title: Native mass spectrometry: a bridge between interactomics and structural biology.
abstract: Native mass spectrometry is an emerging technology that allows the topological investigation of intact protein complexes with high sensitivity and a theoretically unrestricted mass range. This unique tool provides complementary information to established technologies in structural biology, and also provides a link to high-throughput interactomics studies, which do not generate information on exact protein complex-composition, structure or dynamics. Here I review the current state of native mass spectrometry technology and discuss several important biological applications. I also describe current experimental challenges in native mass spectrometry, encouraging readers to contribute to solutions.
authors.affiliation: Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Group, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands. a.j.r.heck@uu.nl
authors.forename: Albert J R
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Heck
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001671:Biochemistry / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D008967:Molecular Biology / Q000379:methods*; D011485:Protein Binding; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins