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Agten A, Claesen J, Burzykowski T, Valkenborg D. Machine learning approach for the prediction of the number of sulphur atoms in peptides using the theoretical aggregated isotope distribution. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2023; 37:e9480. [PMID: 36798055 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.9480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Revised: 11/18/2022] [Accepted: 12/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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RATIONALE The observed isotope distribution is an important attribute for the identification of peptides and proteins in mass spectrometry-based proteomics. Sulphur atoms have a very distinctive elemental isotope definition, and therefore, the presence of sulphur atoms has a substantial effect on the isotope distribution of biomolecules. Hence, knowledge of the number of sulphur atoms can improve the identification of peptides and proteins. METHODS In this paper, we conducted a theoretical investigation on the isotope properties of sulphur-containing peptides. We proposed a gradient boosting approach to predict the number of sulphur atoms based on the aggregated isotope distribution. We compared prediction accuracy and assessed the predictive power of the features using the mass and isotope abundance information from the first three, five and eight aggregated isotope peaks. RESULTS Mass features alone are not sufficient to accurately predict the number of sulphur atoms. However, we reach near-perfect prediction when we include isotope abundance features. The abundance ratios of the eighth and the seventh, the fifth and the fourth, and the third and the second aggregated isotope peaks are the most important abundance features. The mass difference between the eighth, the fifth or the third aggregated isotope peaks and the monoisotopic peak are the most predictive mass features. CONCLUSIONS Based on the validation analysis it can be concluded that the prediction of the number of sulphur atoms based on the isotope profile fails, because the isotope ratios are not measured accurately. These results indicate that it is valuable for future instrument developments to focus more on improving spectral accuracy to measure peak intensities of higher-order isotope peaks more accurately.
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- Annelies Agten
- Uhasselt, Data Science Institute (DSI), Agoralaan, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Epidemiology and Data Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Uhasselt, Data Science Institute (DSI), Agoralaan, Diepenbeek, Belgium
- Department of Statistics and Medical Informatics, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
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- Uhasselt, Data Science Institute (DSI), Agoralaan, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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Cao Z, Yu LR. Mass Spectrometry-Based Proteomics for Biomarker Discovery. METHODS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (CLIFTON, N.J.) 2022; 2486:3-17. [PMID: 35437715 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2265-0_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Proteomics plays a pivotal role in systems medicine, in which pharmacoproteomics and toxicoproteomics have been developed to address questions related to efficacy and toxicity of drugs. Mass spectrometry is the core technology for quantitative proteomics, providing the capabilities of identification and quantitation of thousands of proteins. The technology has been applied to biomarker discovery and understanding the mechanisms of drug action. Both stable isotope labeling of proteins or peptides and label-free approaches have been incorporated with multidimensional LC separation and tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) to increase the coverage and depth of proteome analysis. A protocol of such an approach exemplified by dimethyl labeling in combination with 2D-LC-MS/MS is described. With further development of novel proteomic tools and increase in sample throughput, the full spectrum of mass spectrometry-based proteomic research will greatly advance systems medicine.
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- Zhijun Cao
- Division of Systems Biology, National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR, USA
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- Division of Systems Biology, National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR, USA.
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Thompson CJ, Witt M, Forcisi S, Moritz F, Kessler N, Laukien FH, Schmitt-Kopplin P. An Enhanced Isotopic Fine Structure Method for Exact Mass Analysis in Discovery Metabolomics: FIA-CASI-FTMS. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2020; 31:2025-2034. [PMID: 32857936 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.0c00047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A major bottleneck in metabolomics is the annotation of a molecular formula as a first step to a tentative structure assignment of known and unknown metabolites. The direct observation of an isotopic fine structure (IFS) provides the ability to confidently assign an unknown's molecular formula out of a complex mass spectrum. However, the majority of mass spectrometers deployed for metabolomic studies do not have sufficient resolving power and high-fidelity isotope ratios in the mass range of interest to determine molecular formulas from IFS data. To increase the number of unknowns for which IFS can be determined, a segmented "boxcar" approach using a selection quadrupole as a broadband mass filter is used. In this longer, enhanced dynamic range discovery experiment, selected ions in a specific mass range are accumulated before detection by the analyzer cell. The mass filter window is then moved across the entire mass range resulting in a composite mass spectrum covering the m/z range of interest for phenomics research. The effectiveness of the FIA-CASI-FTMS workflow utilizing IFS for molecular formula assignment is realized with the implementation of the dynamically harmonized cell, which distinguishes the approach from other segmented workflows because of the analytical properties of the cell. The discovery approach was applied to a human plasma sample to confidently assign an unknown molecular formula as part of the quest to illuminate its metabolic "dark matter" via high-fidelity IFS ratio determinations. The FIA-CASI-FTMS workflow showed a 2.6-fold increase in both matching with the Human Metabolome Database and an increase in the IFS pattern.
