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A non-sulfated polysaccharide was isolated from the ink sac of squid Ommastrephes bartrami after removal of the melanin granules. The carbohydrate sequence of this polysaccharide was assigned by negative-ion electrospray tandem mass spectrometry with collision-induced dissociation of the oligosaccharide fractions produced by partial acid hydrolysis of the polysaccharide. The structural determination was completed by NMR for assignment of anomeric configuration and confirmation of linkage information and it was unambiguously identified as a glycosaminoglycan-like polysaccharide containing a glucuronic acid-fucose (GlcA-Fuc) disaccharide repeat in the main chain and a N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) branch at Fuc position 3: -[3GlcAbeta1-4(GalNAcalpha1-3)Fucalpha1](n)-. Partial hydrolysis of the polysaccharide to obtain several oligosaccharide fractions with different numbers of the repeating unit assisted the assignment. In the negative-ion tandem mass spectrometric analysis, the unique (0,2)A type fragmentation was important to establish the presence of a 4-linked fucose in the main polysaccharide chain and a GalNAc branch at the Fuc position-3 of the disaccharide repeat. 相似文献
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Kayoko Minakata Itaru Yamagishi Sanae Kanno Hideki Nozawa Masako Suzuki Osamu Suzuki 《Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences》2010,878(20):1683-1686
A rapid and sensitive electrospray ionization (ESI) tandem mass spectrometry (MS–MS) procedure was developed for the determination of iodide (I−). A gold (Au) and I− complex was formed immediately after the addition of the chelating agent NaAuCl4 to I− solution, and was extracted with methyl isobutyl ketone. One to five microliters of the extract were injected directly into an ESI–MS–MS instrument. I− quantification was performed by selecting reaction monitoring of the product ion I− at m/z 127 derived from the precursor ion 197AuI2− at m/z 451. I− concentration was measured in the quantification range from 10−7 to 10−5 M using 50 μL of solution within 10 min. Iodate was reduced to I− with ascorbic acid and determined. I− concentration in reference urine 2670a was measured after treatments. 相似文献
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Differentiation of isomeric Lewis blood groups by positive ion electrospray tandem mass spectrometry
Lewis histo-blood group antigens are one of the major classes of biologically active oligosaccharides. In this work, underivatized Lewis blood groups were studied by electrospray tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MSn) in the positive mode with three different mass analyzers: Q-TOF (quadrupole time-of-flight), QqQ (triple quadrupole), and LIT (linear ion trap). It was observed that, under collision-induced fragmentations, type 1 Lewis antigens (Lea and Leb) could be distinguished from type 2 (Lex and Ley) on the basis of specific fragmentations of the GlcNAc unit. Whereas O-4-linked sugars of the GlcNAc are lost as residues, the O-3-linked sugars undergo fragmentation both as sugar units and as sugar residues (unit −18 Da). Type 2 Lewis antigens also showed a characteristic cross-ring cleavage 0,2A2 of the GlcNAc. As a result, the product ions at m/z 388 and 305, characteristic of Lex, and m/z 372, characteristic of Lea, are proposed to distinguish the trisaccharide isomers Lex/Lea. Also, the product ions at m/z 534 and 305, characteristic of Ley, and m/z 372, characteristic of Leb, are proposed to distinguish the tetrasaccharide isomers Leb/Ley. These diagnostic fragment ions were further applied in the identification of Lewis type 2 antigens (Lex and Ley) in the lipopolysaccharide of the human gastric pathogen, Helicobacter pylori. 相似文献
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Ana Reis Manuel A. Coimbra Pedro Domingues Antnio J. Ferrer-Correia M. Rosrio M. Domingues 《Carbohydrate polymers》2004,55(4):401-409
