title: Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization/quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometry of peptides. Application to the localization of phosphorylation sites on the P protein from Sendai virus.
abstract: The polymerase-associated phosphoprotein (P protein) from Sendai virus, a murine Paramyxovirus, is reported in the literature to be a highly phosphorylated protein. In vitro studies have detected phosphorylation in different regions of the protein, while a single phosphopeptide (identified as the sole phosphorylation) site) was observed using in vivo techniques. In this work, two phosphorylation sites of the P protein from Sendai virus are localized by a direct approach using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization/quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometry. A computer-aided approach is used to confirm peptide identification.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biotechnology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-7730, USA.
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Jonscher
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Yates
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002918:Chymotrypsin / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010449:Peptide Mapping; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C055859:P protein, Sendai virus; D010455:Peptides; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; D002918:Chymotrypsin