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Wang H, Wang B, Wei Z, Zhang H, Guo X. Structure and further fragmentation of significant [a3 + Na - H]+ ions from sodium-cationized peptides. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2015; 50:212-219. [PMID: 25601695 DOI: 10.1002/jms.3520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2014] [Revised: 09/21/2014] [Accepted: 10/02/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A good understanding of gas-phase fragmentation chemistry of peptides is important for accurate protein identification. Additional product ions obtained by sodiated peptides can provide useful sequence information supplementary to protonated peptides and improve protein identification. In this work, we first demonstrate that the sodiated a3 ions are abundant in the tandem mass spectra of sodium-cationized peptides although observations of a3 ions have rarely been reported in protonated peptides. Quantum chemical calculations combined with tandem mass spectrometry are used to investigate this phenomenon by using a model tetrapeptide GGAG. Our results reveal that the most stable [a3 + Na - H](+) ion is present as a bidentate linear structure in which the sodium cation coordinates to the two backbone carbonyl oxygen atoms. Due to structural inflexibility, further fragmentation of the [a3 + Na - H](+) ion needs to overcome several relatively high energetic barriers to form [b2 + Na - H](+) ion with a diketopiperazine structure. As a result, low abundance of [b2 + Na - H](+) ion is detected at relatively high collision energy. In addition, our computational data also indicate that the common oxazolone pathway to generate [b2 + Na - H](+) from the [a3 + Na - H](+) ion is unlikely. The present work provides a mechanistic insight into how a sodium ion affects the fragmentation behaviors of peptides.
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- Huixin Wang
- College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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Xue J, Laine RA, Matta KL. Enhancing MS(n) mass spectrometry strategy for carbohydrate analysis: A b2 ion spectral library. J Proteomics 2014; 112:224-49. [PMID: 25175058 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2014.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2014] [Revised: 06/24/2014] [Accepted: 07/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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UNLABELLED Searchable mass spectral libraries for glycans may be enhanced using a B2 ion library. Using a quadrupole ion-trap mass spectrometer, successive fragmentations of sodiated oligosaccharides were carried out in the positive ion mode. In B,Y-type fragmentation, disaccharide B2 ions are generated which correspond to specific glycosidic linkages using progressive MS stages. Fragmentation of "B2 ions" corresponding to glycosidic linkages such as Hex-Fuc, Hex-Hex, Hex-HexNAc, HexNAc-Hex and HexNAc-HexNAc, were systematically studied in low energy CID and collected to form a "B2 library". Linkages produce characteristic fragmentation patterns in the absence of cross-ring fragmentation. Patterns of "B2 ions" rely on relative stability of glycosidic bonds and carbohydrate-metal complexes in the gas phase. MS(n) studies of linear, branched trisaccharides and tetrasaccharides show that isomers for which B2 ion information is not available are rarely a problem in practice by their absence in an isomeric sequence or by their scarcity in nature. This MS strategy for linkage determination of carbohydrates aided by a "B2 library" was developed with a scope for expansion, providing an improved tool for glycomics. We validated this method examining levels of expressed activities of two glycosyl transferases in cancer cell lines: β3(B3GALNT2) and β4GalNAcT(B4GALNT3&4) that generate GalNAcβ3GlcNAcβ and GalNAcβ4GlcNAcβ. BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE Glycosylation is an important class of the "postranslationome", which includes manifold aspects of post-translational protein modification, affecting protein conformation, providing ligands for protein receptors [1-5], and encoding unique haptenic [6,7] or antigenic markers for oncology [8-11] and other applications. Identification of individual monomeric units, linkages, ring size, branching and anomerity has posed significant challenges to mass spectrometrists. MS(n) is a growing key instrumental method to differentiate among isomers [12]. While the potential isomers in oligosaccharides are impossibly large [12], likely possibilities can be limited by the biological system, including the expressed glycosyl transferases [13-20]. Mass spectra from sequential stages of collision activation (MS(n)) can supply structural details for precise characterization of linkage, monomer ID, substitutions, anomerity and branching [21-25]. There is a fundamental need for high throughput tools in glycomics to complement proteome studies. In that regard, nothing could be more important than searchable spectral library files for structural confirmation. The National Academy of Science (NAS) report (http://glyco.nas.edu) recommends the need of more than 10,000 synthetic structures of carbohydrates to advance the field of glycomics. This study demonstrates that the general reproducibility of ion trap spectra, and energy independence from modes of ionization and collisional activation, make compiling an MS(n) library for carbohydrate identification an achievable research target [26]. We intend to use the new B2 library for carbohydrate differences found on cancers, where we profile the glycosyltransferases to predict classes of potential structures, and use the library for MS identification of the expected cohort of altered structures.
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- Jun Xue
- Department of Cancer Biology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
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- Departments of Biological Sciences and Chemistry, Louisiana State University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA; TumorEnd, LLC, Louisiana Emerging Technology Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA; TumorEnd, LLC, Louisiana Emerging Technology Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
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Synthesis, CP-MAS NMR Characterization, and Antibacterial Activities of Glycine and Histidine Complexes of Cd(SeCN) 2 and Hg(SeCN) 2. Bioinorg Chem Appl 2013; 2013:476874. [PMID: 23533372 PMCID: PMC3600247 DOI: 10.1155/2013/476874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2012] [Revised: 12/30/2012] [Accepted: 01/03/2013] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The synthesis and characterization of cadmium and mercury complexes of selenocyanate of the type [(L)M(SeCN)2] are described, where L is L-Histidine (His) or L-Glycine (Gly) and M is Cd2+ or Hg2+. These complexes are obtained by the reaction of 1 equivalent of respective amino acids with metal diselenocyanate precursor in a mixture of solvents (methanol : water = 1 : 1). These synthesized compounds are characterized by analytical and various spectroscopic techniques such as elemental analysis (EA), IR, H,1 and C13 NMR in solution and in the solid state for C13 and N15. The in vitro antibacterial activities of these complexes have been investigated with standard type cultures of Escherichia coli (MTCC 443), Klebsiella pneumoniae (MTCC 109), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (MTCC 1688), Salmonella typhi (MTCC 733), and Staphylococcus aureus (MTCC 737).
