title: Improved sequencing of oxidized cysteine and methionine containing peptides using electron transfer dissociation.
abstract: Oxidative modifications to the side chains of sulfur-containing amino acids often limit the number of product ions formed during collision-induced dissociation (CID) and thus make it difficult to obtain sequence information for oxidized peptides. In this work, we demonstrate that electron-transfer dissociation (ETD) can be used to improve the sequence information obtained from peptides with oxidized cysteine and methionine residues. In contrast to CID, ETD is found to be much less sensitive to the side-chain chemistry, enabling extensive sequence information to be obtained in cases where CID fails to provide this information. These results indicate that ETD is a valuable technique for studying oxidatively modified peptides and proteins. In addition, we report a unique and very abundant product ion that is formed in the CID spectra of peptides having N-terminal cysteine sulfinic acid residues. The mechanism for this unique dissociation pathway involves a six-membered cyclic intermediate and leads to the facile loss of NH(3) and SO(2), which corresponds to a mass loss of 81 Da. While the facile nature of this dissociation pathway limits the sequence information present in CID spectra of peptides with N-terminal cysteine sulfinic acid residues, extensive sequence information for these peptides can be obtained with ETD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Srikanth
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Juma D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Bridgewater
authors.forename: Jason R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Numbers
authors.forename: Jihyeon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Mark R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Olbris
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kettani
authors.forename: Richard W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Vachet
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D003553:Cystine / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D008715:Methionine / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D013441:Sulfinic Acids / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; D013441:Sulfinic Acids; D003553:Cystine; D008715:Methionine