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Liu JKY, Niyonsaba E, Alzarieni KZ, Boulos VM, Yerabolu R, Kenttämaa HI. Determination of the compound class and functional groups in protonated analytes via diagnostic gas-phase ion-molecule reactions. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2021. [PMID: 34435381 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Revised: 08/04/2021] [Accepted: 08/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Diagnostic gas-phase ion-molecule reactions serve as a powerful alternative to collision-activated dissociation for the structural elucidation of analytes when using tandem mass spectrometry. The use of such ion-molecule reactions has been demonstrated to provide a robust tool for the identification of specific functional groups in unknown ionized analytes, differentiation of isomeric ions, and classification of unknown ions into different compound classes. During the past several years, considerable efforts have been dedicated to exploring various reagents and reagent inlet systems for functional-group selective ion-molecule reactions with protonated analytes. This review provides a comprehensive coverage of literature since 2006 on general and predictable functional-group selective ion-molecule reactions of protonated analytes, including simple monofunctional and complex polyfunctional analytes, whose mechanisms have been explored computationally. Detection limits for experiments involving high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry based on ion-molecule reactions and the application of machine learning to predict diagnostic ion-molecule reactions are also discussed.
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- Judy Kuan-Yu Liu
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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Zhu H, Ma X, Kong JY, Zhang M, Kenttämaa HI. Identification of Carboxylate, Phosphate, and Phenoxide Functionalities in Deprotonated Molecules Related to Drug Metabolites via Ion-Molecule Reactions with water and Diethylhydroxyborane. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2017; 28:2189-2200. [PMID: 28741125 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-017-1713-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2016] [Revised: 04/09/2017] [Accepted: 04/10/2017] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Tandem mass spectrometry based on ion-molecule reactions has emerged as a powerful tool for structural elucidation of ionized analytes. However, most currently used reagents were designed to react with protonated analytes, making them suboptimal for acidic analytes that are preferentially detected in negative ion mode. In this work we demonstrate that the phenoxide, carboxylate, and phosphate functionalities can be identified in deprotonated molecules by use of a combination of two reagents, diethylmethoxyborane (DEMB) and water. A novel reagent introduction setup that allowed DEMB and water to be separately introduced into the ion trap region of the mass spectrometer was developed to facilitate fundamental studies of this reaction. A new reagent, diethylhydroxyborane (DEHB), was generated inside the ion trap by hydrolysis of DEMB on introduction of water. Most carboxylates and phenoxides formed a DEHB adduct, followed by addition of one water molecule and subsequent ethane elimination (DEHB adduct +H2O - CH3CH3) as the major product ion. Phenoxides with a hydroxy group adjacent to the deprotonation site and phosphates formed a DEHB adduct, followed by ethane elimination (DEHB adduct - CH3CH3). Deprotonated molecules with strong intramolecular hydrogen bonds or without the aforementioned functionalities, including sulfates, were unreactive toward DEHB/H2O. Reaction mechanisms were explored via isotope labeling experiments and quantum chemical calculations. The mass spectrometry method allowed the differentiation of phenoxide-, carboxylate-, phosphate-, and sulfate-containing analytes. Finally, it was successfully coupled with high-performance liquid chromatography for the analysis of a mixture containing hymecromone, a biliary spasm drug, and its three possible metabolites. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.
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- Hanyu Zhu
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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The effect of dietary bovine colostrum on respiratory syncytial virus infection and immune responses following the infection in the mouse. J Microbiol 2015; 53:661-6. [PMID: 26310306 DOI: 10.1007/s12275-015-5353-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2015] [Revised: 08/03/2015] [Accepted: 08/03/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Human respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV) is the most common cause of respiratory tract infection among young children because of immature T cell immunity of them against hRSV. CD8 T cells play a pivotal role in clearing hRSV and preventing subsequent infection. We examined the effects of dietary bovine colostrum on virus infection and CD8 T cell responses following hRSV infection in the mouse model. Mice received bovine colostrum for 14 days prior to hRSV challenge, and lung indexes (severity of symptom) and lung virus titers were analyzed. In addition, the activation of CD8 T cells in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluids (BALFs) of mice receiving bovine colostrum were compared with those in the BALFs of mice receiving phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) or ribavirin, post virus challenge. The severity of infection and lung virus titers were reduced in the mice receiving bovine colostrum, compared to those receiving PBS. Moreover CD8 T cell responses were selectively enhanced in the former. Our results suggest that dietary bovine colostrum exerts the effects to inhibit hRSV and ameliorate the symptom by hRSV infection, and enhances the CD8 T cell response during the hRSV infection.
