De Novo Peptide Sequencing and Identification with Precision Mass Spectrometry

peer-reviewed · Journal of Proteome Research · 2007

peer-reviewed · Journal of Proteome Research · 2007. Ari Frank et al. The recent proliferation of novel mass spectrometers such as Fourier transform, QTOF, and OrbiTrap marks a…
Date 2007-01-05
Type peer-reviewed
Venue Journal of Proteome Research
Publisher ACS
Contribution algorithm
DOI 10.1021/pr060271u
Citations (OpenAlex) 196
Venue 2-year citedness 3.48

Abstract

The recent proliferation of novel mass spectrometers such as Fourier transform, QTOF, and OrbiTrap marks a transition into the era of precision mass spectrometry, providing a 2 orders of magnitude boost to the mass resolution, as compared to low-precision ion-trap detectors. We investigate peptide de novo sequencing by precision mass spectrometry and explore some of the differences when compared to analysis of low-precision data. We demonstrate how the dramatically improved performance of de novo sequencing with precision mass spectrometry paves the way for novel approaches to peptide identification that are based on direct sequence lookups, rather than comparisons of spectra to a database. With the direct sequence lookup, it is not only possible to search a database very efficiently, but also to use the database in novel ways, such as searching for products of alternative splicing or products of fusion proteins in cancer. Our de novo sequencing software is available for download at http://peptide.ucsd.edu/.

Authors

  1. Ari Frank · Affectivon, Inc., Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, University of California San Diego
  2. Mikhail M. Savitski · Uppsala University
  3. Michael L. Nielsen · Uppsala University
  4. Roman A. Zubarev · Uppsala University
  5. Pavel A. Pevzner · Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, University of California San Diego, University of Southern California

Methods and tools

  • PepNovo: Probabilistic network + DP

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