Validation of De Novo Peptide Sequences with Bottom-Up Tag Convolution

peer-reviewed · Proteomes · 2021

peer-reviewed · Proteomes · 2021. Kira Vyatkina. De novo sequencing is indispensable for the analysis of proteins from organisms with unknown genomes, novel…
Date 2021-12-29
Type peer-reviewed
Venue Proteomes
Publisher MDPI AG
Contribution post-processor
DOI 10.3390/proteomes10010001
Citations (OpenAlex) 3

Abstract

De novo sequencing is indispensable for the analysis of proteins from organisms with unknown genomes, novel splice variants, and antibodies. However, despite a variety of methods developed to this end, distinguishing between the correct interpretation of a mass spectrum and a number of incorrect alternatives often remains a challenge. Tag convolution is computed for a set of peptide sequence tags of a fixed length k generated from the input tandem mass spectra and can be viewed as a generalization of the well-known spectral convolution. We demonstrate its utility for validating de novo peptide sequences by using a set of those generated by the algorithm PepNovo+ from high-resolution bottom-up data sets for carbonic anhydrase 2 and the Fab region of alemtuzumab and indicate its further potential applications.

Authors

  1. Kira Vyatkina · ITMO University, Saint Petersburg Academic University, Saint Petersburg National Research Academic University of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University, St Petersburg University, St. Petersburg State University

Methods and tools

  • Bottom-up tag convolution: Tells a correct spectrum interpretation from its plausible alternatives by convolving the set of length-k sequence tags a candidate implies, attacking the step de novo sequencing is weakest at: not producing a sequence but choosing between the ones it produced.

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