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Sharif D, Foroushani SH, Attanayake K, Dewasurendra VK, DeBastiani A, DeVor A, Johnson MB, Li P, Valentine SJ. Capillary Vibrating Sharp-Edge Spray Ionization Augments Field-Free Ionization Techniques to Promote Conformer Preservation in the Gas-Phase for Intractable Biomolecular Ions. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:8970-8984. [PMID: 36318704 PMCID: PMC10278089 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c04960] [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] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Field-free capillary vibrating sharp-edge spray ionization (cVSSI) is evaluated for its ability to conduct native mass spectrometry (MS) experiments. The charge state distributions for nine globular proteins are compared using field-free cVSSI, field-enabled cVSSI, and electrospray ionization (ESI). In general, for both positive and negative ion mode, the average charge state (qavg) increases for field-free cVSSI with increasing molecular weight similar to ESI. A clear difference is that the qavg is significantly lower for field-free conditions in both analyses. Two proteins, leptin and thioredoxin, exhibit bimodal charge state distributions (CSDs) upon the application of voltage in positive ion mode; only a monomodal distribution is observed for field-free conditions. In negative ion mode, thioredoxin exhibits a multimodal CSD upon the addition of voltage to cVSSI. Extensive molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of myoglobin and leptin in nanodroplets suggest that the multimodal CSD for leptin may originate from increased conformational "breathing" (decreased packing) and association with the droplet surface. These properties along with increased droplet charge appear to play critical roles in shifting ionization processes for some proteins. Further exploration and development of field-free cVSSI as a new ionization source for native MS especially as applied to more flexible biomolecular species is warranted.
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- Daud Sharif
- C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia26506, United States
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- C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia26506, United States
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- C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia26506, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia26506, United States
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- C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia26506, United States
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- C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia26506, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia26506, United States
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- C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia26506, United States
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- C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia26506, United States
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Sutton JM, El Zahar NM, Bartlett MG. Oligonucleotide Anion Adduct Formation Using Negative Ion Electrospray Ion-Mobility Mass Spectrometry. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2021; 32:497-508. [PMID: 33476148 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.0c00380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Improving the mobile phase of electrospray oligonucleotides has been a major focus in the field of oligonucleotides. These improved mobile phases should reduce the charge state envelope of oligonucleotides coupled with electrospray ionization, which is key to reducing spectral complexity and increasing sensitivity. Traditional mobile phase compositions with fluorinated alcohol and alkylamine, like hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP) and triethylamine (TEA), have a large amount of cationic adduction and many charge states. Utilizing different fluorinated alcohol and alkylamine combinations, like nonafluoro-tert-butyl alcohol (NFTB) and octylamine (OA), can selectively reduce the charge states analyzed. Other classes of biomolecules have been analyzed with anionic salts to stabilize complexes, increase the molecular peak detection, and even provide unique structural information about these molecules; however, there have been no studies using anionic salts with oligonucleotides. Our experiments systematically study the stability and binding of ammonium anionic salt. We show that anions selectively bind low charge states of these oligonucleotides. Ion-mobility measurements are made to determine the collision cross section (CCS) of these oligonucleotides with anion adduction. We utilize both a nucleic acid exact hard sphere simulation (EHSS) calibration and a protein calibration. We are able to show that NFTB/OA is a good choice for the study of oligonucleotides with reduced charge states for the binding of anionic salts and the determination of CCS using ion mobility.