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Guo C, Zhou Y, Liu P, Chai Y, Pan Y. Gas phase chemistry of Li+ with amides: the observation of LiOH loss in mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2012; 23:1191-1201. [PMID: 22549733 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-012-0389-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2012] [Revised: 04/03/2012] [Accepted: 04/04/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Collision-induced dissociation (CID) of Li(+) adducts of three sets of compounds that contains an amide bond, including 2-(4, 6-dimethoxypyrimidin-2-ylsulfanyl)-N-phenylbenzamide, its derivatives and simpler structures was investigated by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS). Observed fragment ions include those that reflect loss of LiOH. Other product ions result from the Smiles rearrangement and direct C-S bond cleavage. MS/MS of H/D exchange products demonstrated occurrence of a 1,3-H shift from the amide nitrogen atom to the phenyl ring of these compounds. The LiOH loss from Li(+) adducts of amides was further examined by CID of [M + Li](+) ions of N-phenylbenzamide and N-phenylcinnamide. Loss of LiOH was essentially the sole fragmentation reaction observed for the former. For the latter, both losses of LiOH and H(2)O were discovered. The presence of electron-donating substituents of the phenyl ring of these compounds was found to facilitate elimination of LiOH, while that loss was retarded by electron-withdrawing substituents. Proposed fragment ion structures were supported by elemental compositions deduced from ultrahigh resolution Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance tandem mass spectrometry (FTICR-MS/MS) m/z value determinations. Density functional theory-based (DFT) calculations were performed to evaluate potential mechanisms for these reactions.
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- Cheng Guo
- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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TAVASOLI ELHAM, FATTAHI ALIREZA. DFT STUDY ON GAS-PHASE INTERACTION BETWEEN HISTIDINE AND ALKALI METAL IONS (Li+, Na+, K+); AND INFLUENCE OF THESE IONS ON HISTIDINE ACIDITY. JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL & COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY 2011. [DOI: 10.1142/s0219633609004812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The gas-phase metal affinities of histidine Li +, Na + and K + ions have been determined theoretically employing the hybrid B3LYP exchange–correlation functional and using 6-311++G** basis sets. All computations indicate that the metal ion affinity decreases on going from Li + to Na + and K + for the considered amino acid. Different types of M + coordinations on several histidine conformers/tautomers were considered in detail. The optimized structures indicate that Li + and Na + prefer a tri-dentate coordination, bonding with a nitrogen atom of imidazole ring ( N τ), – NH 2, and an oxygen atom of a carbonyl, while in the K +-histidine lowest-energy conformer, the cation appears to be bi-coordinated to both oxygen atoms of the zwitterionic form by the energy values not too far from that of tri-coordination. We also performed the DFT calculations for proton dissociation energy of histidine both in the presence and absence of alkali metal ions. Our results also reveal that the acidity of histidine dramatically increases upon metal ion complexation.
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- ELHAM TAVASOLI
- Department of Chemistry, Sharif University of Technology, P.O. Box: 11365-9516, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Sharif University of Technology, P.O. Box: 11365-9516, Tehran, Iran
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Jayasekharan T, Sahoo NK. Characterization of [peptide+(Ag)n]+ complexes using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2010; 24:3562-3566. [PMID: 21080509 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.4811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Silver ion complexes of peptides [M + (Ag)(n) ](+) , M = angiotensin I or substance P where n = 1-8 and 17-23 for angiotensin I and n = 1-5 for substance P, are identified and characterized using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOFMS). The Ag(+) coordination number exceeds the number of available amino acid residues in angiotensin I whereas the number of observed complexes in substance P is less than the number of amino acid residues in it. The larger coordination number of angiotensin I with Ag(+) indicates the simultaneous binding of several Ag(+) ions to the amino acid residue present in it. The lower number of observed complexes in substance P suggests the binding of two or more residues to one Ag(+) ion. The presence of trifluoroacetic acid in the peptide samples reduces the Ag(+) coordination ability in both the peptides which indicates that the basic residues in it are already protonated and do not participate in the Ag(+) -binding process. The Ag(+) ion also forms a complex with the α-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid (CHCA) matrix and is observed in the MALDI mass spectra and the formation of [CHCA + Ag](+) , [CHCA + AgNO(3) ](+) and [(CHCA)(2) + Ag](+) ions is due to the high binding affinity of Ag(+) to the CN group of CHCA.
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- T Jayasekharan
- Applied Spectroscopy Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400 085, India.
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Armentrout PB, Ye SJ, Gabriel A, Moision RM. Energetics and Mechanism for the Deamination of Lithiated Cysteine. J Phys Chem B 2010; 114:3938-49. [DOI: 10.1021/jp911222j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- P. B. Armentrout
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S. 1400 E. Rm 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S. 1400 E. Rm 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S. 1400 E. Rm 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S. 1400 E. Rm 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
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Turecek F, Holm AIS, Panja S, Nielsen SB, Hvelplund P. Transition metals as electron traps. II. Structures, energetics and electron transfer dissociations of ternary Co, Ni and Zn-peptide complexes in the gas phase. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2009; 44:1518-31. [PMID: 19753554 DOI: 10.1002/jms.1642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Transition metal cations Co2+, Ni2+ and Zn2+ form 1 : 1 : 1 ternary complexes with 2,2'-bipyridine (bpy) and peptides in aqueous methanol solutions that have been studied for tripeptides GGG and GGL. Electrospray ionization of these solutions produced singly charged [Metal(bpy)(peptide-H)]+ and doubly charged [Metal(bpy)(peptide)]2+ ions (Metal = metal ion) that underwent charge reduction by glancing collisions with Cs atoms at 50 and 100 keV collision energies. Electron transfer to [Metal(bpy)(peptide)]2+ ions was less than 4.2 eV exoergic and formed abundant fractions of non-dissociated charge-reduced intermediates. Charge-reduced [Metal(bpy)(peptide)]+ ions dissociated by the loss of a hydrogen atom, ammonia, water and ligands that depended on the metal ion. The Ni and Co complexes mainly dissociated by the elimination of ammonia, water, and the peptide ligand. The Zn complex dissociated by the elimination of ammonia and bpy. A sequence-specific fragment was observed only for the Co complex. Electron transfer to [Metal(bpy)(peptide-H)]+ was 0.6-1.6 eV exoergic and formed intermediate radicals that were detected as stable anions after a second electron transfer from Cs. [Metal(bpy)(peptide-H)] neutrals and their anions dissociated by the loss of bpy and peptide ligands with branching ratios that depended on the metal ion. Optimized structures for several spin states, electron transfer and dissociation energies were addressed by combined density functional theory and Møller-Plesset perturbational calculations to aid interpretation of experimental data. The experimentally observed ligand loss and backbone cleavage in charge-reduced [Metal(bpy)(peptide)]+ complexes correlated with the dissociation energies at the present level of theory. The ligand loss in +CR- spectra showed overlap of dissociations in charge-reduced [Metal(bpy)(peptide-H)] complexes and their anionic counterparts which complicated spectra interpretation and correlation with calculated dissociation energies.
