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Daly LA, Clarke CJ, Po A, Oswald SO, Eyers CE. Considerations for defining +80 Da mass shifts in mass spectrometry-based proteomics: phosphorylation and beyond. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:11484-11499. [PMID: 37681662 PMCID: PMC10521633 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc02909c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
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Post-translational modifications (PTMs) are ubiquitous and key to regulating protein function. Understanding the dynamics of individual PTMs and their biological roles requires robust characterisation. Mass spectrometry (MS) is the method of choice for the identification and quantification of protein modifications. This article focusses on the MS-based analysis of those covalent modifications that induce a mass shift of +80 Da, notably phosphorylation and sulfation, given the challenges associated with their discrimination and pinpointing the sites of modification on a polypeptide chain. Phosphorylation in particular is highly abundant, dynamic and can occur on numerous residues to invoke specific functions, hence robust characterisation is crucial to understanding biological relevance. Showcasing our work in the context of other developments in the field, we highlight approaches for enrichment and site localisation of phosphorylated (canonical and non-canonical) and sulfated peptides, as well as modification analysis in the context of intact proteins (top down proteomics) to explore combinatorial roles. Finally, we discuss the application of native ion-mobility MS to explore the effect of these PTMs on protein structure and ligand binding.
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- Leonard A Daly
- Centre for Proteome Research, Department of Biochemistry and Systems Biology, Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK.
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- Centre for Proteome Research, Department of Biochemistry and Systems Biology, Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK.
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- Centre for Proteome Research, Department of Biochemistry and Systems Biology, Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK.
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- Centre for Proteome Research, Department of Biochemistry and Systems Biology, Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK.
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- Centre for Proteome Research, Department of Biochemistry and Systems Biology, Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK.
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Smyrnakis A, Levin N, Kosmopoulou M, Jha A, Fort K, Makarov A, Papanastasiou D, Mohammed S. Characterization of an Omnitrap-Orbitrap Platform Equipped with Infrared Multiphoton Dissociation, Ultraviolet Photodissociation, and Electron Capture Dissociation for the Analysis of Peptides and Proteins. Anal Chem 2023; 95:12039-12046. [PMID: 37534599 PMCID: PMC10433246 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c01899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 08/04/2023]
Abstract
We describe an instrument configuration based on the Orbitrap Exploris 480 mass spectrometer that has been coupled to an Omnitrap platform. The Omnitrap possesses three distinct ion-activation regions that can be used to perform resonant-based collision-induced dissociation, several forms of electron-associated fragmentation, and ultraviolet photodissociation. Each section can also be combined with infrared multiphoton dissociation. In this work, we demonstrate all these modes of operation in a range of peptides and proteins. The results show that this instrument configuration produces similar data to previous implementations of each activation technique and at similar efficiency levels. We demonstrate that this unique instrument configuration is extremely versatile for the investigation of polypeptides.
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- Athanasios Smyrnakis
- Fasmatech
Science & Technology, Lefkippos Tech. Park, NCSR Demokritos, 15341 Agia Paraskevi, Greece
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- Rosalind
Franklin Institute, Harwell Campus, OX11 0QX Didcot, U.K.
- Department
of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, OX1 3QT Oxford, U.K.
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- Fasmatech
Science & Technology, Lefkippos Tech. Park, NCSR Demokritos, 15341 Agia Paraskevi, Greece
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- Rosalind
Franklin Institute, Harwell Campus, OX11 0QX Didcot, U.K.
- Department
of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, OX1 3QT Oxford, U.K.
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- Thermo
Fisher Scientific, 28199 Bremen, Germany
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- Fasmatech
Science & Technology, Lefkippos Tech. Park, NCSR Demokritos, 15341 Agia Paraskevi, Greece
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- Rosalind
Franklin Institute, Harwell Campus, OX11 0QX Didcot, U.K.
- Department
of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, OX1 3QU Oxford, U.K.
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Oxford, OX1 3TA Oxford, U.K.
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Asakawa D, Takahashi H, Iwamoto S, Tanaka K. Gas-Phase Peptide Fragmentation Induced by Hydrogen Attachment, from Principle to Sequencing of Amide Nitrogen-Methylated Peptides. Anal Chem 2020; 92:15773-15780. [PMID: 33256396 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c02766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) with radical-based fragmentation was developed recently, which involves the reaction of hydrogen atoms and peptides in a process called hydrogen attachment/abstraction dissociation (HAD). HAD mainly produces [cn + 2H]+ and [zm + 2H]+ via hydrogen attachment to the carbonyl oxygen on the peptide backbone. In addition, HAD often generates [an + 2H]+ and [xm + 2H]+. To explain the formation of [an + 2H]+ and [xm + 2H]+, hydrogen attachment to the carbonyl carbon atom on the peptide backbone is proposed to initiate Cα-C bond cleavage. The resultant hydrogen-abundant oxygen-centered radical intermediate undergoes radical-induced dissociation to give [an + H]+• and [xm + 2H]+. Subsequently, [an + 2H]+ was produced by the reaction of [an + H]+• and a hydrogen atom. The fragment ions formed by the cleavage of N-Cα and Cα-C bonds are observed in the HAD-MS/MS spectra, and the mass differences of these fragment ions correspond to the mass of peptide bonds. Consequently, HAD-MS/MS allows the identification of post-translational modifications on the peptide backbone. In addition, HAD-MS/MS provides a consecutive series of [cn + 2H]+ and [an + 2H]+ as the N-terminal fragments, as well as [zm + 2H]+ and [xm + 2H]+, which enables the sequencing of peptides with post-translational modification, including the discrimination of modifications on the side chain and backbone.
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- Daiki Asakawa
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 2, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan
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- Koichi Tanaka Mass Spectrometry Research Laboratory, Shimadzu Corporation, 1 Nishinokyo-Kuwabaracho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8511, Japan
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- Koichi Tanaka Mass Spectrometry Research Laboratory, Shimadzu Corporation, 1 Nishinokyo-Kuwabaracho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8511, Japan
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- Koichi Tanaka Mass Spectrometry Research Laboratory, Shimadzu Corporation, 1 Nishinokyo-Kuwabaracho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8511, Japan
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Brodbelt JS, Morrison LJ, Santos I. Ultraviolet Photodissociation Mass Spectrometry for Analysis of Biological Molecules. Chem Rev 2020; 120:3328-3380. [PMID: 31851501 PMCID: PMC7145764 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The development of new ion-activation/dissociation methods continues to be one of the most active areas of mass spectrometry owing to the broad applications of tandem mass spectrometry in the identification and structural characterization of molecules. This Review will showcase the impact of ultraviolet photodissociation (UVPD) as a frontier strategy for generating informative fragmentation patterns of ions, especially for biological molecules whose complicated structures, subtle modifications, and large sizes often impede molecular characterization. UVPD energizes ions via absorption of high-energy photons, which allows access to new dissociation pathways relative to more conventional ion-activation methods. Applications of UVPD for the analysis of peptides, proteins, lipids, and other classes of biologically relevant molecules are emphasized in this Review.