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- Helmholtz Center Munich, Analytical BioGeoChemistry, Munich 85764, Germany
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- Helmholtz Center Munich, Analytical BioGeoChemistry, Munich 85764, Germany
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- Bruker Daltonics Inc, Billerica, Massachusetts 01821, United States
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Richardson LT, Brantley MR, Solouki T. Using isotopic envelopes and neural decision tree-based in silico fractionation for biomolecule classification. Anal Chim Acta 2020; 1112:34-45. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2020.02.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2019] [Revised: 01/16/2020] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Wu Z, Bagarolo GI, Thoröe-Boveleth S, Jankowski J. "Lipidomics": Mass spectrometric and chemometric analyses of lipids. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2020; 159:294-307. [PMID: 32553782 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2020.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2020] [Revised: 06/03/2020] [Accepted: 06/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Lipids are ubiquitous in the human organism and play essential roles as components of cell membranes and hormones, for energy storage or as mediators of cell signaling pathways. As crucial mediators of the human metabolism, lipids are also involved in metabolic diseases, cardiovascular and renal diseases, cancer and/or hepatological and neurological disorders. With rapidly growing evidence supporting the impact of lipids on both the genesis and progression of these diseases as well as patient wellbeing, the characterization of the human lipidome has gained high interest and importance in life sciences and clinical diagnostics within the last 15 years. This is mostly due to technically advanced molecular identification and quantification methods, mainly based on mass spectrometry. Mass spectrometry has become one of the most powerful tools for the identification of lipids. New lipidic mediators or biomarkers of diseases can be analysed by state-of-the art mass spectrometry techniques supported by sophisticated bioinformatics and biostatistics. The lipidomic approach has developed dramatically in the realm of life sciences and clinical diagnostics due to the available mass spectrometric methods and in particular due to the adaptation of biostatistical methods in recent years. Therefore, the current knowledge of lipid extraction methods, mass-spectrometric approaches, biostatistical data analysis, including workflows for the interpretation of lipidomic high-throughput data, are reviewed in this manuscript.
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- Zhuojun Wu
- Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany; School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 50, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Zhang Q, Ford LA, Evans AM, Toal DR. Identification of an Endogenous Organosulfur Metabolite by Interpretation of Mass Spectrometric Data. Org Lett 2018; 20:2100-2103. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b00664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Qibo Zhang
- Metabolon, Inc., 617 Davis Drive, Suite 400, Morrisville, North Carolina 27560, United States
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- Metabolon, Inc., 617 Davis Drive, Suite 400, Morrisville, North Carolina 27560, United States
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- Metabolon, Inc., 617 Davis Drive, Suite 400, Morrisville, North Carolina 27560, United States
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- Metabolon, Inc., 617 Davis Drive, Suite 400, Morrisville, North Carolina 27560, United States
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Yang M, Zhou Z, Guo DA. A strategy for fast screening and identification of sulfur derivatives in medicinal Pueraria species based on the fine isotopic pattern filtering method using ultra-high-resolution mass spectrometry. Anal Chim Acta 2015; 894:44-53. [PMID: 26423627 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2015.07.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2015] [Revised: 07/07/2015] [Accepted: 07/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Sulfurous compounds are commonly present in plants, fungi, and animals. Most of them were reported to possess various bioactivities. Isotopic pattern filter (IPF) is a powerful tool for screening compounds with distinct isotope pattern. Over the past decades, the IPF was used mainly to study Cl- and Br-containing compounds. To our knowledge, the algorithm was scarcely used to screen S-containing compounds, especially when combined with chromatography analyses, because the (34)S isotopic ion is drastically affected by (13)C2 and (18)O. Thus, we present a new method for a fine isotopic pattern filter (FIPF) based on the separated M + 2 ions ((12)C(x)(1)H(y)(16)O(z)(32)S(13)C2(18)O, (12)C(x+2)(1)H(y)(16)O(z+1)(34)S, tentatively named M + 2OC and M + 2S) with an ultra-high-resolution mass (100,000 FWHM @ 400 m/z) to screen sulfur derivatives in traditional Chinese medicines (TCM).This finer algorithm operates through convenient filters, including an accurate mass shift of M + 2OC and M + 2S from M and their relative intensity compared to M. The method was validated at various mass resolutions, mass accuracies, and screening thresholds of flexible elemental compositions. Using the established FIPF method, twelve S-derivatives were found in the popular medicinal used Pueraria species, and 9 of them were tentatively identified by high-resolution multiple stage mass spectrometry (HRMS(n)). The compounds were used to evaluate the sulfurous compounds' situation in commercially purchased Pueraria products. The strategy presented here provides a promising application of the IPF method in a new field.
