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Hi, could as well be that your first residue is Gln which frequently cylizes to pyroglutamate which resists Edman chemistry. In that case you can deblock your N-terminus with pyroglutamate aminopeptidase (you can get it from Takara, Sigma, Boehringer, Pierce - whicheverone you like ;-)). THere are well working standard protocols. Cheers, Petra -- PLEASE NOTE THE NEW PHONE NUMBER!!! Petra Verdino, PhD Research Associate The Scripps Research Institute, BCC206 10550 North Torrey Pines Road CA 92037 La Jolla, USA tel:1-858-784-2945 fax:1-858-784-2980