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Identification of Disulfide Bonds in Protein Proteolytic Degradation Products Using de Novo-Protein Unique Sequence Tags Approach

Journal Article · · Journal of Proteome Research, 9(8):4053-4060
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/pr1002559· OSTI ID:988644
Disulfide bonds are a form of posttranslational modification that often determines protein structure(s) and function(s). In this work, we report a mass spectrometry method for identification of disulfides in degradation products of proteins, and specifically endogenous peptides in the human blood plasma peptidome. LC-Fourier transform tandem mass spectrometry (FT MS/MS) was used for acquiring mass spectra that were de novo sequenced and then searched against the IPI human protein database. Through the use of unique sequence tags (UStags) we unambiguously correlated the spectra to specific database proteins. Examination of the UStags’ prefix and/or suffix sequences that contain cysteine(s) in conjunction with sequences of the UStags-specified database proteins is shown to enable the unambigious determination of disulfide bonds. Using this method, we identified the intermolecular and intramolecular disulfides in human blood plasma peptidome peptides that have molecular weights of up to ~10 kDa.
Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (US), Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
988644
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-73098; 24698; 400412000
Journal Information:
Journal of Proteome Research, 9(8):4053-4060, Journal Name: Journal of Proteome Research, 9(8):4053-4060 Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 9; ISSN 1535-3907; ISSN 1535-3893
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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