Does in-source decay occur independent of the ionization process in matrix-assisted laser desorption? |
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Authors: | Mitsuo Takayama Akira Tsugita |
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Abstract: | The influence of the acidic and basic characters of constituent amino acid residues on the peptide fragment ions produced by in-source decay under matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) conditions has been studied using positive- and negative-ion experiments. Whereas the in-source decay spectra of peptides containing basic Arg and/or Lys residues near the N-terminus showed so-called cn- and an-series ions in positive-ion mode, a peptide that has an acidic amino acid cluster near the N-terminus and a basic residue near the C-terminus characteristically formed yn- and zn-series ions in the positive-ion in-source decay spectrum. These results indicated that fragment ion series produced by in-source decay depend strongly upon the acidic and basic characters of the constituent amino acid residues and the near N- and C-termini. It was suggested that in-source decay processes occur intrinsically at NH–Cα and CO–NH bonds independent of the formation of molecular-related ions, and that the cleavages at the NH–Cα and CO–NH bonds occurred independently and were dependent on the matrix used. |
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Keywords: | MALDI In-source decay Peptides |
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