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- J Michael Sutton
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Georgia College of Pharmacy, 250 West Green Street, Athens, Georgia 30602-2352, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Georgia College of Pharmacy, 250 West Green Street, Athens, Georgia 30602-2352, United States
- Department of Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Organization of African Unity Street, Abassia, Cairo 11566, Egypt
- Medicinal Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Salman International University, Ras-Sedr, South Sinai Governorate 46612, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Georgia College of Pharmacy, 250 West Green Street, Athens, Georgia 30602-2352, United States
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Leney AC. Subunit pI Can Influence Protein Complex Dissociation Characteristics. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2019; 30:1389-1395. [PMID: 31077092 PMCID: PMC6669198 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-019-02198-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2019] [Revised: 03/12/2019] [Accepted: 03/12/2019] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Mass spectrometry is frequently used to determine protein complex topology. By combining in-solution and gas-phase dissociation measurements, information can be indirectly inferred about the original composition of the protein complex. Although the mechanisms behind gas-phase complex dissociation are becoming more established, protein complex dissociation is not always predictable. Here, we looked into the effect of the protein subunits pI on complex dissociation. We chose two structurally similar, hexameric protein complexes that consist of a ring of alternating alpha and beta subunits. For one complex, allophycocyanin, the alpha and beta subunits are structurally similar, almost identical in mass, but have distinct pIs. In contrast, the other complex, phycoerythrin, is structural similar to allophycocyanin, yet the subunits have identical pIs. As predicted based on the structural arrangement, dissociation of phycoerythrin resulted in the observation of both the alpha and beta monomeric subunits in the mass spectrometer. However, for allophycocyanin, the results differed dramatically, with only the alpha monomeric subunit being detected upon gas-phase dissociation. Together, the results highlighted the importance of considering the isoelectric points of individual subunits within a protein complex when using tandem mass spectrometry data to elucidate protein complex topology.
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- Aneika C Leney
- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
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Loo RRO, Loo JA. Salt Bridge Rearrangement (SaBRe) Explains the Dissociation Behavior of Noncovalent Complexes. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2016; 27:975-90. [PMID: 27052739 PMCID: PMC4865452 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-016-1375-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2016] [Revised: 02/28/2016] [Accepted: 03/01/2016] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Native electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry, with gas-phase activation and solution compositions that partially release subcomplexes, can elucidate topologies of macromolecular assemblies. That so much complexity can be preserved in gas-phase assemblies is remarkable, although a long-standing conundrum has been the differences between their gas- and solution-phase decompositions. Collision-induced dissociation of multimeric noncovalent complexes typically distributes products asymmetrically (i.e., by ejecting a single subunit bearing a large percentage of the excess charge). That unexpected behavior has been rationalized as one subunit "unfolding" to depart with more charge. We present an alternative explanation based on heterolytic ion-pair scission and rearrangement, a mechanism that inherently partitions charge asymmetrically. Excessive barriers to dissociation are circumvented in this manner, when local charge rearrangements access a lower-barrier surface. An implication of this ion pair consideration is that stability differences between high- and low-charge state ions usually attributed to Coulomb repulsion may, alternatively, be conveyed by attractive forces from ion pairs (salt bridges) stabilizing low-charge state ions. Should the number of ion pairs be roughly inversely related to charge, symmetric dissociations would be favored from highly charged complexes, as observed. Correlations between a gas-phase protein's size and charge reflect the quantity of restraining ion pairs. Collisionally-facilitated salt bridge rearrangement (SaBRe) may explain unusual size "contractions" seen for some activated, low charge state complexes. That some low-charged multimers preferentially cleave covalent bonds or shed small ions to disrupting noncovalent associations is also explained by greater ion pairing in low charge state complexes. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.
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- Rachel R Ogorzalek Loo
- Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
- UCLA/DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
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Hanozin E, Morsa D, De Pauw E. Energetics and structural characterization of isomers using ion mobility and gas-phase H/D exchange: Learning from lasso peptides. Proteomics 2015; 15:2823-34. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201400534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2014] [Revised: 03/03/2015] [Accepted: 03/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- Emeline Hanozin
- Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry; University of Liege; Liege Belgium
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- Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry; University of Liege; Liege Belgium
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- Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry; University of Liege; Liege Belgium
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Pacholarz KJ, Barran PE. Distinguishing Loss of Structure from Subunit Dissociation for Protein Complexes with Variable Temperature Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2015; 87:6271-9. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b01063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Kamila J. Pacholarz
- University of Edinburgh, School of Chemistry, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JJ, United Kingdom
- University of Manchester, School of Chemistry, Manchester
Institute of Biotechnology, Michael Barber Centre for Collaborative
Mass Spectrometry, 131
Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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- University of Manchester, School of Chemistry, Manchester
Institute of Biotechnology, Michael Barber Centre for Collaborative
Mass Spectrometry, 131
Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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Arcella A, Portella G, Orozco M. Structure of Nucleic Acids in the Gas Phase. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY IN ACTION 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-54842-0_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Fegan SK, Thachuk M. Suitability of the MARTINI Force Field for Use with Gas-Phase Protein Complexes. J Chem Theory Comput 2012; 8:1304-13. [DOI: 10.1021/ct200739s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Sarah K. Fegan
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036
Main Mall, Vancouver,
BC, V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036
Main Mall, Vancouver,
BC, V6T 1Z1, Canada
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Stengel F, Aebersold R, Robinson CV. Joining forces: integrating proteomics and cross-linking with the mass spectrometry of intact complexes. Mol Cell Proteomics 2011; 11:R111.014027. [PMID: 22180098 PMCID: PMC3316738 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.r111.014027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Protein assemblies are critical for cellular function and understanding their physical organization is the key aim of structural biology. However, applying conventional structural biology approaches is challenging for transient, dynamic, or polydisperse assemblies. There is therefore a growing demand for hybrid technologies that are able to complement classical structural biology methods and thereby broaden our arsenal for the study of these important complexes. Exciting new developments in the field of mass spectrometry and proteomics have added a new dimension to the study of protein-protein interactions and protein complex architecture. In this review, we focus on how complementary mass spectrometry-based techniques can greatly facilitate structural understanding of protein assemblies.
