Top-down proteomics

Top-down proteomics is a method of protein identification that uses an ion trapping mass spectrometer to store an isolated protein ion for mass measurement and tandem mass spectrometry analysis.[1][2] The name is derived from the similar approach to DNA sequencing.[3] Proteins are typically ionized by electrospray ionization and trapped in a Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (Penning trap)[4] or quadrupole ion trap (Paul trap) mass spectrometer. Fragmentation for tandem mass spectrometry is accomplished by electron-capture dissociation or electron-transfer dissociation.

Recently, a top-down approach has been developed for mapping the connectivity of the disulfide-rich peptide hedyotide B2.[5] This method allows rapid characterization of the disulfide pattern of cystine-knot miniproteins such as cyclotides, conotoxin, knottin and plant defensins.

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References

  1. Sze SK, Ge Y, Oh H, McLafferty FW (2002). "Top-down mass spectrometry of a 29-kDa protein for characterization of any posttranslational modification to within one residue". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (4): 1774–9. Bibcode:2002PNAS...99.1774S. doi:10.1073/pnas.251691898. PMC 122269. PMID 11842225.
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  5. Nguyen GK, Zhang S, Wang W, Wong CT, Nguyen NT, Tam JP: Discovery of a linear cyclotide from the bracelet subfamily and its disulfide mapping by top-down mass spectrometry. J Biol Chem. http://www.jbc.org/content/early/2011/10/06/jbc.M111.290296.abstract

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