D electrophoresis
Answer is B. While the requisite amino acid sequence information can be obtained using the Edman technique, today mass spectrometry (MS) has emerged as the method of choice for protein identification.
Ref: Harper’s illustrated biochemistry. 30th edition page no: 30