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Jarrell T, Riedeman J, Carlsen M, Replogle R, Selby T, Kenttämaa H. Multiported pulsed valve interface for a linear quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometer to enable rapid screening of multiple functional-group selective ion-molecule reactions. Anal Chem 2014; 86:6533-9. [PMID: 24897424 DOI: 10.1021/ac501034v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Ion-molecule reactions provide a powerful tool for structural elucidation of ionized pharmaceutical analytes in tandem mass spectrometry. However, all previous interfaces for the introduction of reagents for ion-molecule reactions have utilized a single reagent approach. In this study, a multiported pulsed valve system was designed and characterized for rapid introduction of three neutral reagents into a linear quadrupole ion trap. Additionally, automatic triggering was used to allow for the introduction of the reagents on a chromatographic time scale. This system enables automatic, high throughput screening of complex mixtures by using at least three different ion-molecule reactions. Further, rapid testing of new neutral reagents is also possible.
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- Tiffany Jarrell
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University , West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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Owen BC, Jarrell TM, Schwartz JC, Oglesbee R, Carlsen M, Archibold EF, Kenttämaa HI. A Differentially Pumped Dual Linear Quadrupole Ion Trap (DLQIT) Mass Spectrometer: A Mass Spectrometer Capable of MSn Experiments Free From Interfering Reactions. Anal Chem 2013; 85:11284-90. [PMID: 24171553 DOI: 10.1021/ac401956f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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- Benjamin C. Owen
- Center for Direct
Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels, Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University, 1203
W. State Street, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, Purdue University, 560 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Center for Direct
Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels, Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University, 1203
W. State Street, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, Purdue University, 560 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Thermo Fisher Scientific, 355 River Oak Parkway, San
Jose, California 95134, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Purdue University, 560 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Purdue University, 560 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Purdue University, 560 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Center for Direct
Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels, Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University, 1203
W. State Street, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, Purdue University, 560 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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Ilves A, Harzia H, Ling K, Ots M, Soomets U, Kilk K. Alterations in milk and blood metabolomes during the first months of lactation in dairy cows. J Dairy Sci 2012; 95:5788-97. [PMID: 22884339 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-5617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2012] [Accepted: 06/12/2012] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The molecular composition of milk is influenced by various genetic and environmental factors. Time is one important factor, and the fact that certain milk components change over the course of lactation is widely accepted. Untargeted global metabolomics is an approach to study hundreds of low molecular weight compounds simultaneously. In this study, mass spectrometry-based global metabolomics was used to follow the course of changes in milk (n=133) and blood plasma (n=133) during the early stage of lactation. Little correlation was found between the molecular composition of blood plasma and milk. Blood showed a higher dependence on animal individuality than did milk, in which common evolutions in time resolved. Citrate and lactose had the greatest effect on these changes; however, the most significant changes in milk during the first months of lactation were associated with phosphorylated saccharide levels, whereas the most significant changes in blood plasma were associated with levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids containing phosphatidylcholine. In conclusion, a new systemic approach was used to search for minor metabolites whose concentrations were significantly altered in milk and blood during the first months of lactation.
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- A Ilves
- Department of Nutrition and Animal Products Quality, Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, 46 Kreutzwaldi St., 51006 Tartu, Estonia.
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Habicht SC, Vinueza NR, Amundson LM, Kenttämaa HI. Comparison of functional group selective ion-molecule reactions of trimethyl borate in different ion trap mass spectrometers. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2011; 22:520-530. [PMID: 21472570 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-010-0050-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2010] [Revised: 12/09/2010] [Accepted: 12/09/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We report here a comparison of the use of diagnostic ion-molecule reactions for the identification of oxygen-containing functional groups in Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance (FTICR) and linear quadrupole ion trap (LQIT) mass spectrometers. The ultimate goal of this research is to be able to identify functionalities in previously unknown analytes by using many different types of mass spectrometers. Previous work has focused on the reactions of various boron reagents with protonated oxygen-containing analytes in FTICR mass spectrometers. By using a LQIT modified to allow the introduction of neutral reagents into the helium buffer gas, this methodology has been successfully implemented to this type of an ion trap instrument. The products obtained from the reactions of trimethyl borate (TMB) with various protonated analytes are compared for the two instruments. Finally, the ability to integrate these reactions into LC-MS experiments on the LQIT is demonstrated.
