Disentangling the Complex Multiplexed DIA Spectra in De Novo Peptide Sequencing

preprint · arXiv · 2024

preprint · arXiv · 2024. Zheng Ma et al. Data-Independent Acquisition (DIA) was introduced to improve sensitivity to cover all peptides in a range…
Date 2024-11-24
Type preprint
Venue arXiv
Publisher arXiv
Contribution algorithm
DOI 10.48550/arXiv.2411.15684
Citations (OpenAlex) 1

Abstract

Data-Independent Acquisition (DIA) was introduced to improve sensitivity to cover all peptides in a range rather than only sampling high-intensity peaks as in Data-Dependent Acquisition (DDA) mass spectrometry. However, it is not very clear how useful DIA data is for de novo peptide sequencing as the DIA data are marred with coeluted peptides, high noises, and varying data quality. We present a new deep learning method DIANovo, and address each of these difficulties, and improves the previous established systems by a large margin, via equipping the model with a deeper understanding of coeluted DIA spectra. This paper also provides criteria about when DIA data could be used for de novo peptide sequencing and when not to by providing a comparison between DDA and DIA, in both de novo and database search mode. We find that while DIA excels with narrow isolation windows on older-generation instruments, it loses its advantage with wider windows. However, with Orbitrap Astral, DIA consistently outperforms DDA due to narrow window mode enabled. We also provide a theoretical explanation of this phenomenon, emphasizing the critical role of the signal-to-noise profile in the successful application of de novo sequencing.

Authors

  1. Zheng Ma · University of Waterloo
  2. Zeping Mao · Bioinformatics Solutions Inc., University of Waterloo
  3. Ruixue Zhang · University of Waterloo
  4. Jiazhen Chen · University of Waterloo
  5. Lei Xin · Bioinformatics Solutions Inc.
  6. Baozhen Shan · Bioinformatics Solutions Inc.
  7. Ali Ghodsi · University of Waterloo
  8. Ming Li · Bioinformatics Solutions Inc., Peng Cheng Laboratory, University of Waterloo, University of Western Ontario

Methods and tools

  • DIANovo: Transformer-based de novo sequencer for DIA: disentangles coeluted/multiplexed precursor spectra. Presented in Zheng Ma’s arXiv preprint (2024) and his PhD thesis (2025).

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