Automated deconvolution and deisotoping of electrospray mass spectra
- 28 January 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Mass Spectrometry
- Vol. 37 (2) , 223-229
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jms.278
Abstract
Electrospray ionization (ESI) of peptides and proteins produces a series of multiply charged ions with a mass/charge (m/z) ratio between 500 and 2000. The resulting mass spectra are crowded by these multiple charge values for each molecular mass and an isotopic cluster for each nominal m/z value. Here, we report a new algorithm simultaneously to deconvolute and deisotope ESI mass spectra from complex peptide samples based on their mass‐dependent isotopic mean pattern. All signals corresponding to one peptide in the sample were reduced to one singly charged monoisotopic peak, thereby significantly reducing the number of signals, increasing the signal intensity and improving the signal‐to‐noise ratio. The mass list produced could be used directly for database searching. The developed algorithm also simplified interpretation of fragment ion spectra of multiply charged parent ions. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Keywords
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