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RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY
Volume 19, Issue 21, Pages 3063-3074Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.2149
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[M-H](-) parent anions of underivatised peptides containing an intramolecular disulfide bridge undergo characteristic loss of the elements of H2S2, a process diagnostic of the presence of the disulfide moeity. This facile process is initiated from a side-chain enolate anion. Theoretical calculations (at the HF/6-31G(d)//AM1 level of theory) indicate that the process is exothermic with a small barrier. When the disulfide link involves a C-terminal Cys, the negative ion spectrum shows an [(M-H)-(H2S2+CO2)] fragment anion which is usually the main peak of the spectrum. This process is also directed by an enolate anion: theoretical calculations suggest a stepwise sequence with loss Of CO2 preceding loss of H2S2. Both [(M-H)-H2S2] and [(M-H)-(H2S2+CO2)] anions undergo backbone cleavage allowing identification of the amino acid sequence of the peptide. Copyright (C) 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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