Factors that influence the observed fast fragmentation of peptides in matrix-assisted laser desorption
- 1 March 1996
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
- Vol. 7 (3) , 225-232
- https://doi.org/10.1016/1044-0305(95)00676-1
Abstract
Fragmentation processes that occur very early during matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) of peptides are examined by utilization of delayed pulsed ion extraction with a linear time-of-flight mass spectrometer. The oxidized B chain of bovine insulin (MW=3495. 95 u), which produces a wide range of fragment ions, is utilized as a probe to examine the effects of several experimental parameters on this process. Experimental evidence suggests that this MALDI process is not prompt fragmentation and involves metastable ion decay that is quite different from that which is observed with postsource decay experiments. This conclusion is based upon the significant differences observed in the fragmentation products produced by the two techniques. This metastable ion decay process also appears to be over within the minimum pulse delay period (320 ns) that is possible with the current pulsed ion extraction hardware. These two observations suggest that either different activation processes are involved in the two techniques or that the much different time frame of the methods influences the observed ion decay pathways. This fast MALDI metastable ion fragmentation also is shown to be influenced by both the MALDI matrix and the laser fluence.Keywords
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