Stepwise N-Terminal Sequential Degradation
How repeated N-terminal derivatization, cleavage, and identification reads a protein sequence one cycle at a time, with cumulative cycle-yield loss limiting how many residues can be reliably read.
References
- Edman, P. "Method for Determination of Amino Acid Sequence in Proteins." Acta Chemica Scandinavica 4 (1950): 283–293.