Structural Characterization of Glycopeptides by N-terminal Protein Ladder Sequencing
- 8 March 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Analytical Chemistry
- Vol. 78 (7), 2239-2243
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ac051841x
Abstract
High-sensitivity and high-throughput mass spectrometry (MS) has become an important tool for characterizing glycopeptides. Here, we analyzed synthetic O-linked glycopeptides using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) MS. First, we applied MALDI-quadrupole ion trap (QIT)-TOF MS, which enables collision-induced dissociation-MSn analysis for fine structural characterization. Subsequent MS/MS of sodium adduct ions selected as precursor ions yielded detailed information about the site of oligosaccharide attachment as well as the carbohydrate and amino acid sequences; however, these MS/MS spectra were very complex. To obtain easily interpretable and simple spectra, we used N-terminal protein ladder sequencing coupled with MALDI-TOF MS. From the extremely simple resulting spectra, we were able to determine the glycosylation sites, amino acid sequences, and oligosaccharide molecular weights of the glycopeptides.Keywords
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