De novo peptide sequencing using exhaustive enumeration of peptide composition

peer-reviewed · Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry · 2006

peer-reviewed · Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry · 2006. Matthew T. Olson et al. We introduce the use of a peptide composition lookup table indexed by residual mass and number of amino acids…
Date 2006-08-01
Type peer-reviewed
Venue Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
Publisher ASMS
Contribution algorithm
DOI 10.1016/j.jasms.2006.03.007
Citations (OpenAlex) 32
Venue 2-year citedness 2.58

Abstract

We introduce the use of a peptide composition lookup table indexed by residual mass and number of amino acids for de novo sequencing of polypeptides. Polypeptides of 1600 Daltons (Da) or more can be sequenced effectively through exhaustive compositional analysis of MS/MS spectra obtained by unimolecular decomposition (without CID) in a MALDI TOF/TOF despite a fragment mass accuracy of 50 mDa. Peaks are referenced against the lookup table to obtain a complete profile of amino acid combinations, and combinations are assembled into series of increasing length. Concatenating the differences between successive entries in compositional series yields peptide sequences that can be scored and ranked according to signal intensity. While the current work involves measurements acquired on MALDI TOF-TOF, such general treatment of the data anticipates extension to other types of mass analyzers.

Authors

  1. Matthew T. Olson · National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  2. Jonathan A. Epstein · National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  3. Alfred L. Yergey · National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Methods and tools

  • ENPC: Exhaustive composition enumeration

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