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- Frantisek Turecek
- Department of Chemistry, Bagley Hall, Box 351700, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1700, USA.
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Meissen JK, Sweeney MD, Girardi M, Lawrence R, Esko JD, Leary JA. Differentiation of 3-O-sulfated heparin disaccharide isomers: identification of structural aspects of the heparin CCL2 binding motif. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2009; 20:652-7. [PMID: 19185514 PMCID: PMC2758813 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2008.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2008] [Revised: 11/29/2008] [Accepted: 12/01/2008] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The presence of 3-O-sulfated glucosamine residues in heparin or heparan sulfate plays a role in binding to antithrombin III and HSV infection. In this study, tandem mass spectrometry was used to differentiate between two heparin disaccharide isomers containing variable sulfate at C6 in a common disaccharide and C3 in a more rare one. The dissociation patterns shown by MS(2) and MS(3) were clearly distinguishable between the isomers, allowing their differentiation and quantitation. Using this technique, we show that an octasaccharide with 11 sulfate groups with high affinity for inflammatory chemokine CCL2 does not contain 3-O-sulfated disaccharides.
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- John K. Meissen
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, California, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Glycobiology Research and Training Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Glycobiology Research and Training Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, California, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California, USA
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Ye SJ, Armentrout PB. Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Decomposition of Lithiated Hydroxyl Side-Chain Amino Acids. J Phys Chem B 2008; 112:10303-13. [DOI: 10.1021/jp8008628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- S. J. Ye
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
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Pu D, Cassady CJ. Negative ion dissociation of peptides containing hydroxyl side chains. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2008; 22:91-100. [PMID: 18059044 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.3337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The dissociation of deprotonated peptides containing hydroxyl side chains was studied by electrospray ionization coupled with Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (ESI-FTICR) via sustained off-resonance irradiation collision induced dissociation (SORI-CID). Dissociation under post-source decay (PSD) conditions was performed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF). This work included hexapeptides with one residue of serine, threonine, or tyrosine and five inert alanine residues. During SORI-CID and PSD, dissociation of [M-H](-) yielded c- and y-ions. Side-chain losses of formaldehyde (HCHO) from serine-containing peptides, acetaldehyde (CH(3)CHO) from threonine-containing peptides, and 4-methylene-2,5-cycohexadienone (C(7)H(6)O) from tyrosine-containing peptides were generally observed in the negative ion PSD and SORI-CID spectra. Side-chain loss occurs much less from tyrosine-containing peptides than from serine- and threonine-containing peptides. This is probably due to the bulky side chain of tyrosine, resulting in steric hindrance and poor geometry for dissociation reactions. Additionally, a selective cleavage leading to the elimination of the C-terminal residue from [M-H](-) was observed from the peptides with serine and threonine at the C-terminus. This cleavage does not occur in the dissociation of peptides with an amide group at the C-terminus or peptides with neutral or basic residues at the C-terminus. It also does not occur with tyrosine at the C-terminus. Both the C-terminal carboxylic acid group and the hydroxyl side chain of the C-terminal residue must play important roles in the mechanism of C-terminal residue loss. A mechanism involving both the C-terminal carboxylic acid group and a hydroxyl side chain of serine and threonine is proposed.
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- Dan Pu
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA
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Deeying N, Sagarik K. Effects of metal ion and solute conformation change on hydration of small amino acid. Biophys Chem 2007; 125:72-91. [PMID: 16889887 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2006.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2006] [Revised: 06/27/2006] [Accepted: 06/27/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The effects of metal ion and solute conformation change on the structures, energetic and dynamics of water molecules in the first hydration shell of amino acid were studied, using three forms of alanine (Ala) and Li(+)/Ala as model molecules. The theoretical investigations were started with construction of the test-particle model (T-model) potentials for all molecules involved and followed by molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of [Ala](aq) and [Li(+)/Ala](aq) at 298 K. The MD results showed that the hydrogen bond (H-bond) networks of water at the functional groups of Ala are strengthened by the metal ion binding, whereas the rotation of the N-C(alpha) bond from the angle phi=0 degrees to 180 degrees brings about smaller effects which cannot be generalized. It was also shown that the dynamics of water molecule in the first hydration shell of amino acid could be estimated from the total-average potential energy landscapes and the water exchange diagrams. The MD results suggested inclusion of an additional dynamic step in the water exchange process, in which water molecule moves inside a channel within the first hydration shell of solute, before leaving the channel at some point. The theoretical results reported in the present work iterated the necessity to include explicit water molecules in the model calculations.
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- Natthiya Deeying
- School of Chemistry, Institute of Science, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima 30000, Thailand
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Li Z, Yalcin T, Cassady CJ. C-terminal amino acid residue loss for deprotonated peptide ions containing glutamic acid, aspartic acid, or serine residues at the C-terminus. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2006; 41:939-49. [PMID: 16810639 DOI: 10.1002/jms.1053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Deprotonated peptides containing C-terminal glutamic acid, aspartic acid, or serine residues were studied by sustained off-resonance irradiation collision-induced dissociation (SORI-CID) in a Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) mass spectrometer with ion production by electrospray ionization (ESI). Additional studies were performed by post source decay (PSD) in a matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization/time-of-flight (MALDI/TOF) mass spectrometer. This work included both model peptides synthesized in our laboratory and bioactive peptides with more complex sequences. During SORI-CID and PSD, [M - H]- and [M - 2H]2- underwent an unusual cleavage corresponding to the elimination of the C-terminal residue. Two mechanisms are proposed to occur. They involve nucleophilic attack on the carbonyl carbon of the adjacent residue by either the carboxylate group of the C-terminus or the side chain carboxylate group of C-terminal glutamic acid and aspartic acid residues. To confirm the proposed mechanisms, AAAAAD was labelled by 18O specifically on the side chain of the aspartic acid residue. For peptides that contain multiple C-terminal glutamic acid residues, each of these residues can be sequentially eliminated from the deprotonated ions; a driving force may be the formation of a very stable pyroglutamatic acid neutral. For peptides with multiple aspartic acid residues at the C-terminus, aspartic acid residue loss is not sequential. For peptides with multiple serine residues at the C-terminus, C-terminal residue loss is sequential; however, abundant loss of other neutral molecules also occurs. In addition, the presence of basic residues (arginine or lysine) in the sequence has no effect on C-terminal residue elimination in the negative ion mode.
