title: Role of amino acid N-methylation in cyclosporins on ring opening and fragmentation mechanisms during collisionally induced dissociation in an ion trap.
abstract: The product ion mass spectra (collisionally induced dissociation mass spectra) of 12 different cyclosporins modified at every N-methylated amino acid residue with respect to cyclosporin A were compared and the effect of N-demethylation on ring opening mechanisms was evaluated. The four preferential protonation sites were identified in [MeBmt(1)]-cyclosporins. Three sites represented the N-methylated nitrogens of Sar(3), MeLeu(6) and MeLeu(9), while the remaining one represented the lactone group formed by the intramolecular N,O-acyl shift. Selective N-demethylation resulted either in the deletion of the entire fragment ion series or its substantial attenuation. The structures of three new natural cyclosporins in the study were supported by NMR data.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Vídenská 1083, CZ-142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuzma
authors.forename: Alexandr
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jegorov
authors.forename: Antti
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hesso
authors.forename: Jarkko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tornaeus
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sedmera
authors.forename: Vladimír
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Havlícek
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D003524:Cyclosporins / Q000737:chemistry*; D005285:Fermentation; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008745:Methylation; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D009626:Terminology as Topic
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D003524:Cyclosporins