Can Two-Dimensional IR-ECD Mass Spectrometry Improve Peptide de Novo Sequencing?

peer-reviewed · Analytical Chemistry · 2018

peer-reviewed · Analytical Chemistry · 2018. Maria A. van Agthoven et al. Two-dimensional mass spectrometry (2D MS) correlates precursor and fragment ions without ion isolation in a…
Date 2018-03-06
Type peer-reviewed
Venue Analytical Chemistry
Publisher American Chemical Society (ACS)
Contribution adjacent
DOI 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b05324
Citations (OpenAlex) 27
Venue 2-year citedness 7.10

Abstract

Two-dimensional mass spectrometry (2D MS) correlates precursor and fragment ions without ion isolation in a Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer (FTICR MS) for tandem mass spectrometry. Infrared activated electron capture dissociation (IR-ECD), using a hollow cathode configuration, generally yields more information for peptide sequencing in tandem mass spectrometry than ECD (electron capture dissociation) alone. The effects of the fragmentation zone on the 2D mass spectrum are investigated as well as the structural information that can be derived from it. The enhanced structural information gathered from the 2D mass spectrum is discussed in terms of how de novo peptide sequencing can be performed with increased confidence. 2D IR-ECD MS is shown to sequence peptides, to distinguish between leucine and isoleucine residues through the production of w ions as well as between C-terminal (b/ c) and N-terminal (y/ z) fragments through the use of higher harmonics, and to assign and locate peptide modifications.

Authors

  1. Maria A. van Agthoven · University of Warwick
  2. Alice M. Lynch · University of Warwick
  3. Tomos E. Morgan · University of Warwick
  4. Christopher A. Wootton · University of Warwick
  5. Yuko P.Y. Lam · University of Warwick
  6. Lionel Chiron
  7. Mark P. Barrow · University of Warwick
  8. Marc-André Delsuc · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Inserm, Institut de génétique et de biologie moléculaire et cellulaire, Université de Strasbourg
  9. Peter B. O’Connor · University of Warwick

Methods and tools

  • 2D IR-ECD MS de novo sequencing: Asks whether two-dimensional FT-ICR mass spectrometry with infrared-activated electron capture dissociation, correlating precursors and fragments without isolation, improves de novo peptide sequencing.

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