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Pham KN, Fernandez-Lima F. Structural Characterization of Human Histone H4.1 by Tandem Nonlinear and Linear Ion Mobility Spectrometry Complemented with Molecular Dynamics Simulations. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:29567-29576. [PMID: 34778628 PMCID: PMC8582071 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c03744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2021] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Extracellular histone H4 is an attractive drug target owing to its roles in organ failure in sepsis and other diseases. To identify inhibitors using in silico methods, information on histone H4 structural dynamics and three-dimensional (3D) structural coordinates is required. Here, DNA-free histone H4 type 1 (H4.1) was characterized by utilizing tandem nonlinear and linear ion mobility spectrometry (FAIMS-TIMS) coupled to mass spectrometry (MS) complemented with molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The gas-phase structures of H4.1 are dependent on the starting solution conditions, evidenced by differences in charge state distributions, mobility distributions, and collision-induced unfolding (CIU) pathways. The experimental results show that H4.1 adopts diverse conformational types from compact (C) to partially folded (P) and subsequently elongated (E) structures. Molecular dynamics simulations provided candidate structures for the histone H4.1 monomer in solution and for the gas-phase structures observed using FAIMS-IMS-TOF MS as a function of the charge state and mobility distribution. A combination of the FAIMS-TIMS experimental results with theoretical dipole calculations reveals the important role of charge distribution in the dipole alignment of H4.1 elongated structures at high electric fields. A comparison of the secondary and primary structures of DNA-free H2A.1 and H4.1 is made based on the experimental IMS-MS and MD findings.
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- Khoa N. Pham
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International
University, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International
University, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
- Biomolecular
Science Institute, Florida International
University, Miami, Florida 33199, United
States
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Pham KN, Mamun Y, Fernandez-Lima F. Structural Heterogeneity of Human Histone H2A.1. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:4977-4986. [PMID: 33974801 PMCID: PMC8568062 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c00335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Histones are highly basic chromatin proteins that tightly package and order eukaryotic DNA into nucleosomes. While the atomic structure of the nucleosomes has been determined, the three-dimensional structure of DNA-free histones remains unresolved. Here, we combine tandem nonlinear and linear ion mobility spectrometry (FAIMS-TIMS) coupled to mass spectrometry in parallel with molecular modeling to study the conformational space of a DNA-free histone H2A type 1 (H2A.1). Experimental results showed the dependence of the gas-phase structures on the starting solution conditions, characterized by charge state distributions, mobility distributions, and collision-induced-unfolding pathways. The measured H2A.1 gas-phase structures showed a high diversity of structural features ranging from compact (C) to partially folded (P) and then highly elongated (E) conformations. Molecular dynamics simulations provided candidate structures for the solution H2A.1 native conformation with folded N- and C-terminal tails, as well as gas-phase candidate structures associated with the mobility trends. Complementary collision cross section and dipole calculations showed that the charge distribution in the case of elongated gas-phase structures, where basic and acidic residues are mostly exposed (e.g., z > 15+), is sufficient to induce differences in the dipole alignment at high electric fields, in good agreement with the trends observed during the FAIMS-TIMS experiments.
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- Khoa N Pham
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, United States.,Biomolecular Science Institute, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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Fulcher JM, Makaju A, Moore RJ, Zhou M, Bennett DA, De Jager PL, Qian WJ, Paša-Tolić L, Petyuk VA. Enhancing Top-Down Proteomics of Brain Tissue with FAIMS. J Proteome Res 2021; 20:2780-2795. [PMID: 33856812 PMCID: PMC8672206 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.1c00049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Proteomic investigations of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease have provided valuable insights into neurodegenerative disorders. Thus far, these investigations have largely been restricted to bottom-up approaches, hindering the degree to which one can characterize a protein's "intact" state. Top-down proteomics (TDP) overcomes this limitation; however, it is typically limited to observing only the most abundant proteoforms and of a relatively small size. Therefore, fractionation techniques are commonly used to reduce sample complexity. Here, we investigate gas-phase fractionation through high-field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometry (FAIMS) within TDP. Utilizing a high complexity sample derived from Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain tissue, we describe how the addition of FAIMS to TDP can robustly improve the depth of proteome coverage. For example, implementation of FAIMS with external compensation voltage (CV) stepping at -50, -40, and -30 CV could more than double the mean number of non-redundant proteoforms, genes, and proteome sequence coverage compared to without FAIMS. We also found that FAIMS can influence the transmission of proteoforms and their charge envelopes based on their size. Importantly, FAIMS enabled the identification of intact amyloid beta (Aβ) proteoforms, including the aggregation-prone Aβ1-42 variant which is strongly linked to AD. Raw data and associated files have been deposited to the ProteomeXchange Consortium via the MassIVE data repository with data set identifier PXD023607.