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- Jennifer S. Brodbelt
- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Milosavljević AR, Jänkälä K, Ranković ML, Canon F, Bozek J, Nicolas C, Giuliani A. Oxygen K-shell spectroscopy of isolated progressively solvated peptide. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:12909-12917. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp00994f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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X-ray spectroscopy of an isolated controllably hydrated peptide: core excitation of the first solvation shell enhances peptide backbone fragmentation.
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- Nano and Molecular Systems Research Unit
- University of Oulu
- 90014 Oulu
- Finland
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- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l’Alimentation
- CNRS
- INRAE
- Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté
- France
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- SOLEIL, l’Orme des Merisiers
- 91192 Gif sur Yvette Cedex
- France
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- SOLEIL, l’Orme des Merisiers
- 91192 Gif sur Yvette Cedex
- France
- INRAE
- UAR1008
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Ickert S, Beck S, Linscheid MW, Riedel J. VUV Photodissociation Induced by a Deuterium Lamp in an Ion Trap. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2019; 30:2114-2122. [PMID: 31429053 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-019-02282-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2019] [Revised: 06/25/2019] [Accepted: 06/28/2019] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Tandem mass spectrometry represents an important analytical tool to unravel molecular structures and to study the gas-phase behavior of organic molecules. Besides commonly used methods like collision-induced dissociation and electron capture or transfer dissociation, new ultraviolet light-based techniques have the potential to synergistically add to the activation methods. Here, we present a new simple, yet robust, experimental design for polychromatic activation of trapped ions using the 115-160 nm output of a commercially available deuterium lamp. The resulting continuous dissociative excitation with photons of a wide energy range from 7.7 to 10.8 eV is studied for a comprehensive set of analyte classes in both positive and negative ion modes. While being simple, affordable, compact, and of low maintenance, the new setup initiates fragmentation of most precursor ions via their known dissociation pathways. Additionally, some new fragmentation patterns were discovered. Especially, electron loss and electron capture reactions with subsequent fragmentations were observed. For oligonucleotides, peptides, carbohydrates, and organic dyes, in comparison to collision-induced dissociation, a significantly wider fragment distribution was obtained, resulting in an information increase. Since the individual photons carry enough energy to post-ionize the nascent fragments, a permanent vacuum ultraviolet light exposure inside the ion trap potentially goes along with a general increase in detection capability.
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- Stefanie Ickert
- Department of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Str. 2, 12489, Berlin, Germany
- Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, Richard-Willstätter-Str. 11, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Str. 2, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Str. 2, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, Richard-Willstätter-Str. 11, 12489, Berlin, Germany.
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Greisch JF, Tamara S, Scheltema RA, Maxwell HWR, Fagerlund RD, Fineran PC, Tetter S, Hilvert D, Heck AJR. Expanding the mass range for UVPD-based native top-down mass spectrometry. Chem Sci 2019; 10:7163-7171. [PMID: 31588283 PMCID: PMC6764275 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc01857c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2019] [Accepted: 06/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Native top-down proteomics using UVPD extended to mega Dalton protein assemblies.
Native top-down mass spectrometry is emerging as a methodology that can be used to structurally investigate protein assemblies. To extend the possibilities of native top-down mass spectrometry to larger and more heterogeneous biomolecular assemblies, advances in both the mass analyzer and applied fragmentation techniques are still essential. Here, we explore ultraviolet photodissociation (UVPD) of protein assemblies on an Orbitrap with extended mass range, expanding its usage to large and heterogeneous macromolecular complexes, reaching masses above 1 million Da. We demonstrate that UVPD can lead not only to the ejection of intact subunits directly from such large intact complexes, but also to backbone fragmentation of these subunits, providing enough sequence information for subunit identification. The Orbitrap mass analyzer enables simultaneous monitoring of the precursor, the subunits, and the subunit fragments formed upon UVPD activation. While only partial sequence coverage of the subunits is observed, the UVPD data yields information about the localization of chromophores covalently attached to the subunits of the light harvesting complex B-phycoerythrin, extensive backbone fragmentation in a subunit of a CRISPR-Cas Csy (type I–F Cascade) complex, and sequence modifications in a virus-like proteinaceous nano-container. Through these multiple applications we demonstrate for the first time that UVPD based native top-down mass spectrometry is feasible for large and heterogeneous particles, including ribonucleoprotein complexes and MDa virus-like particles.
