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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY
Volume 21, Issue 1, Pages 127-131Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2009.09.014
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- National Institutes of Health [RR 20004]
- NIH/NCRR [S10 RR023045]
- NIH/NIGMS [F31GM075384]
- NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES [R01RR020004, S10RR023045] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES [F31GM075384] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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The addition of m-nitrobenzyl alcohol (m-NBA) was shown previously (Lomeli et al., J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 2009, 20, 593-596) to enhance multiple charging of native proteins and noncovalent protein complexes in electrospray ionization (EST) mass spectra. Additional new reagents have been found to supercharge proteins from nondenaturing solutions; several of these reagents are shown to be more effective than m-NBA for increasing positive charging. Using the myoglobin protein-protoporphyrin IX (heme) complex, the following reagents were shown to increase EST charging: benzyl alcohol, m-nitroacetophenone, m-nitrobenzonitrile, o-NBA, m-NBA, p-NBA, m-nitrophenyl ethanol, sulfolane (tetramethylene sulfone), and m-(trifluoromethyl)-benzyl alcohol. Based on average charge state, sulfolane displayed a greater charge increase (61%) than m-NBA (21%) for myoglobin in aqueous solutions. The reagents that promote higher EST charging appear to have low solution-phase basicities and relatively low gas-phase basicities, and are less volatile than water. Another feature of mass spectra from some of the active reagents is that adducts are present on higher charge states, suggesting that a mechanism by which proteins acquire additional charge involves direct interaction with the reagent, in addition to other factors such as surface tension and protein denaturation. (J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 2010, 21, 127-131) (C) 2010 American Society for Mass Spectrometry
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