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- James M Fulcher
- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry Unit, Thermo Fisher Scientific, San Jose, California 95134, United States
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Center for Translational & Computational Neuroimmunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York 10032, United States
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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Pelletier AR, Chung YE, Ning Z, Wong N, Figeys D, Lavallée-Adam M. MealTime-MS: A Machine Learning-Guided Real-Time Mass Spectrometry Analysis for Protein Identification and Efficient Dynamic Exclusion. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2020; 31:1459-1472. [PMID: 32510216 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.0c00064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Mass spectrometry-based proteomics technologies are prime methods for the high-throughput identification of proteins in complex biological samples. Nevertheless, there are still technical limitations that hinder the ability of mass spectrometry to identify low abundance proteins in complex samples. Characterizing such proteins is essential to provide a comprehensive understanding of the biological processes taking place in cells and tissues. Still today, most mass spectrometry-based proteomics approaches use a data-dependent acquisition strategy, which favors the collection of mass spectra from proteins of higher abundance. Since the computational identification of proteins from proteomics data is typically performed after mass spectrometry analysis, large numbers of mass spectra are typically redundantly acquired from the same abundant proteins, and little to no mass spectra are acquired for proteins of lower abundance. We therefore propose a novel supervised learning algorithm, MealTime-MS, that identifies proteins in real-time as mass spectrometry data are acquired and prevents further data collection from confidently identified proteins to ultimately free mass spectrometry resources to improve the identification sensitivity of low abundance proteins. We use real-time simulations of a previously performed mass spectrometry analysis of a HEK293 cell lysate to show that our approach can identify 92.1% of the proteins detected in the experiment using 66.2% of the MS2 spectra. We also demonstrate that our approach outperforms a previously proposed method, is sufficiently fast for real-time mass spectrometry analysis, and is flexible. Finally, MealTime-MS' efficient usage of mass spectrometry resources will provide a more comprehensive characterization of proteomes in complex samples.
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- Alexander R Pelletier
- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5, Canada
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Hale OJ, Illes-Toth E, Mize TH, Cooper HJ. High-Field Asymmetric Waveform Ion Mobility Spectrometry and Native Mass Spectrometry: Analysis of Intact Protein Assemblies and Protein Complexes. Anal Chem 2020; 92:6811-6816. [PMID: 32343119 PMCID: PMC7304667 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c00649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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High-field asymmetric
waveform ion mobility spectrometry (FAIMS)
enables the separation of ions on the basis of their differential
mobility in an asymmetric oscillating electric field. We, and others,
have previously demonstrated the benefits of FAIMS for the analysis
of peptides and denatured proteins. To date, FAIMS has not been integrated
with native mass spectrometry of folded proteins and protein complexes,
largely due to concerns over the heating effects associated with the
high electric fields employed. Here, we demonstrate the newly introduced
cylindrical FAIMS Pro device coupled with an Orbitrap Eclipse enables
analysis of intact protein assemblies up to 147 kDa. No evidence for
dissociation was detected suggesting that any field heating is insufficient
to disrupt the noncovalent interactions governing these assemblies.
Moreover, the FAIMS device was integrated into native liquid extraction
surface analysis (LESA) MS of protein assemblies directly from thin
tissue sections. Intact tetrameric hemoglobin (64 kDa) and trimeric
reactive intermediate deiminase A (RidA, 43 kDa) were detected. Improvements
in signal-to-noise of between 1.5× and 12× were observed
for these protein assemblies on integration of FAIMS.
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- Oliver J Hale
- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TT, U.K
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- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TT, U.K
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- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TT, U.K
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- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TT, U.K
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Mass spectrometry is one of the key technologies of proteomics, and over the last decade important technical advances in mass spectrometry have driven an increased capability for proteomic discovery. In addition, new methods to capture important biological information have been developed to take advantage of improving proteomic tools.