Maltopentaose and olive pulp xylo-oligosaccharides and the correspondent alditol derivatives were analysed by ESI-MS and ESI-MS/MS. The ESI-MS spectrum of maltopentaose and maltopentaose alditols showed [M+Na]+and [M+H]+ ions. ESI-MS spectrum of xylo-oligosaccharides and their alditols showed [M+Na]+of neutral (Xyl3–6) and acidic (Xyl2–3MeGlcA and Xyl2–3GlcA) xylo-oligosaccharides. The ESI-MS/MS spectra of maltopentaose and underivatised xylo-oligosaccharides presented fragments of glycosidic cleavages attributed to B/Z and C/Y ions. On the other hand, MS/MS spectra of the correspondent alditols showed glycosidic cleavages unambiguously identified as B-type and Y-type ions. Y-type fragment ions showed higher abundance in the MS/MS spectra of the alditol derivatives when compared to the non-reduced samples. The study of the oligoxylosyl alditols fragmentation permits to distinguish fragmentation pathways that occur both from the reducing end and from the non-reducing end of the xylan chain, allowing to obtain more information about the localization of the acidic substituent along the glucuronoxylan backbone. 相似文献
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Schreiber D Harlfinger S Nolden BM Gerth CW Jaehde U Schömig E Klosterkötter J Giuffrida A Astarita G Piomelli D Markus Leweke F 《Analytical biochemistry》2007,361(2):162-168
We developed a new selective liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry method for the identification and quantification of anandamide (AEA), an endogenous cannabinoid receptor ligand, and other bioactive fatty acid ethanolamides (FAEs) in biological samples. Detection limit (0.025 pmol for AEA and 0.1 pmol for palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) and oleoylethanolamide (OEA)) and quantification limit (0.2 pmol for AEA and 0.4 pmol for OEA and PEA) were in the high fmol to low pmol range for all analytes. Linear correlations (r(2)=0.99) were observed in the calibration curves for standard AEA over the range of 0.025-25 pmol and for standard PEA and OEA over the range of 0.1-500 pmol. This method provides a time-saving and sensitive alternative to existing methods for the analysis of FAEs in biological samples. 相似文献
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Raftery MJ 《Analytical biochemistry》2007,366(2):218-227
Hypochlorous acid (HOCl) is a major product of activated neutrophils and may be important in antimicrobial activities of cells by oxidation or chlorination of susceptible amino acids. Three major peaks separated using C18 reverse phase-high-performance liquid chromatography RP-HPLC after incubation of leucine enkephalin (LeuEnk) with HOCl. Electrospray mass spectrometry showed masses of m/z 556.2, 590.2, and 624.4 corresponding to unmodified LeuEnk and peptides altered by addition of one or two chlorines (Cl). Formation of stable N-alpha-chloramines was indicated because the chlorinated peptides were readily reduced with the physiological reductants glutathione and ascorbic acid to LeuEnk (m/z 556.2) within 10 min. Sequence-specific ions observed in product ion spectra of single-charged monochlorinated and dichlorinated peptides were consistent with modification of the N-terminal amine. There was no evidence for chlorination of the Tyr aromatic ring in any spectra. Similar RP-HPLC profiles were obtained after oxidation of des-Tyr1-LeuEnk (GGFL) with the masses of the major products being m/z 393.3, 427.2, and 461.1. These were identified as unmodified GGFL, N-alpha-Cl-GGFL, and N-alpha-Cl2-GGFL based on comparison of tandem mass spectra. Oxidation of Met and formation of disulfide dimers was observed after incubation of either N-alpha-Cl-LeuEnk or N-alpha-Cl2-LeuEnk with a protein, indicating that both peptide N-alpha-chloramines were able to readily modify sulfur-containing amino acids within proteins. These data indicate initial formation of stable N-alpha-chorinated peptides after incubation with HOCl and suggest that N-alpha-chlorinated peptides may exist for some hours in the absence of physiological reducing agents or sulfur-containing amino acids. 相似文献
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Cationic starches from various semi-technical processes, two 'wet' (slurry and paste modification) and two 'dry' procedures (dry modification and extrusion), each type in a DS range from 0.03 to 0.1, were investigated by electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry (ESIMS) and tandem mass spectrometry (ESIMS2) after enzymatic degradation with alpha-amylase and subsequent glucoamylase digestion. For comparison, chemically derived cationic oligosaccharides were also analysed by ESIMS. The cationisation pattern in the glucosyl units was analysed by GLC after methanolysis, permethylation and Hofmann elimination. Results from ESIMS are discussed and interpreted with respect to enzyme susceptibility, monomer composition and physical properties of the different types of cationic starches. 相似文献