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- Steve C Habicht
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, Brown Building, 560 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA
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McCullough BJ, Kalapothakis JM, Chin W, Taylor K, Clarke DJ, Eastwood H, Campopiano D, MacMillan D, Dorin J, Barran PE. Binding a heparin derived disaccharide to defensin inspired peptides: insights to antimicrobial inhibition from gas-phase measurements. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2010; 12:3589-96. [PMID: 20336257 DOI: 10.1039/b923784d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Due to the ubiquitous presence of polysaccharide moieties on bacterial surfaces, it is hypothesised that a peptide-saccharide interaction plays a key role during the recognition of invading microorganisms by beta-defensins. We have employed different gas-phase methods to investigate these interactions. This manuscript describes: an MS-based titration assay measuring the gas-phase binding of ten beta-defensin related peptides to a sulfated disaccharide derived from heparin (HDD); ion mobility-mass spectrometry-determined collision cross sections of 3 peptides (both free and binding HDD); and results from molecular modelling with the aim of reconciling some of our experimental observations. We observe a clear qualitative correlation between the antimicrobial activity of several beta-defensins and related peptides and their gas-phase binding to a heparin-derived disaccharide (HDD). Four of the ten peptides show >100 micromolar K(d) values with HDD, and no bacteriocidal activity, illustrating that HDD binding correlates with peptide antimicrobial activity. For five of the remaining six peptides, bacteriocidal activity was re-measured with HDD present. For the peptides containing intramolecular disulfide bonds in two out of five, bacteriocidal activity was reduced approximately 10-fold; for the remaining three peptides, which lack intramolecular disulfide bonds, HDD addition had little effect on bacteriocidal activity. The latter results are suggested to arise from the greater degree of flexibility imparted by the removal of disulfide bonds giving the peptides the ability to envelope HDD and assume a "defensin-like" fold. Thus gas-phase analysis is put forward as a powerful tool for assessing the properties of antimicrobial peptides providing valuable insights in the mechanism of antimicrobial inhibition.
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- Bryan J McCullough
- The School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK EH9 3JJ
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Zhang Y, Jiang H, Go EP, Desaire H. Distinguishing phosphorylation and sulfation in carbohydrates and glycoproteins using ion-pairing and mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2006; 17:1282-8. [PMID: 16820302 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2006.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2006] [Revised: 05/23/2006] [Accepted: 05/23/2006] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Phosphorylation and sulfation are important modifications affecting the biological properties of carbohydrates, proteins, and glycoproteins. Identification of these two functional groups facilitates the understanding of the structure/function relationship in various species. Mass spectrometry is one of the methods used to detect the presence of these two modifications in complex biological mixtures. However, phosphorylated and sulfated structures are isobaric; thus, differentiation between them in routinely used mass spectrometers is problematic. Herein, we demonstrate that these two groups can be discriminated by using ion-pairing in conjunction with MS/MS experiments. The characteristic product ions are used to successfully identify the phosphorylation and sulfation present in mono-, disaccharides, and the highly sulfated glycoprotein, ovine luteinizing hormone. This method is a robust approach to differentiate the two isobaric functional groups.
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- Ying Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
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Zhang Y, Go EP, Jiang H, Desaire H. A novel mass spectrometric method to distinguish isobaric monosaccharides that are phosphorylated or sulfated using ion-pairing reagents. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2005; 16:1827-39. [PMID: 16185888 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2005.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2005] [Revised: 06/16/2005] [Accepted: 07/08/2005] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Phosphorylation and sulfation are two important biological modifications present in carbohydrates, proteins, and glycoproteins. Typically, sulfation and phosphorylation cause different biological responses, so differentiating these two functional groups is important for understanding structure/function relationships in proteins, carbohydrates, and metabolites. Since phosphorylated and sulfated compounds are isobaric, their discrimination is not possible in routinely utilized mass spectrometers. Thus, a novel mass spectrometric method to distinguish them has been developed. Herein, we utilize basic peptides as ion-pairing reagents to complex to phosphorylated and sulfated carbohydrates via noncovalent interactions. By performing ESI-MS/MS on the ion-pair complexes, the isobaric compounds can be distinguished. This is the first study demonstrating that ion-pairing can be used for the detection of phosphorylated compounds and the first study to use ion-pairing in conjunction with MS/MS to obtain structural information about the analytes.
