A Dynamic Programming Approach to De Novo Peptide Sequencing via Tandem Mass Spectrometry

peer-reviewed · Journal of Computational Biology · 2001

peer-reviewed · Journal of Computational Biology · 2001. Ting Chen et al. Tandem mass spectrometry fragments a large number of molecules of the same peptide sequence into charged…
Date 2001-06-01
Type peer-reviewed
Venue Journal of Computational Biology
Publisher SAGE Publications
Contribution algorithm
DOI 10.1089/10665270152530872
Citations (OpenAlex) 252
Venue 2-year citedness 1.45

Abstract

Tandem mass spectrometry fragments a large number of molecules of the same peptide sequence into charged molecules of prefix and suffix peptide subsequences and then measures mass/charge ratios of these ions. The de novo peptide sequencing problem is to reconstruct the peptide sequence from a given tandem mass spectral data of k ions. By implicitly transforming the spectral data into an NC-spectrum graph G (V, E) where /V/ = 2k + 2, we can solve this problem in O(/V//E/) time and O(/V/2) space using dynamic programming. For an ideal noise-free spectrum with only b- and y-ions, we improve the algorithm to O(/V/ + /E/) time and O(/V/) space. Our approach can be further used to discover a modified amino acid in O(/V//E/) time. The algorithms have been implemented and tested on experimental data.

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  1. Ting Chen · Harvard University, University of Southern California
  2. Ming-Yang Kao · Yale University
  3. Matthew Tepel · Harvard University
  4. John Rush · Harvard University
  5. George M. Church · Harvard University

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