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- John R Yates
- Molecular Medicine and Neurobiology, Scripps Research, 0550 North Torrey Pines Road, SR302, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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Griffiths RL, Simmonds AL, Swales JG, Goodwin RJA, Cooper HJ. LESA MS Imaging of Heat-Preserved and Frozen Tissue: Benefits of Multistep Static FAIMS. Anal Chem 2018; 90:13306-13314. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b02739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Rian L. Griffiths
- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TT, U.K
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- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TT, U.K
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- Pathology, Drug Safety & Metabolism, IMED Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Darwin Building, Cambridge Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 0WG, U.K
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- Pathology, Drug Safety & Metabolism, IMED Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Darwin Building, Cambridge Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 0WG, U.K
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- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TT, U.K
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Schneider BB, Nazarov EG, Londry F, Vouros P, Covey TR. Differential mobility spectrometry/mass spectrometry history, theory, design optimization, simulations, and applications. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2016; 35:687-737. [PMID: 25962527 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2014] [Accepted: 11/26/2014] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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This review of differential mobility spectrometry focuses primarily on mass spectrometry coupling, starting with the history of the development of this technique in the Soviet Union. Fundamental principles of the separation process are covered, in addition to efforts related to design optimization and advancements in computer simulations. The flexibility of differential mobility spectrometry design features is explored in detail, particularly with regards to separation capability, speed, and ion transmission. 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Mass Spec Rev 35:687-737, 2016.
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Barnett Institute, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115
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Deng L, Ibrahim YM, Hamid AM, Garimella SVB, Webb IK, Zheng X, Prost SA, Sandoval JA, Norheim RV, Anderson GA, Tolmachev AV, Baker ES, Smith RD. Ultra-High Resolution Ion Mobility Separations Utilizing Traveling Waves in a 13 m Serpentine Path Length Structures for Lossless Ion Manipulations Module. Anal Chem 2016; 88:8957-64. [PMID: 27531027 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b01915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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We report the development and initial evaluation of a 13 m path length Structures for Lossless Manipulations (SLIM) module for achieving high resolution separations using traveling waves (TW) with ion mobility (IM) spectrometry. The TW SLIM module was fabricated using two mirror-image printed circuit boards with appropriately configured RF, DC, and TW electrodes and positioned with a 2.75 mm intersurface gap. Ions were effectively confined in field-generated conduits between the surfaces by RF-generated pseudopotential fields and moved losslessly through a serpentine path including 44 "U" turns using TWs. The ion mobility resolution was characterized at different pressures, gaps between the SLIM surfaces, and TW and RF parameters. After initial optimization, the SLIM IM-MS module provided about 5-fold higher resolution separations than present commercially available drift tube or traveling wave IM-MS platforms. Peak capacity and peak generation rates achieved were 246 and 370 s(-1), respectively, at a TW speed of 148 m/s. The high resolution achieved in the TW SLIM IM-MS enabled, e.g., isomeric sugars (lacto-N-fucopentaose I and lacto-N-fucopentaose II) to be baseline resolved, and peptides from an albumin tryptic digest were much better resolved than with existing commercial IM-MS platforms. The present work also provides a foundation for the development of much higher resolution SLIM devices based upon both considerably longer path lengths and multipass designs.
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- Liulin Deng
- Biological Sciences Division and Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , 902 Battelle Blvd., P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Biological Sciences Division and Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , 902 Battelle Blvd., P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Biological Sciences Division and Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , 902 Battelle Blvd., P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Biological Sciences Division and Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , 902 Battelle Blvd., P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Biological Sciences Division and Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , 902 Battelle Blvd., P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Biological Sciences Division and Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , 902 Battelle Blvd., P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Biological Sciences Division and Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , 902 Battelle Blvd., P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Biological Sciences Division and Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , 902 Battelle Blvd., P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Biological Sciences Division and Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , 902 Battelle Blvd., P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Biological Sciences Division and Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , 902 Battelle Blvd., P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Biological Sciences Division and Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , 902 Battelle Blvd., P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Biological Sciences Division and Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , 902 Battelle Blvd., P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Biological Sciences Division and Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , 902 Battelle Blvd., P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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Kaszycki JL, Bowman AP, Shvartsburg AA. Ion Mobility Separation of Peptide Isotopomers. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2016; 27:795-9. [PMID: 26944281 PMCID: PMC5030822 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-016-1367-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2015] [Revised: 02/09/2016] [Accepted: 02/10/2016] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Differential or field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometry (FAIMS) operating at high electric fields fully resolves isotopic isomers for a peptide with labeled residues. The naturally present isotopes, alone and together with targeted labels, also cause spectral shifts that approximately add for multiple heavy atoms. Separation qualitatively depends on the gas composition. These findings may enable novel strategies in proteomic and metabolomic analyses using stable isotope labeling.