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- Florian Stengel
- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemistry Research Laboratory, Oxford, OX1 3TA United Kingdom
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Mayer PM, Martineau E. Gas-phase binding energies for non-covalent Aβ-40 peptide/small molecule complexes from CID mass spectrometry and RRKM theory. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2011; 13:5178-86. [DOI: 10.1039/c0cp02149k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Frimpong AK, Abzalimov RR, Uversky VN, Kaltashov IA. Characterization of intrinsically disordered proteins with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry: conformational heterogeneity of alpha-synuclein. Proteins 2010; 78:714-22. [PMID: 19847913 DOI: 10.1002/prot.22604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Conformational heterogeneity of alpha-synuclein was studied with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry by analyzing protein ion charge state distributions, where the extent of multiple charging reflects compactness of the protein conformations in solution. Although alpha-synuclein lacks a single well-defined structure under physiological conditions, it was found to sample four distinct conformational states, ranging from a highly structured one to a random coil. The compact highly structured state of alpha-synuclein is present across the entire range of conditions tested (pH ranging from 2.5 to 10, alcohol content from 0% to 60%), but is particularly abundant in acidic solutions. The only other protein state populated in acidic solutions is a partially folded intermediate state lacking stable tertiary structure. Another, more compact intermediate state is induced by significant amounts of ethanol used as a co-solvent and appears to represent a partially folded conformation with high beta-sheet content. Protein dimerization is observed throughout the entire range of conditions tested, although only acidic solutions favor formation of highly structured dimers of alpha-synuclein. These dimers are likely to present the earliest stages in protein aggregation leading to globular oligomers and, subsequently, protofibrils.
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- Agya K Frimpong
- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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Hyung SJ, Robinson CV, Ruotolo BT. Gas-Phase Unfolding and Disassembly Reveals Stability Differences in Ligand-Bound Multiprotein Complexes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 16:382-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2009.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2008] [Revised: 02/16/2009] [Accepted: 02/18/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Benesch JLP. Collisional activation of protein complexes: picking up the pieces. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2009; 20:341-8. [PMID: 19110440 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2008.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2008] [Revised: 11/19/2008] [Accepted: 11/19/2008] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Mass spectrometry is fast becoming a vital approach not only for the identification and quantification of proteins, but also for the study of the noncovalent assemblies they form. Approaches for ionizing, transmitting, and detecting protein complexes intact in the mass spectrometer are now well established. The challenge has therefore shifted to developing and applying mass spectrometry approaches to elucidate the structure of such species. A crucial aspect to this goal is inducing their disassembly in the gas phase to mine information as to their composition and organization. Here the consequences of collisionally activating protein complexes are illustrated through ion mobility mass spectrometry measurements and discussed in the context of the current literature. Although a consensus view of the mechanism of dissociation is starting to emerge, it is also clear that a number of aspects remain unresolved. These outstanding questions and frontier challenges must be addressed if gas-phase dissociative approaches are to reach their full potential in the study of protein assemblies.
