Sequence analysis for an unknown peptide by molecular secondary ion mass spectrometry

Positive and negative molecular secondary ion as well as metastable ion mass spectra for various peptides are investigated to clarify their fragmentation regularity. The fragmentation regularity is derived by considering all the possible bond cleavages at the peptide bond or at the adjacent bonds. It is demonstrated that the amino acid sequence for an unknown peptide can be determined by interpreting the positive and negative secondary ion and metastable ion mass spectra using this fragmentation regularity.