Mass spectrometric differentiation of linear peptides composed of L-amino acids from isomers containing one D-amino acid residue.
MS/MS of electrosprayed ions is shown to have the capacity to discriminate between peptides that differ by configuration about their alpha-carbons. It is not necessary for the peptides to possess tertiary structures that are affected by stereochemistry, since five epimers of the pentapeptide, H2N-Gly-Leu-Ser-Phe-Ala-OH (GLSFA) all display different collisionally activated dissociation (CAD) patterns of their protonated parent ions. The figure of merit, r, is a ratio of ratios of fragment ion abundances between stereoisomers, where r = 1 corresponds to no stereochemical effect. Values of r as high as 3.8 are seen for diastereomer pairs. Stereochemical effects are also seen for the diprotonated dodecapeptide H2N-Leu-Val-Phe-Phe-Ala-Glu-Asp-Val-Gly-Ser-Asn-Lys-OH (LVFFAEDVGSNK), a tryptic fragment from the amyloid beta-protein. Triply charged complexes of the protonated dodecapeptide with cobalt(II) ions undergo CAD at lower collision energies than do doubly protonated LVFFAEDVGSNK ions. Statistically significant (p < 0.01) differences between the all-L-dodecapeptide and the ones containing a d-serine or a D-aspartic acid are observed.
Serafin
Scott V
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Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521-0403, USA.
Maranan
Rhonda
R
Zhang
Kangling
K
Morton
Thomas Hellman
TH
D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D007477:Ions / Q000737:chemistry; D007536:Isomerism; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010455:Peptides / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*
D000596:Amino Acids; D007477:Ions; D010455:Peptides