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- Justin L P Benesch
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
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Wanasundara SN, Thachuk M. Free Energy Barrier Estimation for the Dissociation of Charged Protein Complexes in the Gas Phase. J Phys Chem A 2009; 113:3814-21. [DOI: 10.1021/jp8094227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Surajith N. Wanasundara
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1, Canada
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Wanasundara SN, Thachuk M. Theoretical investigations of the dissociation of charged protein complexes in the gas phase. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2007; 18:2242-2253. [PMID: 17977010 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2007.09.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2007] [Revised: 06/21/2007] [Accepted: 09/17/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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A series of calculations, varying from simple electrostatic to more detailed semi-empirical based molecular dynamics ones, were carried out on charged gas phase ions of the cytochrome c(') dimer. The energetics of differing charge states, charge partitionings, and charge configurations were examined in both the low and high charge regimes. As well, preliminary free energy calculations of dissociation barriers are presented. It is shown that one must always consider distributions of charge configurations, once protein relaxation effects are taken into account, and that no single configuration dominates. All these results also indicate that in the high charge limit, the dissociation of protein complex ions is governed by electrostatic repulsion from the net charges, the consequences of which are enumerated and discussed. There are two main trends deriving from this, namely that charges will move so as to approximately maintain constant surface charge density, and that the lowest barrier to dissociation is the one that produces fragment ions with equal charges. In particular, it is shown that the charge-to-mass ratio of a fragment ion is not the key physical parameter in predicting dissociation products. In fact, from the perspective of the division of total charge, many dissociation pathways reported to be "asymmetric" in the literature should be more properly labelled as "symmetric" or "near-symmetric". The Coulomb repulsion model assumes that the timescale for charge transfer is faster than that for protein structural changes, which in turn is faster than that for complex dissociation.
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Benesch JLP, Ruotolo BT, Simmons DA, Robinson CV. Protein complexes in the gas phase: technology for structural genomics and proteomics. Chem Rev 2007; 107:3544-67. [PMID: 17649985 DOI: 10.1021/cr068289b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 344] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Justin L P Benesch
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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The fact that ions of macromolecular complexes produced by electrospray ionization can be maintained intact in a mass spectrometer has stimulated exciting new lines of research. In this review we chart the progress of this research from the observation of simple homo-oligomers to complex heterogeneous macromolecular assemblies of mega-Dalton proportions. The applications described herein not only confirm the status of mass spectrometry (MS) as a structural biology approach to complement X-ray analysis or electron microscopy, but also highlight unique attributes of the methodology. This is exemplified in studies of the biogenesis of macromolecular complexes and in the exchange of subunits between macromolecular complexes. Moreover, recent successes in revealing the overall subunit architecture of complexes are set to promote MS from a complementary approach to a structural biology tool in its own right.
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- Michal Sharon
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom.
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Ho YH, Chen JW, Hu TL. Elucidating Factors Manipulated the Formation of Multiply Charged Protein Homomultimeric Complexes by Electrospray Ionization. J CHIN CHEM SOC-TAIP 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/jccs.200700056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Sinelnikov I, Kitova EN, Klassen JS. Influence of Coulombic repulsion on the dissociation pathways and energetics of multiprotein complexes in the gas phase. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2007; 18:617-31. [PMID: 17204428 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2006.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2006] [Revised: 10/27/2006] [Accepted: 11/07/2006] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Thermal dissociation experiments, implemented with blackbody infrared radiative dissociation and Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry, are performed on gaseous protonated and deprotonated ions of the homopentameric B subunits of Shiga toxin 1 (Stx1 B5) and Shiga toxin 2 (Stx2 B5) and the homotetramer streptavidin (S4). Dissociation of the gaseous, multisubunit complexes proceeds predominantly by the loss of a single subunit. Notably, the fractional partitioning of charge between the product ions, i.e., the leaving subunit and the resulting multimer, for a given complex is, within error, constant over the range of charge states investigated. The Arrhenius activation parameters (E(a), A) measured for the loss of subunit decrease with increasing charge state of the complex. However, the parameters for the protonated and deprotonated ions, with the same number of charges, are indistinguishable. The influence of the complex charge state on the dissociation pathways and the magnitude of the dissociation E(a) are modeled theoretically with the discrete charge droplet model (DCDM) and the protein structure model (PSM), wherein the structure of the subunits is considered. Importantly, the major subunit charge states observed experimentally for the Stx1 B5(n+/-) ions correspond to the minimum energy charge distribution predicted by DCDM and PSM assuming a late dissociative transition-state (TS); while for structurally-related Stx2 B5(n+) ions, the experimental charge distribution corresponds to an early TS. It is proposed that the lateness of the TS is related, in part, to the degree of unfolding of the leaving subunit, with Stx1 B being more unfolded than Stx2 B. PSM, incorporating significant subunit unfolding is necessary to account for the product ions observed for the S4(n+) ions. The contribution of Coulombic repulsion to the dissociation E(a) is quantified and the intrinsic activation energy is estimated for the first time.