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- Zhong Li
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA
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Reddy PN, Srikanth R, Srinivas R, Sharma VUM, Sharma GVM, Nagendar P. Electrospray tandem mass spectrometry of alkali-cationized BocN-carbo-alpha,beta- and -beta,alpha-peptides: Differentiation of positional isomers. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2006; 20:3351-60. [PMID: 17051608 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.2751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Dissociation pathways of a series of alkali-cationized hybrid peptides, viz., Boc-alpha,beta- and -beta,alpha-carbopeptides, synthesized from C-linked carbo-beta3-amino acids [Caa (S)] and alpha-alanine (L-Ala), have been investigated by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry. The positional isomers (six pairs) of the cationized alpha,beta- and beta,alpha-peptides can be differentiated by the collision-induced dissociation (CID) spectra of their [M + Cat-Boc + H]+ ions which give characteristic series of alkali-cationized C- (x(n)+, y(n)+, z(n)+) and N-terminal (a(n)+, b(n)+, c(n)+) ions. Another noteworthy difference is cationized beta,alpha-peptides eliminate a molecule of ammonia whereas this pathway is absent for alpha,beta-peptides. This is useful for identifying the presence of a beta-amino acid at the N-terminus. The CID spectra of [M + Cat-Boc + H]+ ions of these peptide acids show abundant rearrangement [b(n) + 17 + Cat]+ (n = 1 to n-1) ions which is diagnostic for distinguishing between alpha- and beta-amino acid at the C-terminus. MS(n) experiments of [b(n) + Li-H]+ ions from these hybrid peptides showed the loss of CO and 72 u giving rise to [a(n) + Li-H]+ and cationized nitrile product ions which render support to earlier proposals that b(n)+ or [b(n) + Cat-H]+ ions have protonated or cationized oxazolinone structures, respectively.
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- P Nagi Reddy
- National Center for Mass Spectrometry, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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Abirami S, Wong CCL, Tsang CW, Ma NL. Dissociation of Alkaliated Alanine in the Gas Phase: The Role of the Metal Cation. Chemistry 2005; 11:5289-301. [PMID: 15995998 DOI: 10.1002/chem.200400816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The dissociation of prototypical metal-cationized amino acid complexes, namely, alkaliated alanine ([Ala+M]+, M+ = Li+, Na+, K+), was studied by energy-resolved tandem mass spectrometry with an ion-trap mass analyzer and by density functional theory. Dissociation leads to formation of fragment ions arising from the loss of small neutrals, such as H2O, CO, NH3, (CO+NH3), and the formation of Na+/K+. The order of appearance threshold voltages for different dissociation pathways determined experimentally is consistent with the order of critical energies (energy barriers) obtained theoretically, and this provides the necessary confidence in both experimental and theoretical results. Although not explicitly involved in the reaction, the alkali metal cation plays novel and important roles in the dissociation of alkaliated alanine. The metal cation not only catalyzes the dissociation (via the formation of loosely bound ion-molecule complexes and by stabilizing the more polar intermediates and transition structures), but also affects the dissociation mechanisms, as the cation can alter the shape of the potential energy surfaces. This compression/expansion of the potential energy surface as a function of the alkali metal cation is discussed in detail, and how this affects the competitive loss of H2O versus CO/(CO+NH3) from [Ala+M]+ is illustrated. The present study provides new insights into the origin of the competition between various dissociation channels of alkaliated amino acid complexes.
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- Seduraman Abirami
- National Institute of Education, Science and Technology Education, 1 Nanyang Walk, 637616, Singapore
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Pingitore F, Wesdemiotis C. Characterization of Dipeptide Isomers by Tandem Mass Spectrometry of Their Mono- versus Dilithiated Complexes. Anal Chem 2005; 77:1796-806. [PMID: 15762588 DOI: 10.1021/ac048469q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The Li+ complexes of the isomeric dipeptide pairs PheGly/GlyPhe, PheAla/AlaPhe, and TrpAla/AlaTrp, namely, [Pep + Li]+, and of the corresponding lithium carboxylates, namely, [Pep - H + 2Li]+, are produced in the gas phase by desorption ionization, and their unimolecular chemistry is probed by tandem mass spectrometry experiments at various activation conditions. At low internal energies, monolithiated isomers dissociate to the same products, formed through a mixed anhydride intermediate in which the sequence information is lost. Isomerization to the mixed anhydride is less competitive at higher internal energies, which start promoting sequence-specific fragmentations. On the other hand, dilithiated isomers (they contain a permanent COO-Li+ salt bridge) do not rearrange to an anhydride and give rise to substantially different fragmentation patterns; structurally diagnostic c1- and y1-type fragments are observed at all internal energies, allowing for unequivocal sequence assignment. The mono- and dilithiated peptides undergo loss of their aromatic side chain to form distonic radical ions carrying Li+ charge(s) and one unpaired electron at an alpha-C atom of the peptide backbone. The yield of such metal-bound peptide radicals is particularly high from the dilithiated complexes, [Pep - H + 2Li]+. Upon activation, the Li+ ions become mobile and can be shuttled to the various basic sites of the dipeptides, where they may initiate backbone fragmentation or the elimination of small neutral molecules.
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Srikanth R, Reddy PN, Srinivas R, Sharma GVM, Reddy KR, Krishna PR. Mass spectral study of alkali-cationized Boc-carbo-beta3-peptides by electrospray tandem mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2004; 18:3041-3050. [PMID: 15543549 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.1730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Electrospray tandem mass spectrometry was used to study the dissociation reactions of [M+Cat]+ (Cat = Na+ and Li+) of Boc-carbo-beta3-peptides. The collision-induced dissociation (CID) spectra of [M+Cat-Boc]+ of these peptides are found to be significantly different from those of [M+H-Boc]+ ions. The spectra are more informative and display both C- and N-terminus metallated ions in addition to characteristic fragment ions of the carbohydrate moiety. Based on the fragmentations observed in the CID spectra of the [M+Cat-Boc]+ ions, it is suggested that the dissociation involves complexes in which the metal ion is coordinated in a multidentate arrangement involving the carbonyl oxygen atoms. The CID spectra of [M+Cat-Boc]+ ions of the peptide acids show an abundant N-terminal rearrangement ion [b(n)+17+Cat]+ which is absent for esters. Further, two pairs of positionally isomeric Boc-carbo-beta3-peptide acids, Boc-NH-Caa(S)-beta-hGly-OH (11) and Boc-NH-beta-hGly-Caa(S)-OH (12), and [Boc-NH-Caa(S)-beta-hGly-Caa(S)-beta-hGly-OH] (13) and [Boc-NH-beta-hGly-Caa(S)-beta-hGly-Caa(S)-OH] (14), were differentiated by the CID of [M+Cat-Boc]+ ions. The CID spectra of compounds 11 and 13 are significantly different from those of 12 and 14, respectively. The abundance of [b(n)+17+Cat]+ ions is higher for peptide acids 12 and 14 with a sugar group at the C-terminus when compared to 11 and 13 which contain a sugar moiety at the N-terminus. The observed differences between the CID spectra of these isomeric peptides are attributed to the difference in the preferential site of metal ion binding and also on the structure of the cyclic intermediate involved in the formation of the rearrangement ion.