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- Jean-François Greisch
- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics , Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research , Utrecht Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Utrecht University , Padualaan 8 , 3584 Utrecht , The Netherlands . .,Netherlands Proteomics Center , Padualaan 8 , 3584 Utrecht , The Netherlands
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- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics , Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research , Utrecht Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Utrecht University , Padualaan 8 , 3584 Utrecht , The Netherlands . .,Netherlands Proteomics Center , Padualaan 8 , 3584 Utrecht , The Netherlands
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- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics , Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research , Utrecht Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Utrecht University , Padualaan 8 , 3584 Utrecht , The Netherlands . .,Netherlands Proteomics Center , Padualaan 8 , 3584 Utrecht , The Netherlands
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology , University of Otago , PO Box 56 , 9054 Dunedin , New Zealand
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology , University of Otago , PO Box 56 , 9054 Dunedin , New Zealand
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology , University of Otago , PO Box 56 , 9054 Dunedin , New Zealand
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry , Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences , ETH Zürich , Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10 , 8093 Zürich , Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry , Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences , ETH Zürich , Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10 , 8093 Zürich , Switzerland
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- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics , Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research , Utrecht Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Utrecht University , Padualaan 8 , 3584 Utrecht , The Netherlands . .,Netherlands Proteomics Center , Padualaan 8 , 3584 Utrecht , The Netherlands
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Giuliani A, Williams JP, Green MR. Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation: A Means of Ion Activation for Tandem Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2018; 90:7176-7180. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b01789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Alexandre Giuliani
- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L’Orme des Merisiers, Gif-sur-Yvette F-91190, France
- UAR 1008 CEPIA, INRA, Nantes F-44316, France
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- Waters Corporation, Stamford Avenue, Altrincham Road, Wilmslow SK9 4AX, U.K
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R Julian R. The Mechanism Behind Top-Down UVPD Experiments: Making Sense of Apparent Contradictions. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2017; 28:1823-1826. [PMID: 28702929 PMCID: PMC5711567 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-017-1721-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2017] [Revised: 05/15/2017] [Accepted: 05/22/2017] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
Abstract
Top-down ultraviolet photodissociation (UVPD) allows greater sequence coverage than any other currently available method, often fracturing the vast majority of peptide bonds in whole proteins. At the same time, UVPD can be used to dissociate noncovalent complexes assembled from multiple proteins without breaking any covalent bonds. Although the utility of these experiments is unquestioned, the mechanism underlying these seemingly contradictory results has been the subject of many discussions. Herein, some fundamental considerations of photochemistry are briefly summarized within the context of a proposed mechanism that rationalizes the experimental results obtained by UVPD. Considerations for future instrument design, in terms of wavelength choice and power, are briefly discussed. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.
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- Ryan R Julian
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, 501 Big Springs Road, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA.
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Li P, Jackson GP. Charge Transfer Dissociation (CTD) Mass Spectrometry of Peptide Cations: Study of Charge State Effects and Side-Chain Losses. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2017; 28:1271-1281. [PMID: 28091811 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-016-1574-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2016] [Revised: 12/03/2016] [Accepted: 12/04/2016] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
Abstract
1+, 2+, and 3+ precursors of substance P and bradykinin were subjected to helium cation irradiation in a 3D ion trap mass spectrometer. Charge exchange with the helium cations produces a variety of fragment ions, the number and type of which are dependent on the charge state of the precursor ions. For 1+ peptide precursors, fragmentation is generally restricted to C-CO backbone bonds (a and x ions), whereas for 2+ and 3+ peptide precursors, all three backbone bonds (C-CO, C-N, and N-Cα) are cleaved. The type of backbone bond cleavage is indicative of possible dissociation channels involved in CTD process, including high-energy, kinetic-based, and ETD-like pathways. In addition to backbone cleavages, amino acid side-chain cleavages are observed in CTD, which are consistent with other high-energy and radical-mediated techniques. The unique dissociation pattern and supplementary information available from side-chain cleavages make CTD a potentially useful activation method for the structural study of gas-phase biomolecules. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.
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- Pengfei Li
- C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 26506, USA
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- C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 26506, USA.
- Department of Forensic and Investigative Science, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 26506-6121, USA.
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Mayfield JE, Robinson MR, Cotham VC, Irani S, Matthews WL, Ram A, Gilmour DS, Cannon JR, Zhang YJ, Brodbelt JS. Mapping the Phosphorylation Pattern of Drosophila melanogaster RNA Polymerase II Carboxyl-Terminal Domain Using Ultraviolet Photodissociation Mass Spectrometry. ACS Chem Biol 2017; 12:153-162. [PMID: 28103682 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.6b00729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Phosphorylation of the C-terminal domain of RNA polymerase II (CTD) plays an essential role in eukaryotic transcription by recruiting transcriptional regulatory factors to the active polymerase. However, the scarcity of basic residues and repetitive nature of the CTD sequence impose a huge challenge for site-specific characterization of phosphorylation, hindering our understanding of this crucial biological process. Herein, we apply LC-UVPD-MS methods to analyze post-translational modification along native sequence CTDs. Application of our method to the Drosophila melanogaster CTD reveals the phosphorylation pattern of this model organism for the first time. The divergent nature of fly CTD allows us to derive rules defining how flanking residues affect phosphorylation choice by CTD kinases. Our data support the use of LC-UVPD-MS to decipher the CTD code and determine rules that program its function.
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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Morrison LJ, Rosenberg JA, Singleton JP, Brodbelt JS. Statistical Examination of the a and a + 1 Fragment Ions from 193 nm Ultraviolet Photodissociation Reveals Local Hydrogen Bonding Interactions. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2016; 27:1443-53. [PMID: 27206509 PMCID: PMC4974117 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-016-1418-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2016] [Revised: 05/01/2016] [Accepted: 05/06/2016] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Dissociation of proteins and peptides by 193 nm ultraviolet photodissociation (UVPD) has gained momentum in proteomic studies because of the diversity of backbone fragments that are produced and subsequent unrivaled sequence coverage obtained by the approach. The pathways that form the basis for the production of particular ion types are not completely understood. In this study, a statistical approach is used to probe hydrogen atom elimination from a + 1 radical ions, and different extents of elimination are found to vary as a function of the identity of the C-terminal residue of the a product ions and the presence or absence of hydrogen bonds to the cleaved residue. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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Shaw JB, Robinson EW, Paša-Tolić L. Vacuum Ultraviolet Photodissociation and Fourier Transform–Ion Cyclotron Resonance (FT-ICR) Mass Spectrometry: Revisited. Anal Chem 2016; 88:3019-23. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b00148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Jared B. Shaw
- Environmental Molecular Sciences
Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Environmental Molecular Sciences
Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Environmental Molecular Sciences
Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Jennifer S Brodbelt
- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Holden DD, McGee WM, Brodbelt JS. Integration of Ultraviolet Photodissociation with Proton Transfer Reactions and Ion Parking for Analysis of Intact Proteins. Anal Chem 2015; 88:1008-16. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b03911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Dustin D. Holden
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Levy MJ, Gucinski AC, Boyne MT. Primary Sequence Confirmation of a Protein Therapeutic Using Top Down MS/MS and MS3. Anal Chem 2015; 87:6995-9. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b01113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Michaella J. Levy
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Office of
Testing and Research, Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis, 645 S. Newstead Ave., St. Louis, Missouri 63110, United States
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- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Office of
Testing and Research, Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis, 645 S. Newstead Ave., St. Louis, Missouri 63110, United States
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- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Office of
Testing and Research, Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis, 645 S. Newstead Ave., St. Louis, Missouri 63110, United States
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Canon F, Milosavljević AR, Nahon L, Giuliani A. Action spectroscopy of a protonated peptide in the ultraviolet range. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:25725-33. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cp04762a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Action spectroscopy of substance P, a model undecapeptide, has been probed from 5.2 eV to 20 eV.
