Autor: |
Quick MM; Department of Chemistry, University of Texas, Austin, TX, 78712, USA., Mehaffey MR; Department of Chemistry, University of Texas, Austin, TX, 78712, USA., Johns RW; Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.; McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, TX, 78712, USA., Parker WR; Department of Chemistry, University of Texas, Austin, TX, 78712, USA., Brodbelt JS; Department of Chemistry, University of Texas, Austin, TX, 78712, USA. jbrodbelt@cm.utexas.edu. |
Abstrakt: |
N-terminal derivatization of peptides with the chromogenic reagent 4-acetamido-4-isothiocyanatostilbene-2,2-disulfonic acid (SITS) is demonstrated to enhance the efficiency of 266 nm ultraviolet photodissociation (UVPD). Attachment of the chromophore results in a mass shift of 454 Da and provides significant gains in the number and abundances of diagnostic fragment ions upon UVPD. Activation of SITS-tagged peptides with 266 nm UVPD leads to many fragment ions akin to the a/b/y ions commonly produced by CID, along with other sequence ions (c, x, and z) typically accessed through higher energy pathways. Extreme bias towards C-terminal fragment ions is observed upon activation of SITS-tagged peptides using multiple 266 nm laser pulses. Due to the high reaction efficiency of the isothiocyanate coupling to the N-terminus of peptides, we demonstrate the ability to adapt this strategy to a high-throughput LC-MS/MS workflow with 266 nm UVPD. Graphical Abstract ᅟ. |