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- Min Yang
- National Engineering Laboratory for TCM Standardization Technology, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 501 Haike Road, Shanghai 201203, China
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- ThermoFisher Scientific (China) Co., Ltd, No 6 Building, 27 Xinjinqiao Road, Shanghai 201206, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for TCM Standardization Technology, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 501 Haike Road, Shanghai 201203, China.
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Nicolardi S, Switzar L, Deelder AM, Palmblad M, van der Burgt YE. Top-Down MALDI-In-Source Decay-FTICR Mass Spectrometry of Isotopically Resolved Proteins. Anal Chem 2015; 87:3429-37. [DOI: 10.1021/ac504708y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Simone Nicolardi
- Center for Proteomics and
Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), PO Box 9600, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Center for Proteomics and
Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), PO Box 9600, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Center for Proteomics and
Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), PO Box 9600, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Center for Proteomics and
Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), PO Box 9600, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Center for Proteomics and
Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), PO Box 9600, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Sokolowska I, Ngounou Wetie AG, Woods AG, Darie CC. Automatic determination of disulfide bridges in proteins. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 17:408-16. [PMID: 22885790 DOI: 10.1177/2211068212454737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Precise determination of disulfide linkages between cysteine (Cys) residues in proteins is essential in the determination of protein structure. Therefore, a reliable automated method for the identification of disulfide bridges can serve as an important tool in the analysis of the tertiary structure of proteins of interest. Here, we describe the current and past methods used to identify disulfide bridges in proteins, with a focus on mass spectrometry (MS)-based methods and a particular emphasis on nanoliquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (nanoLC-MS/MS)-based methods. We also show the development of an easy method based on the separation of disulfide-linked proteins by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis under denaturing and nonreducing conditions and selective in-gel digestion of proteins using reducing and nonreducing conditions, followed by analysis of the resulting peptide mixture by nanoACQUITY UPLC coupled to a quadrupole time-of-flight (QTOF) Micro mass spectrometer (nanoLC-MS/MS). Data-dependent analysis (DDA) nanoLC-MS/MS and information-dependent analysis (IDA) nanoLC-MS/MS were used for random and targeted identification of disulfide-linked peptides. Finally, an example of electrospray-MS (ESI-MS) and ESI-MS/MS-based determination of disulfide-linked peptides is shown.
