Rationally designed synthetic peptide as versatile calibrant to improve the accuracy of protein sequence analysis using MALDI mass spectrometry

作     者：Lingpeng Zhan Yanyi Huang Guanbo Wang Lingpeng Zhan;Yanyi Huang;Guanbo Wang

作者机构：Institute for Cell AnalysisShenzhen Bay LaboratoryShenzhen 518132China Biomedical Pioneering Innovation CenterPeking UniversityBeijing 100871China 

出 版 物：《Chinese Chemical Letters》 (中国化学快报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2024年第35卷第3期

页      面：214-220页

核心收录：

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 071010[理学-生物化学与分子生物学] 081704[工学-应用化学] 07[理学] 08[工学] 0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 070302[理学-分析化学] 0703[理学-化学] 

基　　金：supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21974069) Open Fund Programs of Shenzhen Bay Laboratory(No.SZBL2020090501001) 

主　　题：Biomolecule design Synthetic peptide Protein sequencing Covalent structure De novo sequencing Mass spectrometry Gas-phase fragmentation 

摘      要：Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization(MALDI)mass spectrometry(MS)plays an indispensable role in analyzing protein covalent *** reliable identification of amino acid residues and modifications relies on the mass accuracy,which is highly dependent on ***,the accuracy provided by the currently available calibrants still needs further improvement in terms of compatibility with multiple tandem MS modes or ion polarity modes,calibratable range,and minimizing suppression of and interference with analyte *** aiming at developing a versatile calibrant to solve these problem,we designed a synthetic peptide format of calibrant R_x(GDP_n)_m(referred to as“Gly-Asp-Pro,GDP)according to the chemical natures of amino acids and polypeptide fragmentation rules in tandem *** four types of amino acid residues selected and arranged through rational designs,a GDP peptide produces highly regulated fragments that give rise to evenly spaced signals in each tandem MS mode and is compatible with both positive and negative ion *** internal calibration,its regulated fragmentation pattern minimizes interference with analyte signals,and using a single peptide as the input minimizes suppression of the analyte *** demonstrated by analyses of proteins including monoclonal antibody and Aβ-42,these features allowed significant increase of the mass accuracy and precision,which improved sequence coverage and sequence resolution in sequence analyses(including de novo sequencing).This rational design strategy may also inspire further development of synthetic calibrants that benefit structural analysis of biomolecules.