Characterization of Nα-Fmoc-protected ureidopeptides by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS): differentiation of positional isomers
作者:M. Ramesh、B. Raju、R. Srinivas、V. V. Sureshbabu、N. Narendra、B. Vasantha
DOI:10.1002/jms.1862
日期:2010.12
(9H‐fluoren‐9‐yl)methyl cation (C14H11+) from FmocNH = CHR+. In addition, characteristic immonium ions are also observed. The deprotonated ureidopeptide acids dissociate differently from the protonated ureidopeptides. The [M − H]− ions of ureidopeptide acids undergo a McLafferty‐type rearrangement followed by the loss of CO2 to form an abundant [M − H − Fmoc + H]− which is absent for protonated ureidopeptides
四对脲肽位置异构体,FmocNH-CH(R 1)-φ(NH-CO-NH)-CH(R 2)-OY和FmocNH-CH(R 2)-φ(NH-CO-NH)- CH(R 1)-OY(Fmoc = [(9-芴基甲基)氧基]羰基; R 1 = H,烷基; R 2 =烷基,H和Y = CH 3 / H),已通过两种方法进行了表征和区分正离子和负离子电喷雾电离(ESI)离子阱串联质谱(MS / MS)。在MS注意到主要分段/所有这些化合物的MS是由于 Ñ CH(R) Ñ 键裂解形成特征性的N和C端碎片离子。N端的甘氨酸衍生的质子化的尿苷肽酸在m / z 240时形成质子化的(9H-芴-9-9)甲基氨基甲酸酯离子,而相应的酯则不存在。在N端衍生自甘氨酸的尿苷肽中发现的另一个有趣的片段化是中间片段离子FmocNH = CH 2 +(m / z 252)导致的61个单位的异常丢失。一种涉及离子中性络合物以及NH