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- Francis Canon
- Synchrotron Soleil
- l'Orme des Merisiers
- 91192 Gif sur Yvette Cedex
- France
- UMR1324 Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation
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- Synchrotron Soleil
- l'Orme des Merisiers
- 91192 Gif sur Yvette Cedex
- France
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- Synchrotron Soleil
- l'Orme des Merisiers
- 91192 Gif sur Yvette Cedex
- France
- Uar1008
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Giuliani A, Milosavljević AR, Canon F, Nahon L. Contribution of synchrotron radiation to photoactivation studies of biomolecular ions in the gas phase. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2014; 33:424-441. [PMID: 24375654 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Photon activation of ions in the visible and ultraviolet range attracts a growing interest, partly for its promising applications in tandem mass spectrometry. However, this task is not trivial, as it requires notably high brilliance photon sources. Hence, most of the work in that field has been performed using lasers. Synchrotron radiation is a source continuously tunable over a wide photon energy range and which possesses the necessary characteristics for ion activation. This review focuses on the array of applications of synchrotron radiation in photon activation of ions ranging from near UV to soft X-rays.
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- Alexandre Giuliani
- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint Aubin, 91192, Gif-sur-Yvette, France; UAR1008 CEPIA, INRA, 44316, Nantes, France
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Cannon JR, Kluwe C, Ellington A, Brodbelt JS. Characterization of green fluorescent proteins by 193 nm ultraviolet photodissociation mass spectrometry. Proteomics 2014; 14:1165-73. [PMID: 24596159 PMCID: PMC4071602 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201300364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2013] [Revised: 12/07/2013] [Accepted: 01/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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We investigate the utility of 193 nm ultraviolet photodissociation (UVPD) in comparison to CID, higher energy CID (HCD), and electron transfer dissociation (ETD) for top down fragmentation of highly homologous green fluorescent proteins (GFP) in the gas phase. Several GFP variants were constructed via mutation of surface residues to charged moieties, demonstrating different pIs and presenting a challenge for identification by mass spectrometry. Presented is a comparison of fragmentation techniques utilized for top down characterization of four variants with varying levels of surface charge. UVPD consistently resulted in identification of more fragment ions relative to other MS/MS methods, allowing higher confidence identification. In addition to the high number of fragment ions, the sites of fragmentation were more evenly spread throughout the protein backbone, which proved key for localizing the point mutations.
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- Joe R. Cannon
- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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- Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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- Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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Brodbelt JS. Photodissociation mass spectrometry: new tools for characterization of biological molecules. Chem Soc Rev 2014; 43:2757-83. [PMID: 24481009 PMCID: PMC3966968 DOI: 10.1039/c3cs60444f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 232] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Photodissociation mass spectrometry combines the ability to activate and fragment ions using photons with the sensitive detection of the resulting product ions by mass spectrometry. This combination affords a versatile tool for characterization of biological molecules. The scope and breadth of photodissociation mass spectrometry have increased substantially over the past decade as new research groups have entered the field and developed a number of innovative applications that illustrate the ability of photodissociation to produce rich fragmentation patterns, to cleave bonds selectively, and to target specific molecules based on incorporation of chromophores. This review focuses on many of the key developments in photodissociation mass spectrometry over the past decade with a particular emphasis on its applications to biological molecules.
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O'Brien JP, Brodbelt JS. Structural characterization of gangliosides and glycolipids via ultraviolet photodissociation mass spectrometry. Anal Chem 2013; 85:10399-407. [PMID: 24083420 DOI: 10.1021/ac402379y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Ultraviolet photodissociation (UVPD) mass spectrometry was used to characterize the structures of amphiphilic glycosphingolipids and gangliosides in comparison to collision induced dissociation (CID) and higher energy collision dissociation (HCD) in a high performance Orbitrap mass spectrometer. UVPD produced the widest array of fragment ions diagnostic for both the ceramide base and oligosaccharide moieties. CID and HCD generated mainly glycosidic B/Y and C/Z cleavages of the oligosaccharides moieties and very few informative fragments related to the hydrophobic ceramide base. Several unique cleavages at the sphingoid base and the fatty acid chain occurred upon UVPD, as well as a wider variety of cross ring cleavages (A/X ions), thus affording differentiation of isobaric gangliosides. An LC-UVPD-MS strategy allowed the elucidation of 27 gangliosides among five different classes.
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- John P O'Brien
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin , 1 University Station A5300, Austin, Texas, United States 78712
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Robotham SA, Kluwe C, Cannon JR, Ellington A, Brodbelt JS. De novo sequencing of peptides using selective 351 nm ultraviolet photodissociation mass spectrometry. Anal Chem 2013; 85:9832-8. [PMID: 24050806 DOI: 10.1021/ac402309h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Although in silico database search methods remain more popular for shotgun proteomics methods, de novo sequencing offers the ability to identify peptides derived from proteins lacking sequenced genomes and ones with subtle splice variants or truncations. Ultraviolet photodissociation (UVPD) of peptides derivatized by selective attachment of a chromophore at the N-terminus generates a characteristic series of y ions. The UVPD spectra of the chromophore-labeled peptides are simplified and thus amenable to de novo sequencing. This method resulted in an observed sequence coverage of 79% for cytochrome C (eight peptides), 47% for β-lactoglobulin (five peptides), 25% for carbonic anhydrase (six peptides), and 51% for bovine serum albumin (33 peptides). This strategy also allowed differentiation of proteins with high sequence homology as evidenced by de novo sequencing of two variants of green fluorescent protein.
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- Scott A Robotham
- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas , Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Shaw JB, Li W, Holden DD, Zhang Y, Griep-Raming J, Fellers RT, Early BP, Thomas PM, Kelleher NL, Brodbelt JS. Complete protein characterization using top-down mass spectrometry and ultraviolet photodissociation. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 135:12646-51. [PMID: 23697802 DOI: 10.1021/ja4029654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 266] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The top-down approach to proteomics offers compelling advantages due to the potential to provide complete characterization of protein sequence and post-translational modifications. Here we describe the implementation of 193 nm ultraviolet photodissociation (UVPD) in an Orbitrap mass spectrometer for characterization of intact proteins. Near-complete fragmentation of proteins up to 29 kDa is achieved with UVPD including the unambiguous localization of a single residue mutation and several protein modifications on Pin1 (Q13526), a protein implicated in the development of Alzheimer's disease and in cancer pathogenesis. The 5 ns, high-energy activation afforded by UVPD exhibits far less precursor ion-charge state dependence than conventional collision- and electron-based dissociation methods.