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- Julia L Kaszycki
- Department of Chemistry, Wichita State University, 1845 Fairmount, Wichita, KS, 67260-0051, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Wichita State University, 1845 Fairmount, Wichita, KS, 67260-0051, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Wichita State University, 1845 Fairmount, Wichita, KS, 67260-0051, USA.
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GUO DP, WANG YH, XU TB, ZHANG Y, Li LF, CHEN JK, WANG XZ, LI P, LUO JK. Rapid Determination of Phenylalanine by Micro-chip Based Field Asymmetric Waveform Ion Mobility Spectrometry Technology. CHINESE JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2040(16)60925-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Cooper HJ. To What Extent is FAIMS Beneficial in the Analysis of Proteins? JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2016; 27:566-77. [PMID: 26843211 PMCID: PMC4792363 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-015-1326-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2015] [Revised: 12/08/2015] [Accepted: 12/10/2015] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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High field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometry (FAIMS), also known as differential ion mobility spectrometry, is emerging as a tool for biomolecular analysis. In this article, the benefits and limitations of FAIMS for protein analysis are discussed. The principles and mechanisms of FAIMS separation of ions are described, and the differences between FAIMS and conventional ion mobility spectrometry are detailed. Protein analysis is considered from both the top-down (intact proteins) and the bottom-up (proteolytic peptides) perspective. The roles of FAIMS in the analysis of complex mixtures of multiple intact proteins and in the analysis of multiple conformers of a single protein are assessed. Similarly, the application of FAIMS in proteomics and targeted analysis of peptides are considered.
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- Helen J Cooper
- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
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Šala M, Lísa M, Campbell JL, Holčapek M. Determination of triacylglycerol regioisomers using differential mobility spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2016; 30:256-264. [PMID: 27071217 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.7430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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RATIONALE Triacylglycerols (TG) contain three fatty acyls attached to the glycerol backbone in stereochemically numbered positions sn-1, 2 and 3. Isobaric TG with exchanged fatty acyl chains in positions sn-1/3 vs. sn-2 are referred to as regioisomers and the determination of their regioisomeric ratios is important for nutrition purposes. METHODS Differential mobility spectrometry (DMS) coupled to electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) is applied for the separation of simple unsaturated TG regioisomers extracted from porcine adipose tissue using their silver-ion molecular adducts. RESULTS Four pairs of TG regioisomers containing combinations of unsaturated and saturated fatty acyl chains are successfully separated using DMS with 1-butanol or 1-propanol as the chemical modifier. Various experimental parameters are carefully optimized, such as the separation and compensation voltages applied to DMS electrodes, the type and flow rate of chemical modifier and the dwell time of analyte ions in the DMS cell. The optimized DMS approach is used for the characterization of TG regioisomers in less than one minute, compared to tens of minutes typical for silver-ion or reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry approaches. CONCLUSIONS The application of this method for the characterization of TG regioisomers in porcine adipose tissue shows the method suitability for analyses of other animal fats.
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Bonneil E, Pfammatter S, Thibault P. Enhancement of mass spectrometry performance for proteomic analyses using high-field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometry (FAIMS). JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2015; 50:1181-1195. [PMID: 26505763 DOI: 10.1002/jms.3646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2015] [Revised: 08/18/2015] [Accepted: 08/19/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Remarkable advances in mass spectrometry sensitivity and resolution have been accomplished over the past two decades to enhance the depth and coverage of proteome analyses. As these technological developments expanded the detection capability of mass spectrometers, they also revealed an increasing complexity of low abundance peptides, solvent clusters and sample contaminants that can confound protein identification. Separation techniques that are complementary and can be used in combination with liquid chromatography are often sought to improve mass spectrometry sensitivity for proteomics applications. In this context, high-field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometry (FAIMS), a form of ion mobility that exploits ion separation at low and high electric fields, has shown significant advantages by focusing and separating multiply charged peptide ions from singly charged interferences. This paper examines the analytical benefits of FAIMS in proteomics to separate co-eluting peptide isomers and to enhance peptide detection and quantitative measurements of protein digests via native peptides (label-free) or isotopically labeled peptides from metabolic labeling or chemical tagging experiments.