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- R Srikanth
- National Centre for Mass Spectrometry, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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Marino T, Russo N, Toscano M. Interaction of Li+, Na+, and K+ with the Proline Amino Acid. Complexation Modes, Potential Energy Profiles, and Metal Ion Affinities. J Phys Chem B 2003. [DOI: 10.1021/jp027063j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Tiziana Marino
- Dipartimento di Chimica and Centro di Calcolo ad Alte Prestazioni per Elaborazioni Parallele e Distribuite-Centro d'Eccellenza MURST, Università della Calabria, I-87030 Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica and Centro di Calcolo ad Alte Prestazioni per Elaborazioni Parallele e Distribuite-Centro d'Eccellenza MURST, Università della Calabria, I-87030 Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica and Centro di Calcolo ad Alte Prestazioni per Elaborazioni Parallele e Distribuite-Centro d'Eccellenza MURST, Università della Calabria, I-87030 Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy
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Anbalagan V, Perera BA, Silva ATM, Gallardo AL, Barber M, Barr JM, Terkarli SM, Talaty ER, Van Stipdonk MJ. Formation of [b(n) + 17 + Ag]+ product ions from Ag+ cationized native and acetylated peptides. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2002; 37:910-926. [PMID: 12271434 DOI: 10.1002/jms.350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We compared the tandem mass spectra of a range of native and acetylated Ag(+) cationized peptides to determine the influence of the derivatization step on the abundance of the [b(n) + 17 + Ag](+) product ions. Using tripeptides, the smallest for which the mechanisms to generate [b(2) - 1 + Ag](+) and [b(2) + 17 + Ag](+) products are both operative, we found that in most cases acetylation causes an increase in the abundance of the C-terminal rearrangement ion, [b(2) + 17 + Ag](+), relative to the rival N-terminal rearrangement ion, [b(2) - 1 + Ag](+). The presence of a free amino group to bind to the metal ion significantly influences the relative abundances of the product ions. We propose a mechanism for the formation of the [b(n) + 17 + Ag](+) that is based on the formation of a five-membered oxazolidin-5-one and tetrahedral carbon intermediate that may collapse to a peptide upon release of CO and an imine, aided by the fact that the ring formed during C-terminal rearrangement is both a hemiacylal and hemiaminal. We also identified an influence of amino acid sequence on the relative abundances of the [b(n) + 17 + Ag](+) and [b(n) - 1 + Ag](+) product ions, whereby bulky substituents located on the alpha-carbon of the amino acid to the C-terminal side of the cleavage site apparently promote the formation of the [b(n) + 17 + Ag](+) product over [b(n) - 1 + Ag](+) when the amino acid to the N-terminal side of the cleavage site is glycine. The latter ion is the favored product, however, when the bulky group is positioned on the alpha-carbon of the amino acid to the N-terminal side of the cleavage site.
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- V Anbalagan
- Department of Chemistry, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS 67260-0051, USA
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Morisaki N, Kobayashi H, Yamamura Y, Morisaki M, Nagasawa K, Hashimoto Y. Coordination of sodium cation to an oxygen function and olefinic double bond to form molecular adduct ion in fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2002; 50:935-40. [PMID: 12130852 DOI: 10.1248/cpb.50.935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Steroidal allylic alcohols formed Na+ adduct ion peaks [M+Na]+ by the addition of NaCl in FAB mass spectrometry. A comparison of the intensities of the adduct ion peaks of allylic alcohols with those of the corresponding saturated alcohols and olefin suggested that the olefinic double bond and the proximal hydroxyl group had coordinated to Na+. The adduct ion was stable and did not undergo dehydroxylation. We suggest that the Na+ adduction will be useful for the molecular weight determination of allylic alcohols which are susceptible to dehydroxylation under FAB mass spectrometric conditions. Na+ adduct ions of alpha,beta-unsaturated carbonyl compounds were also investigated.
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- Naoko Morisaki
- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
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Jayawardene D, Dass C. Fragmentation characteristics of peptide-metal ion adducts under matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization post-source decay time-of-flight mass spectrometric conditions. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2002; 37:389-394. [PMID: 11948845 DOI: 10.1002/jms.293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Fragmentation reactions of sodium-cationized enkephalin peptides generated by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization were studied using post-source decay (PSD) with a reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometer. Several matrices and analyte-matrix sample preparation methods were evaluated for high-intensity ion currents that could last for the entire PSD analysis. A triple dried-droplet sample preparation procedure with 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid as the matrix was found to yield abundant longer-lasting ion signals of the peptide-Na(+) ion adducts. The principal decay product of these adduct ions is the [b(n-1) + Na + OH](+) ion, which provides an unambiguous identification of the C-terminal residue of a peptide. In some peptides, the loss of a second residue from the C-terminus is also observed. No other sequence-specific ions were observed.
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Chen R, Li L. Lithium and transition metal ions enable low energy collision-induced dissociation of polyglycols in electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2001; 12:832-839. [PMID: 11444606 DOI: 10.1016/s1044-0305(01)00261-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry has the potential to be widely used as a tool for polymer structural characterization. However, the backbones or molecular chains of many industrial polymers including functional polyglycols are often difficult to dissociate in tandem mass spectrometers using low energy collision-induced dissociation (CID). We present a method that uses Li+ and transition metal ions such as Ag+ as the cationization reagents for electrospray ionization in an ion trap mass spectrometer. It is shown that lithium and transition metal polyglycol adduct ions can be readily fragmented with low energy CID. Comparative results from different cationization reagents in their abilities of producing both MS spectra and CID spectra are shown. This method opens the possibility of using conventional and readily available low energy CID tandem MS to study polyglycol structures.