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- Jared B Shaw
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station A5300, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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Lai CK, Ng DCM, Pang HF, Le Blanc JCY, Hager JW, Fang DC, Cheung ASC, Chu IK. Laser-induced dissociation of singly protonated peptides at 193 and 266 nm within a hybrid linear ion trap mass spectrometer. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2013; 27:1119-27. [PMID: 23592116 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.6545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2012] [Revised: 02/08/2013] [Accepted: 02/13/2013] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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RATIONALE We implemented, for the first time, laser-induced dissociation (LID) within a modified hybrid linear ion trap mass spectrometer, QTrap, while preserving the original scanning capabilities and routine performance of the instrument. METHODS Precursor ions of interest were mass-selected in the first quadrupole (Q1), trapped in the radiofrequency-only quadrupole (q2), photodissociated under irradiation with a 193- or 266-nm laser beam in the third quadrupole (q3), and mass-analyzed using the linear ion trap. RESULTS LID of singly charged protonated peptides revealed, in addition to conventional amide-bond cleavages, preferential fragmentation at Cα -C/N-Cα bonds of the backbone as well as at the Cα -Cβ /Cβ -Cγ bonds of the side-chains. The LID spectra of [M+H](+) featured product ions that were very similar to the observed radical-induced fragmentations in the CID spectra of analogous odd-electron radical cations generated through dissociative electron-transfer in metal-ligand-peptide complexes or through laser photolysis of iodopeptides. CONCLUSIONS LID of [M+H](+) ions results in fragmentation channels that are comparable with those observed upon the CID of M(•+) ions, with a range of fascinating radical-induced fragmentations.
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- Cheuk-Kuen Lai
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Webb IK, Mentinova M, McGee WM, McLuckey SA. Gas-phase intramolecular protein crosslinking via ion/ion reactions: ubiquitin and a homobifunctional sulfo-NHS ester. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2013; 24:733-43. [PMID: 23463545 PMCID: PMC3644013 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-013-0590-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2012] [Revised: 12/18/2012] [Accepted: 01/18/2013] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Gas-phase intra-molecular crosslinking of protein ubiquitin cations has been demonstrated via ion/ion reactions with anions of a homobifunctional N-hydroxysulfosuccinimide (sulfo-NHS) ester reagent. The ion/ion reaction between multiply-protonated ubiquitin and crosslinker monoanions produces a stable, charge-reduced complex. Covalent crosslinking is indicated by the consecutive loss of 2 molecules of sulfo-NHS under ion trap collisional activation conditions. Covalent modification is verified by the presence of covalently crosslinked sequence ions produced by ion-trap collision-induced dissociation of the ion generated from the losses of sulfo-NHS. Analysis of the crosslinked sequence fragments allows for the localization of crosslinked primary amines, enabling proximity mapping of the gas-phase 3-D structures. The presence of two unprotonated reactive sites within the distance constraint of the crosslinker is required for successful crosslinking. The ability to covalently crosslink is, therefore, sensitive to protein charge state. As the charge state increases, fewer reactive sites are available and protein structure is more likely to become extended because of intramolecular electrostatic repulsion. At high charge states, the reagent shows little evidence for covalent crosslinking but does show evidence for 'electrostatic crosslinking' in that the binding of the sulfonate groups to the protein is sufficiently strong that backbone cleavages are favored over reagent detachment under ion trap collisional activation conditions.
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Woods AS, Jackson SN, Egan T, Lewis EK, Tabet JC, Schultz JA. MALDI/post ionization-ion mobility mass spectrometry of noncovalent complexes of dopamine receptors' epitopes. J Proteome Res 2013; 12:1668-77. [PMID: 23469763 PMCID: PMC4144030 DOI: 10.1021/pr301004w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Protein domains involved in receptor heteromer formation are disordered and rich in the amino acids necessary for the formation of noncovalent complexes (NCX). We present mass spectral NCX data from proteins and protein receptors' epitopes obtained by combining ion mobility (IM) and MALDI. We focus on NCX involved in heteromer formation occurring between epitopes of the Dopamine D2 (D2R) and Adenosine A2A receptors (A2AR) as well as D2R and the α2 nicotinic (NR) receptor's subunit. The IM data yield information on the gas phase conformation of the singly charged NCX which are observed either directly from MALDI or as codesorbed neutrals that are subsequently postionized by a time-delayed excimer laser pulse directed onto a portion of the neutral plume created by the MALDI desorption laser. Imaging mass spectrometry of the matrix/epitope dried droplet surface shows that the acidic and basic epitopes and their NCX are found to be spatially collocated within regions as small as 25 × 50 μm(2). Subtle differences in the relative abundance of protonated and cationized NCX and epitopes are measured in spatial regions near the sodium-rich outer border of the droplet.
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MESH Headings
- Calmodulin/chemistry
- Epitopes/analysis
- Epitopes/chemistry
- Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
- Mass Spectrometry/methods
- Peptides/analysis
- Peptides/chemistry
- Receptor, Adenosine A2A/chemistry
- Receptor, Adenosine A2A/immunology
- Receptor, Adenosine A2A/metabolism
- Receptors, Dopamine/chemistry
- Receptors, Dopamine/immunology
- Receptors, Dopamine D2/chemistry
- Receptors, Dopamine D2/immunology
- Receptors, Dopamine D2/physiology
- Receptors, Nicotinic/chemistry
- Receptors, Nicotinic/immunology
- Receptors, Nicotinic/metabolism
- Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization/methods
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Shaw JB, Madsen JA, Xu H, Brodbelt JS. Systematic comparison of ultraviolet photodissociation and electron transfer dissociation for peptide anion characterization. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2012; 23:1707-15. [PMID: 22895858 PMCID: PMC4460832 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-012-0424-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2012] [Revised: 05/19/2012] [Accepted: 05/20/2012] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Ultraviolet photodissociation at 193 nm (UVPD) and negative electron transfer dissociation (NETD) were compared to establish their utility for characterizing acidic proteomes with respect to sequence coverage distributions (a measure of product ion signals across the peptide backbone), sequence coverage percentages, backbone cleavage preferences, and fragmentation differences relative to precursor charge state. UVPD yielded significantly more diagnostic information compared with NETD for lower charge states (n ≤ 2), but both methods were comparable for higher charged species. While UVPD often generated a more heterogeneous array of sequence-specific products (b-, y-, c-, z-, Y-, d-, and w-type ions in addition to a- and x- type ions), NETD usually created simpler sets of a/x-type ions. LC-MS/UVPD and LC-MS/NETD analysis of protein digests utilizing high pH mobile phases coupled with automated database searching via modified versions of the MassMatrix algorithm was undertaken. UVPD generally outperformed NETD in stand-alone searches due to its ability to efficiently sequence both lower and higher charge states with rapid activation times. However, when combined with traditional positive mode CID, both methods yielded complementary information with significantly increased sequence coverage percentages and unique peptide identifications over that of just CID alone.