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Determination of Peptide and Protein Disulfide Linkages by MALDI Mass Spectrometry. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2012; 331:79-116. [DOI: 10.1007/128_2012_384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Michalski A, Damoc E, Lange O, Denisov E, Nolting D, Müller M, Viner R, Schwartz J, Remes P, Belford M, Dunyach JJ, Cox J, Horning S, Mann M, Makarov A. Ultra high resolution linear ion trap Orbitrap mass spectrometer (Orbitrap Elite) facilitates top down LC MS/MS and versatile peptide fragmentation modes. Mol Cell Proteomics 2011; 11:O111.013698. [PMID: 22159718 PMCID: PMC3316736 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.o111.013698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 251] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Although only a few years old, the combination of a linear ion trap with an Orbitrap analyzer has become one of the standard mass spectrometers to characterize proteins and proteomes. Here we describe a novel version of this instrument family, the Orbitrap Elite, which is improved in three main areas. The ion transfer optics has an ion path that blocks the line of sight to achieve more robust operation. The tandem MS acquisition speed of the dual cell linear ion trap now exceeds 12 Hz. Most importantly, the resolving power of the Orbitrap analyzer has been increased twofold for the same transient length by employing a compact, high-field Orbitrap analyzer that almost doubles the observed frequencies. An enhanced Fourier Transform algorithm—incorporating phase information—further doubles the resolving power to 240,000 at m/z 400 for a 768 ms transient. For top-down experiments, we combine a survey scan with a selected ion monitoring scan of the charge state of the protein to be fragmented and with several HCD microscans. Despite the 120,000 resolving power for SIM and HCD scans, the total cycle time is within several seconds and therefore suitable for liquid chromatography tandem MS. For bottom-up proteomics, we combined survey scans at 240,000 resolving power with data-dependent collision-induced dissociation of the 20 most abundant precursors in a total cycle time of 2.5 s—increasing protein identifications in complex mixtures by about 30%. The speed of the Orbitrap Elite furthermore allows scan modes in which complementary dissociation mechanisms are routinely obtained of all fragmented peptides.
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- Annette Michalski
- Department of Proteomics and Signal Transduction, Max-Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
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Janecki DJ, Nemeth JF. Application of MALDI TOF/TOF mass spectrometry and collision-induced dissociation for the identification of disulfide-bonded peptides. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2011; 46:677-688. [PMID: 21744417 DOI: 10.1002/jms.1938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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This paper describes a method for the fast identification and composition of disulfide-bonded peptides. A unique fragmentation signature of inter-disulfide-bonded peptides is detected using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) time-of-flight (TOF)/TOF mass spectrometry and high-energy collision-induced dissociation (CID). This fragmentation pattern identifies peptides with an interconnected disulfide bond and provides information regarding the composition of the peptides involved in the pairing. The distinctive signature produced using CID is a triplet of ions resulting from the cleavage of the disulfide bond to produce dehydroalanine, cysteine or thiocysteine product ions. This method is not applicable to intra-peptide disulfide bonds, as the cleavage mechanism is not the same and a triplet pattern is not observed. This method has been successfully applied to identifying disulfide-bonded peptides in a number of control digestions, as well as study samples where disulfide bond networks were postulated and/or unknown.
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- Dariusz J Janecki
- Centocor Research & Development, Inc., 145 King of Prussia Rd., Radnor, PA 19087, USA
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Abd Al-Razaq E, Buttrus N, Al-Kattan W, Aziz Jbarah A, Almatarneh M. Reactions of Pd2+and Pt2+with pyrrolidinedithio carbamate and cystine ligands: synthesis and DFT calculations. J Sulphur Chem 2011. [DOI: 10.1080/17415993.2010.550617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Isotopic Composition and Accurate Mass. Mass Spectrom (Tokyo) 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-10711-5_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Weisbrod CR, Kaiser NK, Skulason GE, Bruce JE. Excite-coupled trapping ring electrode cell (eTREC): radial trapping field control, linearized excitation, and improved detection. Anal Chem 2010; 82:6281-6. [PMID: 20575529 PMCID: PMC2924666 DOI: 10.1021/ac100461c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A novel excite-coupled Trapping Ring Electrode Cell (eTREC) was designed and developed. eTREC technology provides greater linearity in the excitation electric field along with minimized variation in radial trapping field during detection. The variation in the radial trapping electric field is reduced through postexcitation modulation of the trapping potentials applied to the Trapping Ring Electrode Cell (TREC). Linearization of the electric field generated during radio frequency (RF) excitation is accomplished by coupling the RF excitation to a novel electrode arrangement superimposed onto the trapping rings of a TREC. The coupling of RF excitation to the trap plates effectively reduces z-axis ejection and allows for a more uniform postexcitation radius for the entire ion population. Using this technology, sensitivity was increased by >50%, resolution of (13)C(2) and (34)S fine structure peaks was achieved with the peptide MMMMG (approximately 330,000 RP) on a 3 T system, and the limit of detection was significantly reduced.