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Reis A Domingues MR Domingues P Ferrer-Correia AJ Coimbra MA 《Carbohydrate research》2003,338(14):1497-1505
Xylo-oligosaccharides with degrees of polymerisation 5-13, formed by partial acid hydrolysis from an extract representative of olive pulp glucuronoxylans (GX), were analysed by electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry (ESI-MS), both in positive and negative modes. The positive spectrum showed the presence of xylo-oligosaccharides in the mass range between m/z 500 and 1500 corresponding to singly [M+Na](+) charged ions of neutral (Xyl(7-9)) and acidic xylo-oligosaccharides (Xyl(5-9)MeGlcA), and doubly [M+2Na](2+) charged ions of Xyl(9-13) and Xyl(7-11)MeGlcA. Ammonium adducts [M+NH(4)](+) were also observed for Xyl(5-9)MeGlcA. The negative spectra showed the contribution of ions in the mass range between m/z 600 and 1400, ascribed to the deprotonated molecules [M-H](-) of Xyl(3-9)MeGlcA. Tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) of the major ions observed in the MS spectra was performed. The MS/MS spectra of the [M+Na](+) adducts showed the loss of MeGlcA residues as the major fragmentation pathway and glycosidic fragment ions of Xyl(n) and Xyl(n)MeGlcA structures. The MS/MS spectra of the [M+NH(4)](+) adducts suggests the occurrence of isomers of Xyl(5-9)MeGlcA oligosaccharides with the MeGlcA residue at the reducing end and at the non-reducing end of the molecules, although other structural isomers can also occur. Both glycosidic bond and cross-ring cleavages in the MS/MS spectra of the [M-H](-) ion suggest the occurrence of Xyl(3-9)MeGlcA with the substituting group at the reducing end position of the xylose backbone, as the main fragmentation ions. The results obtained by ESI-MS/MS, both in positive and negative modes, of Xyl(7-13)- and Xyl(5-11)MeGlcA, allow to identify fragmentation patterns of the structural isomers with MeGlcA linked to the terminal xylosyl residues of the oligosaccharides. The occurrence of these higher molecular weight oligosaccharides with a low substitution pattern allows to infer a scatter and random distribution of MeGlcA along the xylan backbone of olive pulp. 相似文献
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Cationic peanut peroxidase (CP) was isolated from peanut (Arachis hypogaea) cell suspension culture medium. CP is a glycoprotein with three N-linked glycan sites at Asn60, Asn144, and Asn185. ESI-MS of the intact purified protein reveals the microheterogeneity of the glycans. Tryptic digestion of CP gave a near complete sequence coverage by ESI-MS. The glycopeptides from the tryptic digestion were separated by RP HPLC identified by ESI-MS and the structure of the glycan chains determined by ESI-MS/MS. The glycans are large structures of up to 16 sugars, but most of their non-reducing ends have been modified giving a mixture of shorter chains at each site. Good agreement was found with the one glycan previously analyzed by (1)H NMR. This work is the basis for the future studies on the role of the glycans on stability and folding of CP and is another example of a detailed structural characterization of complex glycoproteins by mass spectrometry. 相似文献
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Human milk contains a large variety of oligosaccharides (HMOs) that have the potential to modulate the gut flora, affect different gastrointestinal functions, and influence inflammatory processes. This review introduces the recent advances in the microbial and coupled enzymatic methods to produce HMOs with grouping them into trisaccharides (sialyllactose and fucosyllactose) and complex oligosaccharides (lacto-N-biose derivatives). The high purity and low cost of HMOs should make their use possible in new fields such as the food or pharmaceutical industries. 相似文献