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- Jared B. Shaw
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station A5300, Austin, TX, USA 78712
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station A5300, Austin, TX, USA 78712
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- Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, BRB 9 Floor, Cleveland, OH, USA 44106
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station A5300, Austin, TX, USA 78712
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Facile identification of photocleavable reactive metabolites and oxidative stress biomarkers in proteins via mass spectrometry. Anal Bioanal Chem 2012; 403:2269-77. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-012-5867-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2011] [Revised: 02/01/2012] [Accepted: 02/10/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Hardouin J, Cremer AG, Delmas AF. Investigation of in-source decay of oxime-linked peptide by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2011; 25:2106-2112. [PMID: 21698695 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.5071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Brodbelt JS. Shedding light on the frontier of photodissociation. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2011; 22:197-206. [PMID: 21472579 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-010-0023-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2010] [Revised: 10/11/2010] [Accepted: 10/13/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The development of new ion activation/dissociation methods is motivated by the need for more versatile ways to characterize structures of ions, especially in the growing arena of biological mass spectrometry in which better tools for determining sequences, modifications, interactions, and conformations of biopolymers are essential. Although most agree that collision-induced dissociation (CID) remains the gold standard for ion activation/dissociation, recent inroads in electron- and photon-based activation methods have cemented their role as outstanding alternatives. This article will focus on the impact of photodissociation, including its strengths and drawbacks as an analytical tool, and its potential for further development in the next decade. Moreover, the discussion will emphasize photodissociation in quadrupole ion traps, because that platform has been used for one of the greatest arrays of new applications over the past decade.
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- Jennifer S Brodbelt
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
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Madsen JA, Boutz DR, Brodbelt JS. Ultrafast ultraviolet photodissociation at 193 nm and its applicability to proteomic workflows. J Proteome Res 2010; 9:4205-14. [PMID: 20578723 DOI: 10.1021/pr100515x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ultraviolet photodissociation (UVPD) at 193 nm was implemented on a linear ion trap mass spectrometer for high-throughput proteomic workflows. Upon irradiation by a single 5 ns laser pulse, efficient photodissociation of tryptic peptides was achieved with production of a, b, c, x, y, and z sequence ions, in addition to immonium ions and v and w side-chain loss ions. The factors that influence the UVPD mass spectra and subsequent in silico database searching via SEQUEST were evaluated. Peptide sequence aromaticity and the precursor charge state were found to influence photodissociation efficiency more so than the number of amide chromophores, and the ion trap q-value and number of laser pulses significantly affected the number and abundances of diagnostic product ions (e.g., sequence and immonium ions). Also, photoionization background subtraction was shown to dramatically improve SEQUEST results, especially when peptide signals were low. A liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS)/UVPD strategy was implemented and yielded comparable or better results relative to LC-MS/collision induced dissociation (CID) for analysis of proteolyzed bovine serum albumin and lysed human HT-1080 cytosolic fibrosarcoma cells.
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- James A Madsen
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station A5300, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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Zhang L, Reilly JP. De novo sequencing of tryptic peptides derived from Deinococcus radiodurans ribosomal proteins using 157 nm photodissociation MALDI TOF/TOF mass spectrometry. J Proteome Res 2010; 9:3025-34. [PMID: 20377247 DOI: 10.1021/pr901206j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Vacuum ultraviolet photodissociation of peptide ions in a matrix assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) tandem time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometer is used to characterize peptide mixtures derived from Deinococcus radiodurans ribosomal proteins. Tryptic peptides from 52 proteins were separated by reverse-phase liquid chromatography and spotted onto a MALDI plate. From 192 sample spots, 492 peptide ions were isolated, fragmented by both photodissociation and postsource decay (PSD), and then de novo sequenced. Three-hundred seventy-two peptides yielded sequences with 5 or more amino acids. Homology searches of these sequences against the whole bacterial proteome identified 49 ribosomal proteins, 45 of which matched with two or more peptides. Peptide de novo sequencing identified slightly more proteins than conventional database searches using Mascot and was particularly advantageous in identifying unexpected peptide modifications. In the present analysis, 52 peptide modifications were identified by de novo sequencing, most of which were not recognized by database searches.
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- Liangyi Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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Demeure K, Gabelica V, De Pauw EA. New advances in the understanding of the in-source decay fragmentation of peptides in MALDI-TOF-MS. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2010; 21:1906-1917. [PMID: 20832332 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2010.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2010] [Revised: 07/23/2010] [Accepted: 07/28/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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In-source decay (ISD) is a rapid fragmentation occurring in the matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) source before the ion extraction. Despite the increasing interest for peptides de novo sequencing by ISD, the influence of the matrix and of the peptide itself is not yet fully understood. Here we compare matrices with high ISD efficiencies to gain deeper insight in the ISD fragmentation process(es). The major ISD fragments are the c- and z-ions, but other types of fragments are also observed, and their origin is studied here. Two main pathways lead to fragmentation in the source: a radical-induced pathway that leads to c-, z-, w-, and d-ions, and a thermally activated pathway that leads to y-, b-, and a-ions. A detailed analysis of the ISD spectra of selected peptides revealed that (1) the extents of the two in-source pathways are differently favored depending on the matrix used, that (2) the presence of a positive/negative charge on the radical-induced fragments is necessary for their observation in positive/negative mode, respectively, and that (3), for a same peptide, the patterns of the different types of fragments differ according to the matrix used.