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- Corresponding author: (phone) (206)543-0220; (fax) 206.616.0715;
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Kaiser NK, Skulason GE, Weisbrod CR, Bruce JE. A novel Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer with improved ion trapping and detection capabilities. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2009; 20:755-62. [PMID: 19200753 PMCID: PMC2763776 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2008.12.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2008] [Revised: 12/16/2008] [Accepted: 12/17/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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A novel Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) mass spectrometer has been developed for improved biomolecule analysis. A flared metal capillary and an electrodynamic ion funnel were installed in the source region of the instrument for improved ion transmission. The transfer quadrupole is divided into 19 segments, with the capacity for independent control of DC voltage biases for each segment. Restrained ion population transfer (RIPT) is used to transfer ions from the ion accumulation region to the ICR cell. The RIPT ion guide reduces mass discrimination that occurs as a result of time-of-flight effects associated with gated trapping. Increasing the number of applied DC bias voltages from 8 to 18 increases the number of ions that are effectively trapped in the ICR cell. The RIPT ion guide with a novel voltage profile applied during ion transfer provides a 3- to 4-fold increase in the number of ions that are trapped in the ICR cell compared with gated trapping for the same ion accumulation time period. A novel ICR cell was incorporated in the instrument to reduce radial electric field variation for ions with different z-axis oscillation amplitudes. With the ICR cell, called trapping ring electrode cell (TREC), we can tailor the shape of the trapping electric fields to reduce dephasing of coherent cyclotron motion of an excited ion packet. With TREC, nearly an order of magnitude increase in sensitivity is observed. The performance of the instrument with the combination of RIPT, TREC, flared inlet, and ion funnel is presented.
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- Nathan K. Kaiser
- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-4630
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-4630
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-4630
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-4630
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Weisbrod CR, Kaiser NK, Skulason GE, Bruce JE. Trapping ring electrode cell: a FTICR mass spectrometer cell for improved signal-to-noise and resolving power. Anal Chem 2008; 80:6545-53. [PMID: 18681460 PMCID: PMC2915943 DOI: 10.1021/ac800535e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A novel FTICR cell called the trapping ring electrode cell (TREC) has been conceived, simulated, developed, and tested. The performance of the TREC is compared to a closed cylindrical cell at different excited cyclotron radii. The TREC permits the ability to maintain coherent ion motion at larger initial excited cyclotron radii by decreasing the change in radial electric field with respect to z-axis position in the cell. This is accomplished through postexcitation modulation of the trapping potentials applied to segmented trap plates. Resolving power approaching the theoretical limit was achieved using the novel TREC technology; over 420,000 resolving power was observed on melittin [M + 4H] (4+) species when employed under modest magnetic field strength (3T) and a data acquisition duration of 13 s. A 10-fold gain in signal-to-noise ratio is demonstrated over the closed cylindrical cell optimized with common potentials on all ring electrodes. The observed frequency drift during signal acquisition over long time periods was also significantly reduced, resulting in improved resolving power.
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- Chad R. Weisbrod
- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-4630
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-4630
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-4630
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-4630
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Wei H, Wang X, Liu Q, Mei Y, Lu Y, Guo Z. Disulfide bond cleavage induced by a platinum(II) methionine complex. Inorg Chem 2006; 44:6077-81. [PMID: 16097828 DOI: 10.1021/ic050285m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The cleavage of a disulfide bond and the redox equilibrium of thiol/disulfide are strongly related to the levels of glutathione (GSH)/oxidized glutathione (GSSG) or mixed disulfides in vivo. In this work, the cleavage of a disulfide bond in GSSG induced by a platinum(II) complex [Pt(Met)Cl2] (where Met = methionine) was studied and the cleavage fragments or their platinated adducts were identified by means of electrospray mass spectrometry, high-performance liquid chromatography, and ultraviolet techniques. The second-order rate constant for the reaction between [Pt(Met)Cl2] and GSSG was determined to be 0.4 M(-1) s(-1) at 310 K and pH 7.4, which is 100- and 12-fold faster than those of cisplatin and its monoaqua species, respectively. Different complexes were formed in the reaction of [Pt(Met)Cl2] with GSSG, mainly mono- and dinuclear platinum complexes with the cleavage fragments of GSSG. This study demonstrated that [Pt(Met)Cl2] can promote the cleavage of disulfide bonds. The mechanistic insight obtained from this study may provide a deeper understanding on the potential involvement of platinum complexes in the intracellular GSH/GSSG systems.
