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The Value of Activated Ion Electron Transfer Dissociation for High-Throughput Top-Down Characterization of Intact Proteins

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Riley, Nicholas M., Sikora, Jacek W., Seckler, Henrique S., Greer, Joseph B., Fellers, Ryan T., LeDuc, Richard D., Westphall, Michael S., Thomas, Paul M. +2 more·2018·Analytical Chemistry

Abstract

High-throughput top-down proteomic experiments directly identify proteoforms in complex mixtures, making high quality tandem mass spectra necessary to deeply characterize proteins with many sources of variation. Collision-based dissociation methods offer expedient data acquisition but often fail to extensively fragment proteoforms for thorough analysis. Electron-driven dissociation methods are a popular alternative approach, especially for precursor ions with high charge density. Combining infrared photoactivation concurrent with electron transfer dissociation (ETD) reactions, i.e., activated ion ETD (AI-ETD), can significantly improve ETD characterization of intact proteins, but benefits of AI-ETD have yet to be quantified in high-throughput top-down proteomics. Here, we report the first application of AI-ETD to LC-MS/MS characterization of intact proteins (<20 kDa), highlighting improved proteoform identification the method offers over higher energy-collisional dissociation (HCD), standard ETD, and ETD followed by supplemental HCD activation (EThcD). We identified 935 proteoforms from 295 proteins from human colorectal cancer cell line HCT116 using AI-ETD compared to 1014 proteoforms, 915 proteoforms, and 871 proteoforms with HCD, ETD, and EThcD, respectively. Importantly, AI-ETD outperformed each of the three other methods in MS/MS success rates and spectral quality metrics (e.g., sequence coverage achieved and proteoform characterization scores). In all, this four-method analysis offers the most extensive comparisons to date and demonstrates that AI-ETD both increases identifications over other ETD methods and improves proteoform characterization via higher sequence coverage, positioning it as a premier method for high-throughput top-down proteomics.

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Riley, N. M., Sikora, J. W., Seckler, H. S., Greer, J. B., Fellers, R. T., LeDuc, R. D., Westphall, M. S., Thomas, P. M., Kelleher, N. L., & Coon, J. J.
Affiliations
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
  • Northwestern University (US)
  • Morgridge Institute for Research (US)
Corresponding author
Coon, Joshua J.
Venue
Analytical Chemistry
Published
2018-06-20
Volume
90
Issue
14
Pages
8553-8560
ISSN
  • 0003-2700 (ISSN-L)
  • 1520-6882
OpenAlex
W2808811369
Cited by
43
References
88
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2.37
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Analytical Chemistry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Cancer Institute (F99CA212454)
  • Thermo Fisher Scientific
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (P41GM108569, P41GM108538)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Spectroscopy › Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Spectroscopy › Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
Keywords
top-down proteomics, proteoform identification, electron transfer dissociation, tandem mass spectrometry, high-throughput proteomics, HCT116 cells, sequencing depth
MeSH terms
Amino Acid Sequence, Chromatography, Liquid, Electron Transport, Electrons, Humans, Protein Processing, Post-Translational, Proteins, Colorectal Neoplasms, Proteomics, Cell Line, Tumor, Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Photochemical Processes, High-Throughput Screening Assays

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