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- Igor Sinelnikov
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Breuker K, McLafferty FW. The thermal unfolding of native cytochrome c in the transition from solution to gas phase probed by native electron capture dissociation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2006; 44:4911-4. [PMID: 15999374 DOI: 10.1002/anie.200500668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Kathrin Breuker
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Innsbruck University, Innrain 52a, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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Benesch JLP, Aquilina JA, Ruotolo BT, Sobott F, Robinson CV. Tandem Mass Spectrometry Reveals the Quaternary Organization of Macromolecular Assemblies. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 13:597-605. [PMID: 16793517 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2006.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 195] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2006] [Revised: 04/04/2006] [Accepted: 04/10/2006] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The application of mass spectrometry (MS) to the study of progressively larger and more complex macromolecular assemblies is proving increasingly useful for structural biologists. The scope of this approach has recently been widened through the application of a tandem MS procedure. This two-step technique involves the selection of specific assemblies in the gas phase and inducing their dissociation through collisions with argon atoms. Here, we investigate the mechanism of this process and show that dissociation of subunits from a macromolecular assembly follows a sequential pathway, with the partitioning of charge between the dissociation products governed primarily by their relative surface areas. Using this basis of understanding, we highlight differences in the dissociation pathways of three related macromolecular assemblies and show how these are a direct consequence of changes in both local and global oligomeric organization.
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- Justin L P Benesch
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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Liu B, Hvelplund P, Brøndsted Nielsen S. Multiply-charged negative clusters of adenosine-5'-monophosphate in the gas phase. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2005; 16:1840-5. [PMID: 16185890 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2005.07.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2005] [Revised: 07/15/2005] [Accepted: 07/15/2005] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Multiply-charged noncovalent cluster anions of adenosine-5'-monophosphate (AMP) were formed by electrospray ionization (ESI). Ions in higher charge states were observed when the ions were accumulated in an ion trap with helium buffer gas before detection. We determined the smallest size (n(a)) or appearance size as a function of charge state (q), i.e., n(a) = 4 for q = 2, n(a) = 8 for q = 3, and n(a) = 13 for q = 4. The relation between n(a) and q can be described by a charged droplet model. When the size is larger than n(a) for a given q, the fragmentation pathway of an anion cluster is dominated by loss of neutral fragments. In contrast, when the size approaches the appearance size, only charged fragments are formed.
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- Bo Liu
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark.
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Breuker K, McLafferty FW. Das thermische Entfalten von nativem Cytochromc im Übergang von der Lösung in die Gasphase, untersucht mit Nativer Elektroneneinfang-Dissoziation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2005. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.200500668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Chevreux G, Potier N, Van Dorsselaer A, Bahloul A, Houdusse A, Wells A, Sweeney HL. Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry studies of noncovalent myosin VI complexes reveal a new specific calmodulin binding site. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2005; 16:1367-76. [PMID: 15979337 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2005.03.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2005] [Revised: 03/21/2005] [Accepted: 03/22/2005] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Among the myosin superfamily, myosin VI differs from all others by a reverse directionality and a particular motility. Little structural information is available for myosin VI. It is known that it binds one calmodulin (CaM) by means of a single "IQ motif" and that myosin VI contains a specific insert located at the junction between the motor domain (MD) and the lever arm, likely to play a critical role for the unusual motility previously observed. Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (MS) was used to determine the CaM and Ca2+ stoichiometries in several myosin VI constructs. In particular, the experimental conditions required for the observation of multiprotein/Ca2+ noncovalent assemblies are detailed for two truncated MD constructs (less than 20 kDa) and for three full MD constructs (more than 90 KDa). The specificity of the detected stoichiometries is discussed for each construct and the resolving power of Time of Flight mass spectrometry is stressed, in particular for the detection of metal ions binding to high molecular weight complexes. MS reveals a new CaM binding site for myosin VI and highlights a different behavior for the five myosin VI constructs versus Ca2+ binding. In addition to these stoichiometry based experiments, gas-phase dissociation analyses on intact complexes are described. They reveal that Ca2+ transfer between protein partners occurs during the dissociation process for one construct with a full MD. Charge-transfer and dissociation behavior has allowed to draw structural assumptions for the interaction of the MD with the CaM N-terminal lobe.