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We describe a simple tandem mass spectrometric approach toward structural characterization of mycolic acids, the long-chain α-alkyl-β-hydroxy fatty acids unique to mycobacteria and related taxa. On collisionally activated dissociation in a linear ion trap or tandem quadrupole mass spectrometer, the [M−H]− ions of mycolic acid generated by electrospray ionization undergo dissociation to eliminate the meroaldehyde residue, leading to formation of carboxylate anions containing α-alkyl chains. The structural information from these fragment ions affords structural assignment of the mycolic acids, including the lengths of the meromycolate chain and the α-branch. This study revealed that the mycolic acids isolated from pathogenic Rhodococcus equi 103 contained a series of homologous ions having C30 to C50 chain with 0–2 double bonds. The α-branch ranged from C10 to C18 with 0 to 1 double bond, in which 16:0 and 14:0 are the most prominent, whereas the meromycolate chain ranged from C14 to C34 with 0 to 2 double bonds. The major molecular species consisted of more than 3 isomers that differ by the lengths of the α-branch or meromycolate chain, and up to 10 isobaric isomers were identified for some minor ions. We also employed tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry with precursor ion and neutral loss scans for profiling mycolic acid with specific structure in mixtures. The tandem spectra obtained from precursor ion scans of m/z 255 (16:0-carboxylate anion) and m/z 227 (14:0-carboxylate anion) may provide a simple specific means for classification of Rhodococci species, whereas tandem spectra from neutral loss of meroaldehyde residue scans provided a simple approach to reveal the mycolic acid molecules with specific meromycolate chain in mixtures. 相似文献
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Diisocyanates are highly reactive chemical compounds widely used in the manufacture of polyurethanes. Although diisocyanates have been identified as causative agents of allergic respiratory diseases, the specific mechanism by which these diseases occur is largely unknown. To better understand the chemical species produced when diisocyanates react with protein, tandem mass spectrometry was employed to unambiguously identify the binding sites of the industrially important isomers, 2,4- and 2,6-toluene diisocyanate, on human serum albumin at varying diisocyanate/protein ratios. The 2,4-isomer results in approximately 2-fold higher conjugation product ion abundances than does the 2,6-isomer, suggesting that the 2,4-isomer has a higher reactivity toward albumin. Both isomers preferentially react with the N-terminal amine of the protein and the ε-NH2 of lysine. At a low (1:2) diisocyanate/protein ratio, five binding sites are identified, whereas at a high (40:1) ratio, near-stoichiometric conjugation is observed with a maximum of 37 binding sites identified. Binding sites observed at the lowest conjugation ratios are conserved at higher binding ratios, suggesting a subset of 5–10 preferential binding sites on albumin. Diisocyanate–protein conjugation results in a variety of reaction products, including intra- and intermolecular crosslinking, diisocyanate self-polymerization, and diisocyanate hydrolysis. 相似文献
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An electrospray mass spectrometric method for the quantification of the depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent succinylcholine (SUX) is described. An extraction method compatible with direct infusion inlet was developed and leads to an analysis cycle time of 7--8 min instead of 25 min that would be required for HPLC inlet. SUX was extracted from human plasma on C1 solid-phase cartridges and was analyzed using positive ion electrospray tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS). SUX plasma concentrations were determined by a stable isotope dilution assay using hexadeuterosuccinylcholine diiodide (SUXd6) as the internal standard. The calibration curve was prepared using the ratio of intensities of the major product ions in the collision-induced dissociation spectrum for known concentration ratios of SUX and SUXd6 in plasma. Calibration curves for the quantification were linear from 25 to 4000 ng/ml. For intraday precision, CV were < or =6% and accuracy ranged from 98 to 103%. For the interday precision, CV were < or =10% and accuracy ranged from 90 to 102%. This method is specific, sensitive, reproducible, and practical in a clinical setting. 相似文献
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Daniela M. Tomazela Gunter Ebeling Marcos N. Eberlin Jairton Dupont 《Inorganica chimica acta》2004,357(8):2349-2357
