Structural identification of electron transfer dissociation products in mass spectrometry using infrared ion spectroscopy

Jonathan Martens, Josipa Grzetic, Giel Berden and Jos Oomens ()
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Jonathan Martens: Radboud University, Institute for Molecules and Materials, FELIX Laboratory
Josipa Grzetic: Radboud University, Institute for Molecules and Materials, FELIX Laboratory
Giel Berden: Radboud University, Institute for Molecules and Materials, FELIX Laboratory
Jos Oomens: Radboud University, Institute for Molecules and Materials, FELIX Laboratory

Nature Communications, 2016, vol. 7, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract Tandem mass spectrometry occupies a principle place among modern analytical methods and drives many developments in the ‘omics’ sciences. Electron attachment induced dissociation methods, as alternatives for collision-induced dissociation have profoundly influenced the field of proteomics, enabling among others the top-down sequencing of entire proteins and the analysis of post-translational modifications. The technique, however, produces more complex mass spectra and its radical-driven reaction mechanisms remain incompletely understood. Here we demonstrate the facile structural characterization of electron transfer dissociation generated peptide fragments by infrared ion spectroscopy using the tunable free-electron laser FELIX, aiding the elucidation of the underlying dissociation mechanisms. We apply this method to verify and revise previously proposed product ion structures for an often studied model tryptic peptide, [AlaAlaHisAlaArg+2H]2+. Comparing experiment with theory reveals that structures that would be assigned using only theoretical thermodynamic considerations often do not correspond to the experimentally sampled species.

Date: 2016
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