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- Kevin Demeure
- General and Physical Chemistry Department, Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Liege University, Liege, Belgium
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Vasicek L, Brodbelt JS. Enhancement of ultraviolet photodissociation efficiencies through attachment of aromatic chromophores. Anal Chem 2010; 82:9441-6. [PMID: 20961088 DOI: 10.1021/ac102126s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Two N-terminal derivatization reagents containing aromatic chromophores, 4-sulfophenyl isothiocyanate (SPITC) and 4-methylphosphonophenyl isothiocyanate (PPITC), were used to increase the dissociation efficiencies of peptides upon ultraviolet photodissociation (UVPD) at 193 nm. The resulting UVPD spectra are dominated by C-terminal ions, including y, z, x, v, and w ions, and immonium ions. The attachment of the PPITC or SPITC groups leads to a reduction in the number and abundances of N-terminal ions because the added phosphonate or sulfonate functionalities result in neutralization of some of the N-terminal species, ones that might normally be singly protonated in the absence of the negatively charged sulfonate or phosphonate groups. In addition, the greater photoabsorptivities of the PPITC- and SPITC-derivatized N-terminal product ions enhanced their secondary photodissociation, leading to formation of immonium ions.
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- Lisa Vasicek
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station A5300, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Parthasarathi R, He Y, Reilly JP, Raghavachari K. New Insights into the Vacuum UV Photodissociation of Peptides. J Am Chem Soc 2010; 132:1606-10. [DOI: 10.1021/ja907975v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405
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Zhang L, Reilly JP. Peptide photodissociation with 157 nm light in a commercial tandem time-of-flight mass spectrometer. Anal Chem 2009; 81:7829-38. [PMID: 19702244 DOI: 10.1021/ac9012557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Photodissociation with 157 nm light was implemented in an ABI model 4700 matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) tandem time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometer for peptide analysis. With a homemade computer program to control the light timing based on the m/z of each precursor ion, the photodissociation setup was seamlessly automated with the mass spectrometer. Peptide photodissociation in this apparatus yielded fragments similar to those observed in previous experiments with a home-built tandem-TOF mass spectrometer. Peptides having arginine at their C-termini yielded high-energy x-, v-, and w- type fragments, while peptides with N-terminal arginine produced many a- and d- type ions. Abundant immonium ions were also generated. High-quality photodissociation spectra were obtained with as little as 5 fmol of peptides. In the analysis of various tryptic peptides, photodissociation provided much more sequence information than the conventional TOF-TOF collision induced dissociation (CID). Because of the high fragmentation efficiency, sensitivity was not sacrificed to achieve this.
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- Liangyi Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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Park S, Ahn WK, Lee S, Han SY, Rhee BK, Oh HB. Ultraviolet photodissociation at 266 nm of phosphorylated peptide cations. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2009; 23:3609-3620. [PMID: 19890956 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.4184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Ultraviolet (UV) photodissociation (PD) experiments using 266 nm light were performed for a series of phosphopeptide cations in a Fourier transform mass spectrometer. The objective of the experiments was to determine whether 266 nm UV irradiation on the phosphopeptide cations would induce unique peptide backbone dissociation. In addition, the general behavior of the phosphate loss (-80 or -98 Da) was monitored, particularly for those phosphopeptides with a phosphotyrosine residue that itself is a UV chromophore. For phosphopeptides with a UV chromophore, their photodissociation behavior was very similar to that of low-energy sustained off-resonance irradiation collisionally activated dissociation (SORI-CAD), with a few exceptions. For example, b- and y-type peptide backbone fragments were prevalent, and their dephosphorylation behavior was consistent with that of the SORI-CAD results. For phosphoserine peptides, the loss of a phosphate group was always observed. On the other hand, for phosphotyrosine peptides, the phosphate loss was found to be dependent on the presence of a basic amino group in the sequence and the charge state of the precursor ions, in agreement with the CAD results in the literature. However, hydrogen atom loss or aromatic side chain loss, which is known to be the excited state specific fragmentation pathway, was rarely observed in our 266 nm UV PD experiments, in contrast to the previous UV PD literature (particularly at 220 nm). The mechanism for these observations is described in terms of dominant internal conversion followed by intramolecular vibrational energy redistribution (IVR).
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- Soojin Park
- Department of Chemistry and Interdisciplinary Program of Integrated Biotechnology, Sogang University, Seoul 121-742, Republic of Korea
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Ly T, Julian R. Ultraviolet Photodissociation: Developments towards Applications for Mass-Spectrometry-Based Proteomics. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2009; 48:7130-7. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.200900613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Ly T, Julian R. Photodissoziation durch UV-Licht: Anwendungen in der massenspektrometrischen Proteomforschung. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.200900613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Gardner MW, Brodbelt JS. Ultraviolet photodissociation mass spectrometry of bis-aryl hydrazone conjugated peptides. Anal Chem 2009; 81:4864-72. [PMID: 19449860 DOI: 10.1021/ac9005233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ultraviolet photodissociation (UVPD) at 355 nm was used to rapidly identify peptides which had been chemically conjugated through bis-aryl hydrazone (BAH) moieties. The two biomolecules of interest were separately tagged to introduce either an aldehyde or a hydrazine and then conjugated together through these functional groups to from the UV-chromogenic BAH-group. In a mock mixture of peptides, UVPD was used to screen for the BAH-conjugated peptides in direct infusion ESI-UVPD-MS and online LC-UVPD-MS methods by comparing the abundances of the ions with the laser off and with the laser on. Only the BAH-conjugated peptides were observed to photodissociate upon exposure to UV irradiation, thus affording excellent selectivity for the pinpointing the relevant conjugated peptides in a complex mixture of nonconjugated peptides. UVPD analysis of conjugated model peptides indicated that the UVPD efficiencies of these species were charge state dependent. BAH-conjugated peptides that had a mobile proton which could protonate the basic BAH-moiety underwent more efficient photodissociation than the peptide ions with sequestered protons. Ultraviolet photodissociation of BAH-cross-linked peptides also yielded more diagnostic sequence ions than CID to unambiguously locate the site of conjugation.