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Bogdanov B, Smith RD. Proteomics by FTICR mass spectrometry: top down and bottom up. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2005; 24:168-200. [PMID: 15389855 DOI: 10.1002/mas.20015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 264] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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This review provides a broad overview of recent Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FTICR) applications and technological developments relevant to the field of proteomics. Both the "bottom up" (peptide level) and "top down" (intact protein level) approaches are discussed and illustrated with examples. "Bottom up" topics include peptide fragmentation, the accurate mass and time (AMT) tag approach and dynamic range extension technology, aspects of quantitative proteomics measurements, post-translational modifications, and developments in FTICR operation software focused on peptide and protein identification. Topics related to the "top down" approach include various aspects of high mass measurements, protein tandem mass spectrometry, methods for the study of protein conformations, and protein complexes as well as advanced technologies that may become of practical utility in the coming years. Finally, early examples of the integration of both FTICR approaches to biomedical proteomics applications are presented, along with an outlook for future directions.
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- Bogdan Bogdanov
- Biological Sciences Division and Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
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Csiszar S, Thachuk M. Using ellipsoids to model charge distributions in gas phase protein complex ion dissociation. CAN J CHEM 2004. [DOI: 10.1139/v04-154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Gas phase protein complex dissociation was modelled using ellipsoids on which discrete charges were placed in randomly chosen charge sites. A number of sizes, shapes, orientations, and types of ellipsoids were considered. For each case, charge transfer parameters and electrostatic energies were calculated as a function of the fractional surface area. It was found that to within 1015%, the charge on product ions after dissociation is distributed according to their fractional surface area. This can imply, for example, that in experiments measuring the dissociation of homodimers, charge asymmetries of greater than 1015% in the product ions signal that one of the ions has greatly increased its surface area, such as would occur with unfolding. This assumes that proton transfer occurs on a timescale fast enough that the dissociation products adopt the minimum electrostatic energy configuration. Calculation of this energy shows that it is minimized when one or more of the monomers is in an extended conformation.Key words: protein complex dissociation, ellipsoid charge model, charge asymmetry.
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Jurchen JC, Garcia DE, Williams ER. Further studies on the origins of asymmetric charge partitioning in protein homodimers. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2004; 15:1408-1415. [PMID: 15465353 PMCID: PMC1325214 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2004.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2004] [Revised: 06/09/2004] [Accepted: 06/09/2004] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Dissociation of gas-phase protonated protein dimers into their constituent monomers can result in either symmetric or asymmetric charge partitioning. Dissociation of alpha-lactalbumin homodimers with 15+ charges results in a symmetric, but broad, distribution of protein monomers with charge states centered around 8+/7+. In contrast, dissociation of the 15+ heterodimer consisting of one molecule in the oxidized form and one in the reduced form results in highly asymmetric charge partitioning in which the reduced species carries away predominantly 11+ charges, and the oxidized molecule carries away 4+ charges. This result cannot be adequately explained by differential charging occurring either in solution or in the electrospray process, but appears to be best explained by the reduced species unfolding upon activation in the gas phase with subsequent separation and proton transfer to the unfolding species in the dissociation complex to minimize Coulomb repulsion. For dimers of cytochrome c formed directly from solution, the 17+ charge state undergoes symmetric charge partitioning whereas dissociation of the 13+ is asymmetric. Reduction of the charge state of dimers with 17+ charges to 13+ via gas-phase proton transfer and subsequent dissociation of the mass selected 13+ ions results in a symmetric charge partitioning. This result clearly shows that the structure of the dimer ions with 13+ charges depends on the method of ion formation and that the structural difference is responsible for the symmetric versus asymmetric charge partitioning observed. This indicates that the asymmetry observed when these ions are formed directly from solution must come about due either to differences in the monomer conformations in the dimer that exist in solution or that occur during the electrospray ionization process. These results provide additional evidence for the origin of charge asymmetry that occurs in the dissociation of multiply charged protein complexes and indicate that some solution-phase information can be obtained from these gas-phase dissociation experiments.