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- Haiying Wei
- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Coordination Chemistry Institute, Nanjing University, 210093 Nanjing, PR China
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Fukuyama Y, Iwamoto S, Tanaka K. Rapid sequencing and disulfide mapping of peptides containing disulfide bonds by using 1,5-diaminonaphthalene as a reductive matrix. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2006; 41:191-201. [PMID: 16382486 DOI: 10.1002/jms.977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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MS/MS is indispensable for the amino acid sequencing of peptides. However, its use is limited for peptides containing disulfide bonds. We have applied the reducing properties of 1,5-diaminonaphthalene (1,5-DAN) as a MALDI matrix to amino acid sequencing and disulfide bond mapping of human urotensin II possessing one disulfide bond, and human guanylin possessing two disulfide bonds. 1,5-DAN was used in the same manner as the usual MALDI matrices without any pre-treatment of the peptide, and MS/MS was performed using a matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization quadrupole ion trap time-of-flight mass spectrometer (MALDI QIT TOFMS). The results demonstrated that MS/MS of the molecular ions reduced by 1,5-DAN provided a series of significant b-/y-product ions. All 11 amino acid residues of urotensin II were identified using 1,5-DAN, while only 5 out of 11 residues were identified using 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid (DHB); similarly 11 out of 15 amino acid residues of guanylin were identified using 1,5-DAN, while only three were identified using DHB. In addition, comparison of the theoretical and measured values of the mass differences between corresponding MS/MS product ions using 1,5-DAN and DHB narrowed down the possible disulfide bond arrangement candidates. Consequently, 1,5-DAN as a reductive matrix facilitates rapid amino acid sequencing and disulfide mapping for peptides containing disulfide bonds.
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- Yuko Fukuyama
- Koichi Tanaka Mass Spectrometry Research Laboratory, Shimadzu Corporation, 1, Nishinokyo-Kuwabaracho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8511, Japan.
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- Joseph A Loo
- Departments of Biochemistry and Biological Chemistry, Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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Gross JH. Instrumentation. Mass Spectrom (Tokyo) 2004. [DOI: 10.1007/3-540-36756-x_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Cooper HJ, Hendrickson CL, Marshall AG, Cross RJ, Saunders M. Direct detection and quantitation of He@C60 by ultrahigh-resolution Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2002; 13:1349-1355. [PMID: 12443026 DOI: 10.1016/s1044-0305(02)00650-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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In this paper, we report negative ion microelectrospray Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) mass spectrometry of C60 samples containing approximately 1% 3He@C60 or 4He@C60. Resolving He@C60- and 4He@C60- from C60 containing 3 or 4 13C instead of 12C atoms is technically challenging, because the target species are present in low relative abundance and are very close in mass. Nevertheless, we achieve baseline resolution of 3He@C60- from 13C3(12C57-) and 4He@C60- from 13C4(12C56-) in single-scan mass spectra obtained in broadband mode without preisolation of the ions of interest. The results constitute the first direct mass spectrometric observation of endohedral helium in a fullerene sample at this (low) level of incorporation. The results also demonstrate the feasibility of determining the extent of He incorporation from the FT-ICR mass spectral peak heights. The present measurements are in agreement with those obtained by the pyrolysis method [1-3]. Although limited in sensitivity, the mass spectral method is faster and easier than pyrolysis.
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- Helen J Cooper
- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee 32310, USA
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Solouki T, Freitas MA, Alomary A. Gas-Phase Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange Reactions of Fulvic Acids: An Electrospray Ionization Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectral Study. Anal Chem 1999. [DOI: 10.1021/ac990185w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- T. Solouki
- Department of Chemistry, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469, and CIMAR, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, 1800 East Paul Dirac, Tallahassee, Florida 32310
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469, and CIMAR, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, 1800 East Paul Dirac, Tallahassee, Florida 32310
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469, and CIMAR, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, 1800 East Paul Dirac, Tallahassee, Florida 32310
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Betancourt L, Takao T, Hernandez L, Padron G, Shimonishi Y. Structural characterization of Acetobacter diazotropicus levansucrase by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry: identification of an N-terminal blocking group and a free-thiol cysteine residue. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 1999; 34:169-174. [PMID: 10214721 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9888(199903)34:3<169::aid-jms780>3.0.co;2-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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High-resolution matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry was used to characterize the primary structure of the levansucrase (EC 2.4.1.10) secreted by Acetobacter diazotropicus SRT4. The technique permitted not only the reading frame of this enzyme, the amino acid sequence of which was deduced from DNA, but also the elucidation of an N-terminal blocking group and the position of a disulfide bridge between Cys309 and Cys365 among the three Cys residues. A free cysteine (Cys127) was identified by modifying an intact molecule with a sulfhydryl reagent, 5-(octyldithio)-2-nitrobenzoic acid, under non-reducing conditions. In addition, the enzyme obtained by site-directed mutagenesis at Asp279 to Asn279 was also identified by the above methods. Post-source decay analysis of the tryptic peptide containing the mutation site unequivocally revealed an Asn residue at position 279.