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- Myles W Gardner
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station A5300, Austin, Texas 78712-1167, USA
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Mass spectrometric identification of all types of molecules relies on the observation and interpretation of ion fragmentation patterns. Peptides, proteins, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids that are often found as components of complex biological samples represent particularly important challenges. The most common strategies for fragmenting biomolecular ions include low- and high-energy collisional activation, post-source decay, and electron capture or transfer dissociation. Each of these methods has its own idiosyncrasies and advantages but encounters problems with some types of samples. Novel fragmentation methods that can offer improvements are always desirable. One approach that has been under study for years but is not yet incorporated into a commercial instrument is ultraviolet photofragmentation. This review discusses experimental results on various biological molecules that have been generated by several research groups using different light wavelengths and mass analyzers. Work involving short-wavelength vacuum ultraviolet light is particularly emphasized. The characteristics of photofragmentation are examined and its advantages summarized.
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- James P Reilly
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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Yeh GK, Sun Q, Meneses C, Julian RR. Rapid peptide fragmentation without electrons, collisions, infrared radiation, or native chromophores. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2009; 20:385-93. [PMID: 19036607 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2008.10.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2008] [Revised: 10/28/2008] [Accepted: 10/28/2008] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Ultraviolet photodissociation of peptides followed by mass analysis has several desirable advantages relative to other methods, yet it has not found widespread use due to several limitations. One shortcoming is the inefficiency with which peptides absorb in the ultraviolet. This issue has a simple solution and can be circumvented by the attachment of noncovalent adducts that contain appropriate chromophores. Subsequent photoactivation of the chromophore leads to vibrational excitation of the complex and eventually to fragmentation of the peptide. Herein, the energetics that control the efficiency of this process are examined as a function of the characteristics of both the peptide and the noncovalently attached chromophore. Fragmentation efficiency decreases with increasing peptide size and is also constrained by the binding energy of the noncovalent adduct. The optimum chromophore should have excellent absorption at the excitation wavelength and a low luminescence quantum yield. It is demonstrated that a naphthyl based 18-crown-6 adduct is ideally suited for attaching to a variety peptides and fragmenting them following absorption of 266 nm light. Potential applications and limitations of this methodology are discussed.
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- Geoffrey K Yeh
- Department of Chemistry, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92508, USA
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Berkout VD. Fragmentation of singly protonated peptides via interaction with metastable rare gas atoms. Anal Chem 2009; 81:725-31. [PMID: 19099409 DOI: 10.1021/ac802214e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The effects of metastable energy level and peptide sequence on the fragmentation patterns of singly charged peptide ions dissociated in collisions with metastable rare gas atoms were studied. Fragmentation spectra of singly charged peptide ions were shown to be more structure-informative and very different from those obtained in low-energy collision-induced dissociation. Unusual odd-electron radical a- and x-ions were observed. Several fragment ions corresponding to a side-chain loss were also observed, which allowed differentiation between leucine and isoleucine. The fragmentation mechanism depends on electronic energy transferred during interaction with metastable gas atoms and proceeds either via Penning ionization with formation of radical odd-electron doubly charged molecular cation or via high-energy excitation of internal degrees of freedom of the peptide cation.
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Antol I, Vazdar M, Barbatti M, Eckert-Maksić M. The effect of protonation on the photodissociation processes in formamide – An ab initio surface hopping dynamics study. Chem Phys 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2008.01.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Wilson JJ, Brodbelt JS. Ultraviolet photodissociation at 355 nm of fluorescently labeled oligosaccharides. Anal Chem 2008; 80:5186-96. [PMID: 18505268 DOI: 10.1021/ac800315k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Ultraviolet photodissociation (UVPD) produces complementary fragmentation to collision-induced dissociation (CID) when implemented for activation of fluorescently labeled oligosaccharide and glycan ions. Reductive amination of oligosaccharides with fluorophore reagents results in efficient photon absorption at 355 nm, producing fragment ions from the nonreducing end that do not contain the appended fluorophore. In contrast to the fragment ions observed upon UVPD (A- and C-type ions), CID produces mainly reducing end fragments retaining the fluorophore (Y-type ions). UVPD affords better isomeric differentiation of both the lacto-N-fucopentaoses series and the lacto-N-difucohexaoses series, but in general, the combination of UVPD and CID offers the most diagnostic elucidation of complex branched oligosaccharides. Four fluorophores yielded similar MS/MS results; however, 6-aminoquinoline (6-AQ), 2-amino-9(10 H)-acridone (AMAC) and 7-aminomethylcoumarin (AMC) afforded more efficient photon absorption and subsequent dissociation than 2-aminobenzamide (2-AB). UVPD also was useful for characterization of glycans released from ribonuclease B and derivatized with 6-AQ. Lastly, electron photodetachment dissociation of oligosaccharides derivatized with 7-amino-1,3-naphthalenedisulfonic acid (AGA) yielded unique cross-ring cleavages similar to those obtained by electron detachment dissociation.
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- Jeffrey J Wilson
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 1 University Station A5300, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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Dodds ED, German JB, Lebrilla CB. Enabling MALDI-FTICR-MS/MS for high-performance proteomics through combination of infrared and collisional activation. Anal Chem 2007; 79:9547-56. [PMID: 18001128 DOI: 10.1021/ac701763t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry (MS) is a central tool for proteomic analysis, yet the singly protonated tryptic peptide ions produced by MALDI are significantly more difficult to dissociate for tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) than the corresponding multiply protonated ions. In order to overcome this limitation, current proteomic approaches using MALDI-MS/MS involve high-energy collision-induced dissociation (CID). Unfortunately, the use of high-energy CID complicates product ion spectra with a significant proportion of irrelevant fragments while also reducing mass accuracy and mass resolution. In order to address the lack of a high-resolution, high mass accuracy MALDI-MS/MS platform for proteomics, Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FTICR-MS) and a recently developed MS/MS technique termed CIRCA (for combination of infrared and collisional activation) have been applied to proteomic analysis. Here, CIRCA is shown to be suitable for dissociating singly protonated tryptic peptides, providing greater sequence coverage than either CID or infrared multiphoton dissociation (IRMPD) alone. Furthermore, the CIRCA fragmentation spectra are of sufficient quality to allow protein identification based on the MS/MS spectra alone or in concert with the peptide mass fingerprint (PMF). This is accomplished without compromising mass accuracy or mass resolution. As a result, CIRCA serves to enable MALDI-FTICR-MS/MS for high-performance proteomics experiments.
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- Eric D Dodds
- Department of Chemistry, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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