Lehmann, Wolf D.
[Author];
Wei, Junhua
[Author];
Rappsilber, Juri
[Author];
Salek, Mojiborahman
[Author]
;
Wolf D. Lehmann and Junhua Wei and Juri Rappsilber and Mojiborahman Salek
[Contributor]
The Peptide MS/MS-Fragmentome: A Set of Predictable Fragment Ions with Highly Redundant Sequence Information
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Description:
Upon low energy collision induced dissociation (CID), multiply protonated peptides generate a set of interdependent fragment ions detectable by MS/MS, the '[peptide]n+-fragmentome'. In particular dynamic fragmentation of [peptide]n+ ions in a collision cell generates information-rich MS/MS spectra. Currently, database-supported annotations of peptide MS/MS spectra are mainly based on a combination of peptide molecular weight and y type fragment ions, leaving a considerable number of good-quality peptide MS/MS spectra in proteomics studies unannotated. This situation may be improved by a more complete use of the structural information present in the [peptide]n+-fragmentome. The presentation provides an overview on the fragment ions of multiply protonated peptides and their connectivity, comprising a ions, b ions, y ions, and neutral loss reactions from the N-, and C-terminus, and internal b ions. In the low-mass region, the unique set of 19 y1 ions and of the 190 b2 ions carries a particular message, since these ions define the N-or C-terminal amino acid(s). Further, the b1 ions of the basic residues K, H, W, and R carry a specific N-terminal information, which is redundant to that contained in the corresponding b2 ions and in the N-terminal neutral loss peaks. Redundant information is also found in b and y ion series and in complementary b/y ion pairs. The latter are particularly abundant when generated by proline- or aspartate-induced backbone cleavages. From complementary b/y ion pairs the molecular weight of the precursor ion can be reconstructed to confirm or determine its molecular weight. This procedure is helpful in case a mixture of precursor ions is isolated or in case a precursor ion of very low abundance is isolated. Information about the precursor ion charge state is also delivered by precursor ion reconstruction using MS/MS data. In the analysis of covalently modified peptides, reporter ions are of particular importance. These ions can be used for mining of MS/MS data sets for the occurrence of ...