Electrospray (ESI) mass spectra analysis of acetonitrile solutions of a series of neutral chloro dimers, pincer type, and monomeric palladacycles has enabled the detection of several of their derived ionic species. The monometallic cationic complexes Pd[κ1-C,κ1-N,κ1-S-C(CH3S-2-C6H4)C(Cl)CH2N(CH3)2]+ (1a) and [Pd[κ1-C,κ1-N,κ1-S-C(CH3S-2-C6H4)C(Cl)CH2N(CH3)2](CH3CN)]+ (1b) and the bimetallic cationic complex [κ1-C,κ1-N,κ1-S-C(CH3S-2-C6H4)C(Cl)CH2N(CH3)2]Pd-Cl-Pd[κ1-C,κ1-N,κ1-S-C(CH3S-2-C6H4)C(Cl)CH2N(CH3)2]+ (1c) were detected from an acetonitrile solution of the pincer palladacycles Pd[κ1-C,κ1-N,κ1-S-C(CH3S-2-C6H4)C(Cl)CH2N(CH3)2](Cl) 1. For the dimeric compounds {Pd[κ1-C,κ1-N-C(Y-2-C6H4)C(Cl)CH2N(CH3)2](μ-Cl)}2 (2, Y=H and 3, CF3), highly electronically unsaturated palladacycles [Pd[κ1-C,κ1-N-C(Y-2-C6H4)C(Cl)CH2N(CH3)2]+ (2d, 3d) and their mono and di-acetonitrile adducts, namely, [Pd[κ1-C,κ1-N-C(Y-2-C6H4)C(Cl)CH2N(CH3)2](CH3CN)]+ (2e, 3e) and [Pd[κ1-C,κ1-N-C(Y-2-C6H4)C(Cl)CH2N(CH3)2](CH3CN)2]+ (2f and 3f) were detected together with the bimetallic complex [Pd[κ1-C,κ1-N-C(Y-2-C6H4)C(Cl)CH2N(CH3)2]-Cl-Pd[κ1-C,κ1-N-C(Y-2-C6H4)C(Cl)CH2N](CH3)2]+ (2a, 3a) and its acetonitrile adducts [κ1-C,κ1-N-C(Y-2-C6H4)C(Cl)CH2N(CH3)2](CH3CN)Pd-Cl-Pd[ κ1-C,κ1-N-C(Y-2-C6H4)C(Cl)CH2N(CH3)2]+ (2b, 3b) and [κ1-C,κ1-N-C(Y-2-C6H4)C(Cl)CH2N(CH3)2](CH3CN)Pd-Cl-Pd[κ1-C, κ1-N-C(Y-2-C6H4)C(Cl)CH2N(CH3)2(CH3CN)]+ (2c, 3c). The dimeric palladacycle {Pd[κ1-C,κ1-N-C(CH3O-2-C6H4)C(Cl)CH2N(CH3)2](μ-Cl)}2 (4) is unique as it behaves as a pincer type compound with the OCH3 substituent acting as an intramolecular coordinating group which prevents acetonitrile full coordination, thus forming the cationic complexes [(C6H4(o-CH3O)CC(Cl)CH2N(CH3)2-κO,κC,κN)Pd]+ (4b), [(C6H4(o-CH3O)CC(Cl)CH2N(CH3)2- κO,κC,κN)Pd(CH3CN)]+ (4c) and [(C6H4 (o-MeO)CC(Cl)CH2N(CH3)2-κO, κC,κN)Pd-Cl-Pd(C6H4(o-CH3O)CC(Cl)CH2N(CH3)2-κO,κC,κN)]+ (4a). ESI-MS spectra analysis of acetonitrile solutions of the monomeric palladacycles Pd[κ1-C,κ1-N-C(Y-2-C6H4)C(Cl)CH2N(CH3)2](Cl)(Py) (5, Y=H and 6, Y=CF3) allows the detection of some of the same species observed in the spectra of the dimeric palladacycles, i.e., monometallic cationic 2d-3d, 2e-3e and {Pd[κ1-C,κ1-N-C(Y-2-C6H4)C(Cl)CH2N(CH3)2](Py)}+ (5a, 6a) and {Pd[κ1-C,κ1-N-C(Y-2-C6H4)C(Cl)CH2N(CH3)2](CH3CN)(Py)}+ (5b, 6b) and the bimetallic 2a, 3a, 2b, 3b, 2c and 3c. In all cationic complexes detected by ESI-MS, the cyclometallated moiety was intact indicating the high stability of the four or six electron anionic chelate ligands. The anionic (chloride) or neutral (pyridine) ligands are, however, easily replaced by the acetonitrile solvent. 相似文献
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Véronique Ducros Mickaël Pollicand François Laporte Alain Favier 《Analytical biochemistry》2010,401(1):7-14
Plasma vitamin K1 (phylloquinone) determination is commonly used for the diagnosis of vitamin K deficiency in patients suffering from lipid malabsorption. Moreover, current evidence that adequate vitamin K intake, and correspondingly adequate plasma vitamin K1 concentration, could also be of importance in relation to bone and brain diseases emphasizes the need to improve the current analytical methods. We developed a liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry method using a stable isotope ring-D4-labeled internal standard of vitamin K1 and operating in the multiple reaction monitoring mode by the selection of a precursor and product ions. The atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) method was shown to be more sensitive than electrospray ionization. After a single-step extraction with cyclohexane, chromatographic separation was performed on a C18 column with an isocratic mobile phase. The linearity was up to 5400 ng/L, and the limit of detection was 14 ng/L. Intra- and interrun precision were 2.4% and 8.3%, respectively, for the lower limit of the reference range. Recovery was better than 98%. The method is simple and reliable, allowing accurate vitamin K1 measurement in plasma samples from healthy subjects and patients suffering from vitamin K deficiency. 相似文献