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- R Chen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Shields SJ, Bluhm BK, Russell DH. Fragmentation chemistry of [M + Cu]+ peptide ions containing an N-terminal arginine. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2000; 11:626-638. [PMID: 10883818 DOI: 10.1016/s1044-0305(00)00128-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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[M + Cu]+ peptide ions formed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization from direct desorption off a copper sample stage have sufficient internal energy to undergo metastable ion dissociation in a time-of-flight mass spectrometer. On the basis of fragmentation chemistry of peptides containing an N-terminal arginine, we propose the primary Cu+ ion binding site is the N-terminal arginine with Cu+ binding to the guanidine group of arginine and the N-terminal amine. The principal decay products of [M + Cu]+ peptide ions containing an N-terminal arginine are [a(n) + Cu - H]+ and [b(n) + Cu - H]+ fragments. We show evidence to suggest that [a(n) + Cu - H]+ fragment ions are formed by elimination of CO from [b(n) + Cu - H]+ ions and by direct backbone cleavage. We conclude that Cu+ ionizes the peptide by attaching to the N-terminal arginine residue; however, fragmentation occurs remote from the Cu+ ion attachment site involving metal ion promoted deprotonation to generate a new site of protonation. That is, the fragmentation reactions of [M + Cu]+ ions can be described in terms of a "mobile proton" model. Furthermore, proline residues that are adjacent to the N-terminal arginine do not inhibit formation of [b(n) + Cu - H]+ ion, whereas proline residues that are distant to the charge carrying arginine inhibit formation of [b(n) + Cu - H]+ ions. An unusual fragment ion, [c(n) + Cu + H]+, is also observed for peptides containing lysine, glutamine, or asparagine in close proximity to the Cu+ carrying N-terminal arginine. Mechanisms for formation of this fragment ion are also proposed.
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- S J Shields
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station 77842, USA
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Chu IK, Guo X, Lau TC, Siu KW. Sequencing of argentinated peptides by means of electrospray tandem mass spectrometry. Anal Chem 1999; 71:2364-72. [PMID: 10405604 DOI: 10.1021/ac981351n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A strategy for semiautomatic sequencing of argentinated (silver-containing) oligopeptides has been developed. Sequencing is based on a search algorithm that identifies a triplet peak relationship in a product ion spectrum of the [M + Ag]+ ion of an oligopeptide. The ions that constitute a triplet are [bn + OH + Ag]+, [bn - H + Ag]+, and [a(n) - H + Ag]+, which are separated by 18 and 28 m/z units, respectively. The difference in the m/z values of adjacent triplets identifies the residue that is "cleaved". Observation of the [yn + H + Ag]+ ion containing the cleaved residue confirms the assignment. Sequencing of argentinated tryptic peptides may prove useful for automated proteome analysis via the sequence tag method.
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- I K Chu
- Department of Chemistry, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Feng WY, Gronert S, Lebrilla CB. Lithium and Sodium Ion Binding Energies ofN-Acetyl andN-Glycyl Amino Acids. J Am Chem Soc 1999. [DOI: 10.1021/ja983116s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Results are presented showing the ability to obtain C-terminal sequence information from peptides by multiple stages of mass spectrometry. Under typical low-energy collision-induced dissociation conditions of quadrupole ion trap and ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometers, lithium- and sodium-cationized peptides dissociate predominantly by reaction at the C-terminal peptide bond or an adjacent bond. For the majority of cases studied, the dominant reaction is a rearrangement process that results in the loss of the C-terminal residue and formation of a product ion that is one amino acid shorter than the original peptide ion. Using the multistage MS/MS capabilities of quadrupole ion trap and ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometers, a subsequent stage of MS/MS can be performed to determine the identity of the new C-terminal residue. Up to eight stage of MS/MS have been performed with both quadrupole ion trap and ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometers. In general, the same dissociation pathways are observed with both instruments, although occasionally there are significant differences in the branching ratios of competing pathways.
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- T Lin
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-3290, USA
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Nemirovskiy OV, Gross ML. Gas phase studies of the interactions of Fe2+ with cysteine-containing peptides. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 1998; 9:1285-1292. [PMID: 9835073 DOI: 10.1016/s1044-0305(98)00111-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Gas-phase complexes of cysteine-containing peptides and Fe2+ were produced by fast atom bombardment and studied by tandem mass spectrometry. Specific and strong interactions of the iron and sulfur from the thiol group of the cysteine side chain are preserved in the gas phase and are the basis for highly specific fragmentation to give abundant [a(n) - 2H + Fe]+ ions, where n is position of the cysteine residue from the N-terminus of peptide. Metal/peptide complexes containing more than one Cys residue were also investigated; they display similar chemistry upon collisionally activated decompositions, indicating that the Fe2+ ion primarily binds at cysteine sites.
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- O V Nemirovskiy
- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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Cerda BA, Hoyau S, Ohanessian G, Wesdemiotis C. Na+ Binding to Cyclic and Linear Dipeptides. Bond Energies, Entropies of Na+ Complexation, and Attachment Sites from the Dissociation of Na+-Bound Heterodimers and ab Initio Calculations. J Am Chem Soc 1998. [DOI: 10.1021/ja972417j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Blas A. Cerda
- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3601, and the Laboratoire des Mécanismes Réactionnels, Ecole Polytechnique, URA CNRS 1307, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3601, and the Laboratoire des Mécanismes Réactionnels, Ecole Polytechnique, URA CNRS 1307, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3601, and the Laboratoire des Mécanismes Réactionnels, Ecole Polytechnique, URA CNRS 1307, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3601, and the Laboratoire des Mécanismes Réactionnels, Ecole Polytechnique, URA CNRS 1307, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
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Schanen P, Yang D, Weinkauf R, Schlag E. Efficient cationization by Cs+ adduct ion formation in a supersonic beam. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1176(97)00087-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Nemirovskiy OV, Gross ML. Complexes of iron(II) with cysteine-containing peptides in the gas phase. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 1996; 7:977-980. [PMID: 24203612 DOI: 10.1016/1044-0305(96)00054-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/1996] [Revised: 04/28/1996] [Accepted: 05/03/1996] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Gas-phase interactions of peptides that contain cysteine with iron(II) atoms were examined by using fast-atom bombardment and tandem mass spectrometry. Specific and strong interactions of iron and sulfur from the thiol group of the cysteine side chain occur in the gas phase and are the basis for highly specific fragmentation to give abundant [a n -(+) ions. For peptides that contain two cysteines, an internal ion, which results from the interaction of Fe and both thiol groups, is formed upon collisional activation. The mechanism for the formation of [a n -2H+Fe](+) fragment ions requires the metal to be coordinated at sulfur in close proximity to the site of reaction. Iron-bis(pentapeptide) complexes, which form under the same conditions, decompose predominantly to lose a pentapeptide molecule and, to a lesser extent, to give [a a -2H+Fe](+) ions.