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- Eric Bonneil
- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada
- Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada
- Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada
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Li L, Wang Y, Chen C, Wang X, Luo J. Comprehensive theoretical analysis and experimental exploration of ultrafast microchip-based high-field asymmetric ion mobility spectrometry (FAIMS) technique. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2015; 50:792-801. [PMID: 26169133 DOI: 10.1002/jms.3580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2014] [Revised: 02/12/2015] [Accepted: 02/12/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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High-field asymmetric ion mobility spectrometry (FAIMS) has become an efficient technique for separation and characterization of gas-phase ions at ambient pressure, which utilizes the mobility differences of ions at high and low fields. Micro FAIMS devices made by micro-electromechanical system technology have small gaps of the channels, high electric field and good installation precision, as thus they have received great attentions. However, the disadvantage of relatively low resolution limits their applications in some areas. In this study, theoretical analysis and experimental exploration were carried out to overcome the disadvantage. Multiple scans, characteristic decline curves of ion transmission and pattern recognitions were proposed to improve the performance of the microchip-based FAIMS. The results showed that although micro FAIMS instruments as a standalone chemical analyzer suffer from low resolution, by using one or more of the methods proposed, they can identify chemicals precisely and provide quantitative analysis with low detection limit in some applications. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Lingfeng Li
- Department of Information Science & Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Department of Information Science & Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology, Hefei Institute of Intelligent Machines, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China
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- Department of Information Science & Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Department of Information Science & Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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Hernandez O, Isenberg S, Steinmetz V, Glish GL, Maitre P. Probing Mobility-Selected Saccharide Isomers: Selective Ion-Molecule Reactions and Wavelength-Specific IR Activation. J Phys Chem A 2015; 119:6057-64. [PMID: 25827317 DOI: 10.1021/jp511975f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
Abstract
Differential Ion Mobility Spectrometry (DIMS) provides orthogonal separation to mass spectrometry, and DIMS combined with the high sensitivity of a quadrupole ion-trap is shown to be useful for the separation and identification of saccharides. A comprehensive analysis of the separation of anomers (α- and β-methylated glucose) and epimers (α-methylated glucose and mannose) ionized with Li(+), Na(+), and K(+) is performed. DIMS separation is found to be better for saccharides cationized with the two latter species. The corresponding resolving power for the two glucose anomers with Na(+) is found to be very close to the corresponding drift-tube IMS value. The lithiated complexes are investigated further using a combination of infrared spectroscopy integrated to ion-trap mass spectrometry and quantum chemical calculations. Together with DIMS, consistent results are obtained. It is found that two competing structural motifs might be at play, depending on the subtle balance between the maximization of the coordination of the metal cation and the intrinsic conformational energetics of the saccharide, which is for a large part driven by hydrogen bonding. The comparison of simulated and observed spectra clearly shows that a band at ∼3400 cm(-1) is specific to a structural motif found in the lithiated glucose complexes, which could explain the trends observed in the DIMS spectra of the saccharide complexes. It is shown that DIMS-MS/MS using wavelength specific IR activation would provide a new orthogonal dimension to mass spectrometry.
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- Oscar Hernandez
- †Laboratoire de Chimie Physique, Université Paris Sud, 91400 Orsay, France
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- ‡Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, 320 Caudill Laboratories, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
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- †Laboratoire de Chimie Physique, Université Paris Sud, 91400 Orsay, France
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- ‡Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, 320 Caudill Laboratories, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
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- †Laboratoire de Chimie Physique, Université Paris Sud, 91400 Orsay, France
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Schenk ER, Almeida R, Miksovska J, Ridgeway ME, Park MA, Fernandez-Lima F. Kinetic intermediates of holo- and apo-myoglobin studied using HDX-TIMS-MS and molecular dynamic simulations. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2015; 26:555-63. [PMID: 25690175 PMCID: PMC4402236 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-014-1067-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2014] [Revised: 12/01/2014] [Accepted: 12/07/2014] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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In the present work, the kinetic intermediates of holo- and apo-myoglobin were studied by correlating the ion-neutral collision cross section and time resolved H/D back exchange rate simultaneously in a trapped ion mobility spectrometer coupled to a mass spectrometer (HDX-TIMS-MS). The high mobility resolution of the TIMS cell permitted the observation of multiple IMS bands and complementary molecular dynamics simulations resulted in the assignment of candidate structures for each experimental condition studied (e.g., holo [M + 8H](+8)-[M + 9H](+9) and apo [M + 9H](+9)-[M + 19H](+19)). Inspection of the kinetic intermediates suggests that the tertiary structure of apomyoglobin unfolds quickly upon the loss of the Fe protoporphyrin IX that stabilizes the interactions between the A, G, and H helices. In the absence of the porphyrin heme, the apomyoglobin unfolds to Xn kinetic intermediates that vary in the extent of unfolding as a result of the observed charge state.
