skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Characterization of purified c-type heme-containing peptides and identification of c-type heme-attachment sites in Shewanella oneidenis cytochromes using mass spectrometry

Journal Article · · Journal of Proteome Research
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/pr0497475· OSTI ID:15020617

We describe methods for mass spectrometric identification of heme-containing peptides from digests of c-type cytochromes that contain the CXXCH(X = any amino acid) sequence motif. Analysis of purified standard heme-containing peptides showed that the charged heme group was present both before and after peptide fragmentation in the gas phase. The heme fragment ion yielded the most abundant MS/MS peak for standard heme-containing peptides with one amino acid difference (DAA=1) for both 2+ and 3+ peptide charge states and the extent of heme loss during peptide fragmentation was affected by both sequence and charge. A modified search strategy was evaluated with tryptic digests of one known and two unknown cytochromes from Shewanella oneidenis, demonstrating that this approach can be generally applied for identification of c-type heme-containing peptides from complex samples.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
15020617
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-43808; KP1102010; TRN: US200521%%198
Journal Information:
Journal of Proteome Research, Vol. 4, Issue 3
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English