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- John C Jurchen
- Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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Heck AJR, Van Den Heuvel RHH. Investigation of intact protein complexes by mass spectrometry. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2004; 23:368-89. [PMID: 15264235 DOI: 10.1002/mas.10081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 359] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Mass spectrometry has grown in recent years to a well-accepted and increasingly important complementary technique in structural biology. Especially electrospray ionization mass spectrometry is well suited for the detection of non-covalent protein complexes and their interactions with DNA, RNA, ligands, and cofactors. Over the last decade, significant advances have been made in the ionization and mass analysis techniques, which makes the investigation of even larger and more heterogeneous intact assemblies feasible. These technological developments have paved the way to study intact non-covalent protein-protein interactions, assembly and disassembly in real time, subunit exchange, cooperativity effects, and effects of cofactors, allowing us a better understanding of proteins in cellular processes. In this review, we describe some of the latest developments and several highlights.
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- Albert J R Heck
- Department of Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
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Borysik AJH, Radford SE, Ashcroft AE. Co-populated Conformational Ensembles of β2-Microglobulin Uncovered Quantitatively by Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:27069-77. [PMID: 15100226 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m401472200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Ordered assembly of monomeric human beta(2)-microglobulin (beta(2)m) into amyloid fibrils is associated with the disorder hemodialysis-related amyloidosis. Previously, we have shown that under acidic conditions (pH <5.0 at 37 degrees C), wild-type beta(2)m assembles spontaneously into fibrils with different morphologies. Under these conditions, beta(2)m populates a number of different conformational states in vitro. However, this equilibrium mixture of conformationally different species is difficult to resolve using ensemble techniques such as nuclear magnetic resonance or circular dichroism. Here we use electrospray ionization mass spectrometry to resolve different species of beta(2)m populated between pH 6.0 and 2.0. We show that by linear deconvolution of the charge state distributions, the extent to which each conformational ensemble is populated throughout the pH range can be determined and quantified. Thus, at pH 3.6, conditions under which short fibrils are produced, the conformational ensemble is dominated by a charge state distribution centered on the 9+ ions. By contrast, under more acidic conditions (pH 2.6), where long straight fibrils are formed, the charge state distribution is dominated by the 10+ and 11+ ions. The data are reinforced by investigations on two variants of beta(2)m (V9A and F30A) that have reduced stability to pH denaturation and show changes in the pH dependence of the charge state distribution that correlate with the decrease in stability measured by tryptophan fluorescence. The data highlight the potential of electrospray ionization mass spectrometry to resolve and quantify complex mixtures of different conformational species, one or more of which may be important in the formation of amyloid.
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- Antoni J H Borysik
- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, School of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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Li A, Fenselau C. Contact regions in the dimer of Alzheimer beta-amyloid domain [1-28] studied by mass spectrometry. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY (CHICHESTER, ENGLAND) 2004; 10:309-316. [PMID: 15103108 DOI: 10.1255/ejms.642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Information is provided about the amino acid residues in the [1-28] domain of the Alzheimer b- amyloid protein, which participate in interstrand pairing and initiate fibillogenesis. The study was carried out using electrospray ionization on a four sector mass spectrometer, measuring kinetic energy release for a fragmentation process, and modeling the transition state with molecular dynamics calculations. The results eliminate the sequence [11-24] proposed earlier as the central core, and are consistent with, but do not distinguish between, residues [17-28] and [17-23] proposed by others based on biochemical studies.
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- Aiqun Li
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Catonsville, MD 21250, USA
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