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- Ying Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Kansas, 1251 Wescoe Hall Drive, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
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Bindila L, Peter-Katalinić J, Zamfir A. Sheathless reverse-polarity capillary electrophoresis-electrospray-mass spectrometry for analysis of underivatized glycoconjugates. Electrophoresis 2005; 26:1488-99. [PMID: 15765473 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200410307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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We report on the development of a novel methodology to extend the limits of capillary electrophoresis-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (CE-ESI-MS) general applicability. A sheathless on-line CE-ESI-MS setup was optimized on standard monosaccharide mixture to operate in reverse polarity and negative ion mode for MS detection without pressure to assist the sample migration, coating of the capillaries, and/or sample derivatization. This approach was further applied for screening of a complex glycopeptide mixture obtained from the urine of a patient diagnosed with N-acetylhexosaminidase deficiency, known as Schindler's disease. The potential of this methodology in terms of high sensitivity, separation efficiency, resolution, and reproducibility is demonstrated. In combination with the high quality of MS data, a new, significantly improved insight into the sample heterogeneity is possible.
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- Laura Bindila
- Institute for Medical Physics and Biophysics, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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Mougous JD, Petzold CJ, Senaratne RH, Lee DH, Akey DL, Lin FL, Munchel SE, Pratt MR, Riley LW, Leary JA, Berger JM, Bertozzi CR. Identification, function and structure of the mycobacterial sulfotransferase that initiates sulfolipid-1 biosynthesis. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2004; 11:721-9. [PMID: 15258569 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2004] [Accepted: 05/19/2004] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Sulfolipid-1 (SL-1) is an abundant sulfated glycolipid and potential virulence factor found in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. SL-1 consists of a trehalose-2-sulfate (T2S) disaccharide elaborated with four lipids. We identified and characterized a conserved mycobacterial sulfotransferase, Stf0, which generates the T2S moiety of SL-1. Biochemical studies demonstrated that the enzyme requires unmodified trehalose as substrate and is sensitive to small structural perturbations of the disaccharide. Disruption of stf0 in Mycobacterium smegmatis and M. tuberculosis resulted in the loss of T2S and SL-1 formation, respectively. The structure of Stf0 at a resolution of 2.6 A reveals the molecular basis of trehalose recognition and a unique dimer configuration that encloses the substrate into a bipartite active site. These data provide strong evidence that Stf0 carries out the first committed step in the biosynthesis of SL-1 and establish a system for probing the role of SL-1 in M. tuberculosis infection.
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- Joseph D Mougous
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Chen H, Chen H, Cooks RG. Meisenheimer complexes bonded at carbon and at oxygen. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2004; 15:998-1004. [PMID: 15234359 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2004.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2004] [Revised: 03/15/2004] [Accepted: 03/17/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The carbon-bonded gas-phase Meisenheimer complex of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) and the nitromethyl carbanion CH(2)NO(2)(-) (m/z 60) is generated for the first time by chemical ionization using nitromethane as the reagent gas. Collision-induced dissociation (CID) of the Meisenheimer complex furnishes deprotonated TNT, a result of the higher gas-phase acidity of TNT than nitromethane. The formation of Meisenheimer complexes with CH(2)NO(2)(-) in the gas phase is selective to highly electron-deficient compounds such as dinitrobenzene and trinitrobenzene and does not occur with organic molecules with lower electron-affinity such as methanol, methylamine, propionaldehyde, acetone, ethyl acetate, chloroform, toluene, m-methoxytoluene, and even nitrobenzene and p-fluoronitrobenzene. As such, the reaction allows selective detection of TNT in mixtures. Meisenheimer complexes between CH(2)NO(2)(-) and the three dinitrobenzene isomers display distinctive fragmentations. The oxygen-bonded sigma-complex of TNT with the deprotonated hemiacetal anion CH(3)OCH(2)O(-) (m/z 61), represents a different type of Meisenheimer complex. It displays characteristic fragmentation involving loss of HNO(2) upon CID. The combination of a selective ion/molecule reaction (Meisenheimer complex formation) followed by a characteristic CID process provides a second novel and highly selective approach to the detection of TNT and closely related compounds in mixtures. The assay is readily implemented using neutral loss scans in a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer. Gas-phase reactions of denitrosylated TNT with benzaldehyde produce the corresponding dihydrofuran in an aldol condensation, a result that parallels the corresponding condensed-phase reaction.
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- Hao Chen
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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