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Title: Dissociation Behavior of Doubly-Charged Tryptic Peptides: Correlation of Gas-Phase Cleavage Abundance with Ramachandran Plots

Journal Article · · Journal of the American Chemical Society
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ja038041t· OSTI ID:15020735

Large numbers of gas-phase dissociation spectra of protonated peptides are obtained daily and used in protein identification studies. Yet fundamental knowledge of the factors that influence their unimolecular dissociation branching ratios is relatively poor. It is still not possible to predict dissociation branching ratios from peptide sequence. Clearly, several chemicals factors must influence dissociation patterns, includes y, f angles determined by the residues involved in an amide bond, the propensities for certain side chains to interact each other or with the backbone, the tendency for added protons to be intramolecularly solvated, and the stability of the fragment ions once formed.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
15020735
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-43138; KP1102010; TRN: US0504693
Journal Information:
Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 126, Issue 10
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English