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- O V Nemirovskiy
- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, One Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1134, 63130, St. Louis, MO
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Morisaki N, Inoue K, Kobayashi H, Shirai R, Morisaki M, Iwasaki S. Coordination of alkali metal cation to oxygen functions to form adduct ion in fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry. Tetrahedron 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/0040-4020(96)00451-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Cox KA, Gaskell SJ, Morris M, Whiting A. Role of the site of protonation in the low-energy decompositions of gas-phase peptide ions. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 1996; 7:522-531. [PMID: 24203424 DOI: 10.1016/1044-0305(96)00019-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/1996] [Accepted: 01/24/1996] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The dissociation of singly or multiply protonated peptide ions by using low-energy collisional activation (CA) is highly dependent on the sites of protonation. The presence of strongly basic amino acid residues in the peptide primary structure dictates the sites of protonation, which generates a precursor ion population that is largely homogeneous with respect to charge sites. Attempts to dissociate this type of precursor ion population by low-energy CA result in poor fragmentation via few pathways. The work described here represents a systematic investigation of the effects of charge heterogeneity in the precursor ion population of a series of model peptides in low-energy CA experiments. Incorporation of acidic residues in the peptide RLC*IFSC*FR (where C* indicates a cysteic acid residue), for example, balances the charge on the basic arginine residues, which enables the ionizing protons to reside on a number of less basic sites along the peptide backbone. This results in a precursor ion population that is heterogeneous with respect to charge site. Low-energy CA of these ions results in diverse and efficient fragmentation. Molecular modeling has been utilized to demonstrate that energetically preferred conformations incorporate an intraionic interaction between arginine and cysteic acid residues.
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- K A Cox
- Michael Barber Centre for Mass Spectrometry, Department of Chemistry, UMIST, P. O. Box 88, M60 1QD, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Gross DS, Williams ER. Structure of Gramicidin S (M + H + X)2+Ions (X = Li, Na, K) Probed by Proton Transfer Reactions. J Am Chem Soc 1996. [DOI: 10.1021/ja952426x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Gur EH, de Koning LJ, Nibbering NM. The bimolecular hydrogen-deuterium exchange behavior of protonated alkyl dipeptides in the gas phase. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 1995; 6:466-477. [PMID: 24214299 DOI: 10.1016/1044-0305(95)00189-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/1994] [Revised: 12/23/1994] [Accepted: 01/04/1995] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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As part of an ongoing characterization of the intrinsic chemical properties of peptides, thermal hydrogen-deuterium exchange has been studied for a series of fast-atom-bombardment-generated protonated alkyldipeptides and related model compounds in the reaction with D2O, CH3OD, and ND3 in a Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer. Despite the very large basicity difference between the dipeptides and the D2O and CH3OD exchange reagents, efficient exchange of all active hydrogen atoms occurs. From the kinetic data it appears that exchange of the amino, amide, and hydroxyl hydrogens proceeds with different efficiencies, which implies that the proton in thermal protonated dipeptides is immobile. The selectivity of the exchange at the different basic sites is governed by the nature of both the dipeptide and the exchange reagent. The results indicate that reversible proton transfer in the reaction complexes, which effectuates the deuterium incorporation, is assisted by formation of multiple hydrogen bonds between the reagents. Exchange is considered to proceed via the intermediacy of different competing intermediate complexes, each of which specifically leads to deuterium incorporation at different basic sites. The relative stabilization of the competing intermediate complexes can be related to the relative efficiencies of deuterium incorporation at different basic sites in the dipeptide. For all protonated dipeptides studied, the exchange in the reaction with ND3 proceeds with unit efficiency, whereas all active hydrogen atoms are exchanged equally efficiently. Evidently specific multiple hydrogen bond formations are far less important in the reversible proton transfers with the relatively basic ammonia, which allows effective randomization of all active hydrogen atoms in the reaction complexes.
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- E H Gur
- Institute of Mass Spectrometry, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 129, 1018 WS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Dongré AR, Wysocki VH. Linkage position determination of lithium-cationized disaccharides by surface-induced dissociation tandem mass spectrometry. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1994. [DOI: 10.1002/oms.1210291123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Kiplinger JP, Guadliana MA. Structural analysis of rapamycin and related compounds using [M + Li]+ ions generated by liquid secondary ion mass spectrometry. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1994. [DOI: 10.1002/oms.1210290809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Hu P, Gross ML. Gas-phase anionic complexes of alkali metal ions and peptides: Structure and collision activated decompositions. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 1994; 5:137-143. [PMID: 24222542 DOI: 10.1016/1044-0305(94)85026-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/1993] [Revised: 10/29/1993] [Accepted: 11/08/1993] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Alkali metal ions and anionic peptides can be desorbed into the gas phase to give metal-bound peptides and bis(peptide) complexes bearing a - 1 charge. Although amide nitrogens of peptide bonds are deprotonated in the gas phase by alkali metal ions, this reacion does not occur in solution. Metal-bound dipeptide anions exist as a single structure, whereas those of tripeptide complexes have three structures as revealed by tandem mass spectrometric studies. Ions of bis(peptide) complexes of alkali metals decompose upon collisional activation principally to form deprotonated peptides, in contrast to bis(peptide) complexes of alkaline earth metal ions, which undergo elimination of a neutral peptide.
