Constrained search

4 methods · 1999–2012

Constrained search: Replace the database with the set of sequences the measurement itself allows. An accurate precursor mass, a determined composition or a known peptide family bounds the candidate set tightly enough to enumerate it outright.

Replace the database with the set of sequences the measurement itself allows. An accurate precursor mass, a determined composition or a known peptide family bounds the candidate set tightly enough to enumerate it outright.

The earliest of its 4 methods is Accurate-mass constrained de novo interpretation (1999); 3 more have followed.

Methods 4
Papers describing them 4
Authors 20
Active 1999-07-01 to 2012-08-03
Kinds algorithm (3), adjacent
Acquisition DDA (4)

Methods (4)

Oldest first, by the paper that describes each one.

  • Accurate-mass constrained de novo interpretation (1999): Uses 10 ppm parent-mass accuracy plus immonium-ion composition to replace the database with the set of sequence permutations the mass allows, then feeds the resulting de novo sequences into a similarity search. An early statement of the hybrid de novo plus homology strategy.
  • Composition-based sequencing (2004): Two-step database-free strategy enabled by FT-ICR mass accuracy: determine the peptide’s amino acid COMPOSITION first, then score only the permutations that composition allows, which is a far smaller search space than conventional de novo sequencing explores.
  • TVNovo (2010): Turns de novo sequencing into a search problem by generating a VIRTUAL database per spectrum, enumerating the candidate sequences the precursor mass allows, then scoring them as a database search would. Built for high-resolution LTQ-FT data.
  • Conovo (2012): Constrained de novo sequencing algorithm for peptide families such as conotoxins.

Papers describing them (4)

Authors (20)

Alma L. Burlingame, Beatrix Ueberheide, Bernhard Spengler, Bingwen Lu, Brian T. Chait, Chang-Ming Xu, Hai-Bin Ma, Han-Chang Sun, Hong-Wei Xie, Hui Liu, Ji-Yang Zhang, John R. Yates III, Karl R. Clauser, Lemmuel L. Tayo, Lourdes J. Cruz, Marshall Bern, Peter Baker, Swapnil Bhatia, Wei Zhang (Changsha), Yong J. Kil

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