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- L Betancourt
- Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Japan
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Shi SD, Hendrickson CL, Marshall AG. Counting individual sulfur atoms in a protein by ultrahigh-resolution Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry: experimental resolution of isotopic fine structure in proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998; 95:11532-7. [PMID: 9751700 PMCID: PMC21675 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.20.11532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A typical molecular ion mass spectrum consists of a sum of signals from species of various possible isotopic compositions. Only the monoisotopic peak (e.g., all carbons are 12C; all nitrogens are 14N, etc.) has a unique elemental composition. Every other isotope peak at approximately integer multiples of approximately 1 Da higher in nominal mass represents a sum of contributions from isotope combinations differing by a few mDa (e.g., two 13C vs. two 15N vs. one 13C and one 15N vs. 34S, vs. 18O, etc., at approximately 2 Da higher in mass than the monoisotopic mass). At sufficiently high mass resolving power, each of these nominal-mass peaks resolves into its isotopic fine structure. Here, we report resolution of the isotopic fine structure of proteins up to 15.8 kDa (isotopic 13C,15N doubly depleted tumor suppressor protein, p16), made possible by electrospray ionization followed by ultrahigh-resolution Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass analysis at 9.4 tesla. Further, a resolving power of m/Deltam50% approximately 8,000,000 has been achieved on bovine ubiquitin (8.6 kDa). These results represent a 10-fold increase in the highest mass at which isotopic fine structure previously had been observed. Finally, because isotopic fine structure reveals elemental composition directly, it can be used to confirm or determine molecular formula. For p16, for example, we were able to determine (5.1 +/- 0.3) the correct number (five) of sulfur atoms solely from the abundance ratio of the resolved 34S peak to the monoisotopic peak.
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- S D Shi
- Department of Chemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-3006, USA
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- A L Burlingame
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0446, USA
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Solouki T, Reinhold BB, Costello CE, O'Malley M, Guan S, Marshall AG. Electrospray ionization and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry of permethylated oligosaccharides. Anal Chem 1998; 70:857-64. [PMID: 9511464 DOI: 10.1021/ac970562+] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Mass spectra of fragments of permethylated oligosaccharides are analyzed by Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) mass spectrometry. Sustained off-resonance irradiation (SORI) collision-induced dissociation (CID), quadrupolar axialization, multiple stages of isolation and dissociation (MSn), and ion remeasurement are exploited for carbohydrate structural analyses. That SORI CID internal energies are adequate for linkage analysis of a permethylated glucose oligomer is demonstrated by identifying ring-opened fragment ions from MALDI-generated mass-isolated and collisionally activated ions. Ion remeasurement and axialization techniques enhance the sensitivity of ion fragmentation analysis. Multiple stages of isolation and dissociation of ion fragments (MSn) provide for structural analysis of an electrospray-ionized permethylated lacto-N-fucopentaose isomer (LNFP II). Compared to MS2 spectra taken with a triple quadrupole, FT-ICR MSn (n > 2) provides more extensive characterization of the parent molecular structure than is available from a single stage of ion isolation and dissociation (MS2).
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- T Solouki
- Center for Interdisciplinary Magnetic Resonance, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee 32310, USA
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Stults JT. Minimizing Peak Coalescence: High-Resolution Separation of Isotope Peaks in Partially Deamidated Peptides by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 1997. [DOI: 10.1021/ac970155y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- John T. Stults
- Protein Chemistry Department, Genentech, Inc., 460 Point San Bruno Boulevard, South San Francisco, California 94080
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