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Zhao X, Zhang S, Ma Q, Zhang X, Ma X. Rapid Disulfide Mapping in Peptides and Proteins by meta-Chloroperoxybenzoic Acid ( mCPBA) Oxidation and Tandem Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2021; 93:14618-14625. [PMID: 34704736 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c02379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Disulfide bonds are a class of important post-translational modifications that play important roles in modulating the structures and functions of proteins. Therefore, the mapping of disulfide linkages in peptides and proteins is indispensable for complete structure characterization and functional studies. As disulfide bonds in protonated ions do not dissociate readily under low-energy collision-induced dissociation (CID), they are usually chemically cleaved or activated prior to mass spectrometry (MS) or tandem MS (MS/MS) analysis. In this study, we report a new method that allows the mapping of disulfide linkages in peptides and proteins through meta-chloroperoxybenzoic acid (mCPBA)-based disulfide oxidation and MS/MS. Upon oxidation, the disulfide bond is converted to a thiosulfinate group, i.e., S(═O)-S, in a rapid (>60% yield in 1 min) and highly specific approach in an aqueous phase. The thiosulfinate group is then preferentially cleaved by MS/MS. For interchain disulfide linkages, this leads to a facile peptide chain separation and the identification of disulfide-linked peptides. For intrachain disulfide linkages, collisional activation of the thiosulfinate leads to disulfide cleavage and fragmentation of the peptide backbone constrained by the disulfide loop, enabling a near-complete peptide sequencing. The mCPBA oxidation-based disulfide mapping strategy can be readily integrated with bottom-up or top-down protein analysis for comprehensive protein structure elucidation, e.g., digested lysozyme and intact human insulin.
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- Xu Zhao
- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, Beijing 100176, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Adhikari S, Yang X, Xia Y. Acetone/Isopropanol Photoinitiating System Enables Tunable Disulfide Reduction and Disulfide Mapping via Tandem Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2018; 90:13036-13043. [PMID: 30350608 PMCID: PMC6310128 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b04019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Herein, we report the development of a new photochemical system which enables rapid and tunable disulfide bond reduction and its application in disulfide mapping via online coupling with mass spectrometry (MS). Acetone, a clean and electrospray ionization (ESI) compatible solvent, is used as the photoinitiator (1% volume) in the solvent system consisting of 1:1 alkyl alcohol and water. Under ultraviolet (UV) irradiation (∼254 nm), the acetone/alcohol system produces hydroxyalkyl radicals, which are responsible for disulfide bond cleavage in peptides. Acetone/isopropanol is most suitable for optimizing the disulfide reduction products, leading to almost complete conversion in less than 5 s when the reaction is conducted in a flow microreactor. The flow microreactor device not only facilitates direct coupling with ESI-MS but also allows fine-tuning of the extent of disulfide reduction by varying the UV exposure time. Near full sequence coverage for peptides consisting of intra- or interchain disulfide bonds has been achieved from complete disulfide reduction and online tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) via low energy collision-induced dissociation. Coupling different degrees of partial disulfide reduction with ESI-MS/MS allows disulfide mapping as demonstrated for characterizing the three disulfide bonds in insulin.
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- Sarju Adhikari
- Department of Chemistry, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906, United States
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Pei J, Hsu CC, Zhang R, Wang Y, Yu K, Huang G. Unexpected Reduction of Iminoquinone and Quinone Derivatives in Positive Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry and Possible Mechanism Exploration. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2017; 28:2454-2461. [PMID: 28786093 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-017-1770-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2017] [Revised: 07/13/2017] [Accepted: 07/21/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Unexpected reduction of iminoquinone (IQ) and quinone derivatives was first reported during positive electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Upon increasing spray voltage, the intensities of IQ and quinone derivatives decreased drastically, accompanying the increase of the intensities of the reduction products, amodiaquine (AQ) and phenol derivatives. To gain more insight into the mechanism of such reduction, we explored the experimental factors that are influential to corona discharge (CD). The results show that experimental parameters that favor severe CD, including metal spray emitter, using water as spray solvent, sheath gas with low dielectric strength (e.g., nitrogen), and shorter spray tip-to-mass spectrometer inlet distance, facilitated the reduction of IQ and quinone derivatives, implying that the reduction should be closely related to CD in the gas phase. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.
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- Jiying Pei
- School of Marine Sciences, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, People's Republic of China
- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- School of Marine Sciences, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, People's Republic of China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, People's Republic of China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, 230026, People's Republic of China.
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Mu X, Song T, Siu CK, Chu IK. Tautomerization and Dissociation of Molecular Peptide Radical Cations. CHEM REC 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/tcr.201700013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- Xiaoyan Mu
- Department of Chemistry; University of Hong Kong; Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Hong Kong; Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR P. R. China
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- Department of Biology and Chemistry; City University of Hong Kong; 83 Tat Chee Avenue Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Hong Kong; Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR P. R. China
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Durand KL, Tan L, Stinson CA, Love-Nkansah CB, Ma X, Xia Y. Assigning Peptide Disulfide Linkage Pattern Among Regio-Isomers via Methoxy Addition to Disulfide and Tandem Mass Spectrometry. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2017; 28:1099-1108. [PMID: 28194735 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-017-1595-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2016] [Revised: 01/02/2017] [Accepted: 01/03/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Pinpointing disulfide linkage pattern is critical in the characterization of proteins and peptides consisting of multiple disulfide bonds. Herein, we report a method based on coupling online disulfide modification and tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) to distinguish peptide disulfide regio-isomers. Such a method relies on a new disulfide bond cleavage reaction in solution, involving methanol as a reactant and 254 nm ultraviolet (UV) irradiation. This reaction leads to selective cleavage of a disulfide bond and formation of sulfenic methyl ester (-SOCH3) at one cysteine residue and a thiol (-SH) at the other. Under low energy collision-induced dissociation (CID), cysteine sulfenic methyl ester motif produces a signature methanol loss (-32 Da), allowing its identification from other possible isomeric structures such as S-hydroxylmethyl (-SCH2OH) and methyl sulfoxide (-S(O)-CH3). Since disulfide bond can be selectively cleaved and modified upon methoxy addition, subsequent MS2 CID of the methoxy addition product provides enhanced sequence coverage as demonstrated by the analysis of bovine insulin. More importantly, this reaction does not induce disulfide scrambling, likely due to the fact that radical intermediates are not involved in the process. An approach based on methoxy addition followed by MS3 CID has been developed for assigning disulfide linkage patterns in peptide disulfide regio-isomers. This methodology was successfully applied to characterizing peptide systems having two disulfide bonds and three disulfide linkage isomers: side-by-side, overlapped, and looped-within-a-loop configurations. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.
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- Kirt L Durand
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907-2084, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907-2084, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907-2084, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907-2084, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907-2084, USA.
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Li R, Palm BB, Ortega AM, Hlywiak J, Hu W, Peng Z, Day DA, Knote C, Brune WH, de Gouw JA, Jimenez JL. Modeling the Radical Chemistry in an Oxidation Flow Reactor: Radical Formation and Recycling, Sensitivities, and the OH Exposure Estimation Equation. J Phys Chem A 2015; 119:4418-32. [DOI: 10.1021/jp509534k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Rui Li
- Chemical Sciences
Division, Earth System Research Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado 80305, United States
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- Department
of Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Atmospheric Chemistry
Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado 80301, United States
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- Department
of Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Chemical Sciences
Division, Earth System Research Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado 80305, United States
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