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- Emily R. Schenk
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
- Biomolecular Sciences Institute, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
- Biomolecular Sciences Institute, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
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Ridgeway ME, Silveira JA, Meier JE, Park MA. Microheterogeneity within conformational states of ubiquitin revealed by high resolution trapped ion mobility spectrometry. Analyst 2015; 140:6964-72. [DOI: 10.1039/c5an00841g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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The present work employs trapped ion mobility spectrometry (TIMS) for the analysis of ubiquitin ions known to display a multitude of previously unresolved interchangeable conformations upon electrospray ionization.
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Mitulović G. New HPLC Techniques for Proteomics Analysis: A Short Overview of Latest Developments. J LIQ CHROMATOGR R T 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/10826076.2014.941266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- Goran Mitulović
- a Clinical Institute of Laboratory Medicine and Proteomics Core Facility , Medical University of Vienna , Wien , Austria
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Silveira JA, Ridgeway ME, Park MA. High Resolution Trapped Ion Mobility Spectrometery of Peptides. Anal Chem 2014; 86:5624-7. [DOI: 10.1021/ac501261h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Joshua A. Silveira
- Bruker Daltonics, 40 Manning
Road, Billerica, Massachusetts 01821, United States
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- Bruker Daltonics, 40 Manning
Road, Billerica, Massachusetts 01821, United States
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- Bruker Daltonics, 40 Manning
Road, Billerica, Massachusetts 01821, United States
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Shvartsburg AA, Ibrahim YM, Smith RD. Differential ion mobility separations in up to 100% helium using microchips. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2014; 25:480-9. [PMID: 24402673 PMCID: PMC4031910 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-013-0797-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2013] [Revised: 11/26/2013] [Accepted: 11/27/2013] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The performance of differential IMS (FAIMS) analyzers is much enhanced by gases comprising He, especially He/N2 mixtures. However, electrical breakdown has limited the He fraction to ~50%-75%, depending on the field strength. By the Paschen law, the threshold field for breakdown increases at shorter distances. This allows FAIMS using chips with microscopic channels to utilize much stronger field intensities (E) than "full-size" analyzers with wider gaps. Here we show that those chips can employ higher He fractions up to 100%. Use of He-rich gases improves the resolution and resolution/sensitivity balance substantially, although less than for full-size analyzers. The optimum He fraction is ~80%, in line with first-principles theory. Hence, one can now measure the dependences of ion mobility on E in pure He, where ion-molecule cross section calculations are much more tractable than in other gases that form deeper and more complex interaction potentials. This capability may facilitate quantitative modeling of high-field ion mobility behavior and, thus, FAIMS separation properties, which would enable a priori extraction of structural information about the ions.
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- Alexandre A Shvartsburg
- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, Richland, WA, 99352, USA,
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Konermann L, Vahidi S, Sowole MA. Mass Spectrometry Methods for Studying Structure and Dynamics of Biological Macromolecules. Anal Chem 2013; 86:213-32. [DOI: 10.1021/ac4039306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Lars Konermann
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7 Canada
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Shvartsburg AA, Smith RD. Separation of protein conformers by differential ion mobility in hydrogen-rich gases. Anal Chem 2013; 85:6967-73. [PMID: 23855890 PMCID: PMC3749073 DOI: 10.1021/ac4015963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Proteins in solution or the gas phase tend to exhibit multiple conformational families, each comprising distinct structures. Separation methods have generally failed to resolve these, with their convolution producing wide peaks. Here, we report full separation of >10 conformers for most ubiquitin charge states by the new approach of differential ion mobility spectrometry (field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometry, FAIMS) employing H2/N2 gas mixtures with up to 85% H2. The resolving power (up to 400) is five times the highest previously achieved (using He/N2 buffers), greatly increasing the separation specificity. The peak widths match the narrowest obtained by FAIMS for any species under the same conditions and scale with the protein charge state (z) and ion residence time (t) as z(-1/2) and t(-1/2), as prescribed for instrumental (diffusional) broadening. This suggests resolution of specific geometries rather than broader ensembles.
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- Alexandre A Shvartsburg
- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States.
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