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A high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) positive-ion electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry method for the quantification of prostaglandin glyceryl esters (PG-Gs), a newly discovered class of eicosanoids, is described. All four PG-Gs (PGE(2)-G, PGD(2)-G, PGF(2alpha)-G, and 6-keto-PGF(1alpha)-G) and the prostaglandins (PGs) that are formed by their hydrolysis are simultaneously quantified. Analytes were purified via reverse-phase solid-phase extraction, separated by reverse-phase HPLC, and quantified on a triple-quadrupole mass spectrometer using selected reaction monitoring. Quantification was achieved by stable isotope dilution employing penta-deuterated (PG-Gs) or tetra-deuterated (PGs) analogs. Analyte recovery from cell culture medium was >43% for all analytes at four different concentration levels. The limit of quantification is in the range of 25fmol on-column for each analyte and the analytes exhibit a linear response over approximately a 500-fold range. This method allows simultaneous profiling of several PG-Gs and PGs without multistep sample purification or derivatization. 相似文献
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《FEBS letters》1993,330(3):339-342
The primary structure of three major cationic peptides from porcine neutrophils has been determined. The sequencing was made by the combined use of electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and Edman degradation. The determined sequences unambiguously show that these peptides can not be considered as defensins. 相似文献
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Metabolic fingerprints were obtained from unfractionated Pharbitis nil leaf sap samples by direct infusion into an electrospray ionization mass spectrometer. Analyses took less than 30 s per sample and yielded complex mass spectra. Various chemometric methods, including discriminant function analysis and the machine-learning methods of artificial neural networks and genetic programming, could discriminate the metabolic fingerprints of plants subjected to different photoperiod treatments. This rapid automated analytical procedure could find use in a variety of phytochemical applications requiring high sample throughput. 相似文献
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Nitroproteins from a human pituitary adenoma tissue discovered with a nitrotyrosine affinity column and tandem mass spectrometry 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The aim of this study was to characterize endogenous nitroproteins, and those proteins that interact with nitroproteins, in a human pituitary nonfunctional adenoma so as to clarify the role of protein nitration in adenomas. A nitrotyrosine affinity column (NTAC) was used to preferentially enrich and isolate endogenous nitroproteins and nitroprotein-protein complexes from a tissue homogenate that was prepared from a human pituitary nonfunctional pituitary adenoma. The preferentially enriched endogenous nitroproteins and nitroprotein-protein complexes were subjected to trypsin digestion, desalination, and tandem mass spectrometry analysis. Nine nitroproteins (Rho-GTPase-activing protein 5, leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor subfamily A member 4 precursor, zinc finger protein 432, cAMP-dependent protein kinase type I-beta regulatory subunit, sphingosine-1-phosphate lyase 1, centaurin beta 1, proteasome subunit alpha type 2, interleukin 1 family member 6, and rhophilin 2) and three proteins (interleukin 1 receptor-associated kinase-like 2, glutamate receptor-interacting protein 2, and ubiquitin) that interacted with nitroproteins were discovered. The nitration site of each nitroprotein was located onto the functional domain where nitration occurred, and each nitroprotein was related to a corresponding functional system. Those data indicate that protein nitration might be an important molecular event in the formation of a human pituitary nonfunctional adenoma. 相似文献
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Identification of neuropeptide FF-related peptides in human cerebrospinal fluid by mass spectrometry
Burlet-Schiltz O Mazarguil H Sol JC Chaynes P Monsarrat B Zajac JM Roussin A 《FEBS letters》2002,532(3):313-318
Several neuropeptide FF (NPFF)-related peptides, known as modulators of the opioid system, have been previously characterized in bovine and rodent brain. Reverse-phase high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) fractions of a human with normal pressure hydrocephalus cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), co-migrating with NPFF-related synthetic peptides, were characterized by capillary HPLC coupled on-line to nanospray ion trap tandem mass spectrometry. Two peptides present in the pro-NPFF(A) precursor, NPAF (AGEGLNSQFWSLAAPQRF-NH2) and NPSF (SLAAPQRF-NH2), were identified. The monitoring of NPFF-related peptides in human CSF can be helpful to understand their roles in pain sensitivity. 相似文献