title: Neutron encoded labeling for peptide identification.
abstract: Metabolic labeling of cells using heavy amino acids is most commonly used for relative quantitation; however, partner mass shifts also detail the number of heavy amino acids contained within the precursor species. Here, we use a recently developed metabolic labeling technique, NeuCode (neutron encoding) stable isotope labeling with amino acids in cell culture (SILAC), which produces precursor partners spaced ~40 mDa apart to enable amino acid counting. We implement large scale counting of amino acids through a program, "Amino Acid Counter", which determines the most likely combination of amino acids within a precursor based on NeuCode SILAC partner spacing and filters candidate peptide sequences during a database search using this information. Counting the number of lysine residues for precursors selected for MS/MS decreases the median number of candidate sequences from 44 to 14 as compared to an accurate mass search alone (20 ppm). Furthermore, the ability to co-isolate and fragment NeuCode SILAC partners enables counting of lysines in product ions, and when the information is used, the median number of candidates is reduced to 7. We then demonstrate counting leucine in addition to lysine results in a 6-fold decrease in search space, 43 to 7, when compared to an accurate mass search. We use this scheme to analyze a nanoLC-MS/MS experiment and demonstrate that accurate mass plus lysine and leucine counting reduces the number of candidate sequences to one for ~20% of all precursors selected, demonstrating an ability to identify precursors without MS/MS analysis.
authors: Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States.
authors: Christopher M
authors: CM
authors: Rose
authors: Anna E
authors: AE
authors: Merrill
authors: Derek J
authors: DJ
authors: Bailey
authors: Alexander S
authors: AS
authors: Hebert
authors: Michael S
authors: MS
authors: Westphall
authors: Joshua J
authors: JJ
authors: Coon
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D007553:Isotope Labeling; D007930:Leucine / Q000032:analysis; D008239:Lysine / Q000032:analysis; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D009502:Neutrons; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D007930:Leucine; D008239:Lysine
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