Electrochemically Initiated Tagging of Thiols Using an Electrospray Ionization-Based Liquid Microjunction Surface Sampling Probe Two-Electrode Cell
- ORNL
This paper reports on the conversion of a liquid microjunction surface sampling probe (LMJ-SSP) into a two electrode electrochemical cell using a conductive sample surface and the probe as the two electrodes with an appropriate battery powered circuit. With this LMJ-SSP, two-electrode cell arrangement, tagging of analyte thiol functionalities (in this case peptide cysteine residues) with hydroquinone tags was initiated electrochemically using a hydroquinone doped solution when the analyte either was initially in solution or was sampled from a surface. Efficient tagging (~90%), at flow rates of 5-10 L/min, could be achieved for up to at least two cysteines on a peptide. The high tagging efficiency observed was explained with a simple kinetic model. In general, the incorporation of a two-electrode electrochemical cell, or other multiple electrode arrangement, into the LMJ-SSP is expected to add to the versatility of this approach for surface sampling and ionization coupled with mass spectrometric detection.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 959443
- Journal Information:
- Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, Vol. 23, Issue 9; ISSN 0951-4198
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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