Ion-molecule reactions reveal facile radical migration in peptides.
Ion-molecule reactions between molecular oxygen and peptide radicals in the gas phase demonstrate that radical migration occurs easily within large biomolecules without addition of collisional activation energy.
Moore
Benjamin N
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Department of Chemistry, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA.
Blanksby
Stephen J
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Julian
Ryan R
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D005609:Free Radicals / Q000737:chemistry*; D005740:Gases / Q000737:chemistry; D007477:Ions / Q000737:chemistry*; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D013816:Thermodynamics
D005609:Free Radicals; D005740:Gases; D007477:Ions; D010455:Peptides; D010100:Oxygen