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Laprévote O, C. Das B. Structural Elucidation of Acetogenins from Annonaceae by Fast Atom Bombardment Mass Spectrometry. Tetrahedron 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4020(01)85568-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Bojesen G, Breindahl T, Andersen UN. On the sodium and lithium ion affinities of some α-amino acids. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1993. [DOI: 10.1002/oms.1210281215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Reiter A, Teesch LM, Zhao H, Adams J. Gas-phase fragmentations of anionic complexes of serine- and threonine-containing peptides. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/0168-1176(93)87075-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Ballard KD, Gaskell SJ. Dehydration of peptide [M + H](+) ions in the gas phase. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 1993; 4:477-481. [PMID: 24235006 DOI: 10.1016/1044-0305(93)80005-j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/1992] [Revised: 01/21/1993] [Accepted: 01/22/1993] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The loss of water from protonated peptides was studied using [(18)O]-labeling of the C-terminal carboxyl group. The structures (including the location of the isotopic label) of first-generation product ions were examined by sequential product ion scanning (MS(3) and MS(4)) using a hybrid sector/quadrupole mass spectrometer. Water loss may involve carboxylic acid groups, side-chain hydroxyls, or peptide backbone oxygens. Although one of these three pathways often predominates, more than one dehydration route can be operative for a single peptide structure. When peptide backbone oxygen is lost, the dehydration can occur at one or two primary sites along the backbone, with the location of the site(s) varying among peptides. When water loss involves the C-terminal carboxyl group, the resulting ion may undergo extensive intraionic oxygen isotope exchange. This evidence for complex intraionic interactions further emphasizes the significance of gas-phase conformation in determining the fragmentations of peptide ions.
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- K D Ballard
- Center for Experimental Therapeutics, Baylor College of Medicine, Room 826E, One Baylor Plaza, 77030, Houston, TX
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Burlet O, Gaskell SJ. Decompositions of cationized heterodimers of amino acids in relation to charge location in peptide ions. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 1993; 4:461-469. [PMID: 24235004 DOI: 10.1016/1044-0305(93)80003-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/1992] [Revised: 01/20/1993] [Accepted: 01/26/1993] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The unimolecular decompositions of protonated heterodimers of native and derivatized amino acids to yield the protonated monomers were studied as a guide to charge location in peptide ions. Analyses using a hybrid instrument of BEqQ geometry demonstrated the advantages (with respect to mass resolution, sensitivityr reproducibility, and the elimination of extraneous signals) of the detection of product ions formed in the radiofrequency-only quadrupole region (q) rather than in the field-free region between Band E. Conversion of arginine to dimethylpyrimidylomithine (DMPO) reduced the proton affinity, as evidenced by the decomposition of the protonated arginine/DMPO heterodimer. Conversion of cysteine to pyridylethylcysteine enhanced the proton affinity. Application of these derivatization procedures to peptides resulted in changes in the observed fragmentations of the protonated precursors consistent with the predicted modifications in charge location. Unimolecular decomposition of the protonated dimer composed of glycine and N-acetylglycine yielded both protonated monomers with abundances differing by a factor of only 2; this suggests that in protonated peptides, the amide bonds are competitive with the N-terminal amino group as sites of protonation. It is clear that the propensities to proton' or metal-cation location at particular sites in peptides are influenced by both short- and long-range intraionic interactions. In peptides composed of amino acids of similar cation affinities, it may be postulated that the ion population is heterogeneous with respect to the site of charge, with consequent promotion of multiple low-energy fragmentation routes.
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- O Burlet
- Center for Experimental Therapeutics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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Madhusudanan KP, Singh C. Collisional activation of metal cationized and deprotonated triterpenoids: Charge remote fragmentations. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1992. [DOI: 10.1002/oms.1210271131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Teesch LM, Adams J. Metal ions as special reagents in analytical mass spectrometry. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1992. [DOI: 10.1002/oms.1210270902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Lopez Marin LM, Promé D, Lanéelle MA, Daffé M, Promé JC. Fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry of Mycobacterial glycopeptidolipid antigens: Structural characterization by charge remote fragmentation. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 1992; 3:656-661. [PMID: 24234570 DOI: 10.1016/1044-0305(92)85007-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/1991] [Revised: 02/21/1992] [Accepted: 02/24/1992] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Mycobacteria contain species- and type-specific antigens. Among them, glycopeptidolipids are present in medically relevant organisms belonging to Mycobacterium avium or M. fortuitum complexes. Fast-a tom bombardment mass spectrometry of glycopeptidolipids has proven to be difficult. In this article the cationization method with a metanitrobenzyl alcohol matrix, doped with sodium iodide, is described for analyzing these molecules. The molecular weight of the intact glycopeptidolipids was successfully determined and, using mass-analyzed ion kinetic energy spectrometry, the complete sequences of the peptide and saccharide moieties were elucidated. Moreover, the two structural variants present in these molecules were clearly differentiated. Application of the method showed that the same structural variant occurs in the glycopeptidolipids from two serologically related species of the M. fortuitum complex.
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- L M Lopez Marin
- Centre de Recherche de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires CNRS, 118 Route de Narbonne, 31062, Toulouse Cedex, France
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Lattimer RP. Tandem mass spectrometry of lithium-attachment ions from polyglycols. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 1992; 3:225-234. [PMID: 24242945 DOI: 10.1016/1044-0305(92)87006-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/1991] [Revised: 07/25/1991] [Accepted: 07/30/1991] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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A detailed study has been carried out of the fast atom bombardment tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) behavior of lithium-attachment ions from three glycol polymers: linear poly(ethylene glycol), linear poly(propylene glycol), and an ethoxylated fatty alcohol. Collisional activation was carried out in the "collision octapole" of a BEoQ hybrid mass spectrometer at a translational energy of 50 eV, with collision gas air. It was found that [M + Li](+) ions provide a number of advantages as precursors for practical MS/MS analysis as compared to the use of [M + H](+) or [M + Na](+) ions. First, [M + Li](+) ions are much more intense than the corresponding [M + H](+) ions. Second, [M + Li](+) ions dissociate to lithiated organic fragments with reasonable efficiency, which is not the case with [M + Na](+) precursors. Third, product ions are generally formed over the entire mass range for low molecular weight polyglycols. The most intense product ions are lithiated, linear polyglycol oligomers. These ions are formed via internal hydrogen transfer reactions which are facilitated by lithium (charge-induced). Two series of less intense product ions are formed via charge-remote fragmentations involving l,4-hydrogen elimination. A fourth product ion series consists of lithiated radical cations; these form via homolytic bond cleavages near chain ends. Overall, MS/MS analysis of [M + Li](+) polyglycol ions proved to be quite useful for chemical structure elucidation.
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- R P Lattimer
- BFGoodrich Research and Development Center, 9921 Brecksville Road, 44141, Brecksville, OH, USA
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Siuzdak G, Wendeborn SV, Nicolaou K. Cationization of organometallo carbonyl compounds by fast ion bombardment. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/0168-1176(92)87033-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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