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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY
卷 16, 期 7, 页码 1192-1203出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2005.03.052
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- NIAID NIH HHS [AI 46541, R01 AI046541] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [R01 GM051387-10, R01 GM051387, GMR0151387] Funding Source: Medline
A fragmentation mechanism for the neutral loss of 73 Da from dimethylformamidine glutamine isobutyl ester is investigated. Understanding this mechanism will allow to improve the identification and quantification of N-15-labeled and unlabeled glutamine and the distinguishing of glutamine and glutamic acid by electrospray ionization (ESI)-tandem mass spectrometry. Before mass spectrometry analysis, glutamine and glutamic acid are derivatized with dimethylformamide dimethyl acetal and isobutanol to form dimethylformamidine isobutyl ester. Derivatization conditions are modified based on an existing method to ensure complete derivatization of glutamic acid and to prevent the hydrolysis of glutamine. The fragmentation mechanism of dimethylformamidine glutamine isobutyl ester is studied and possible fragmentation pathways are proposed. Based on the fragmentation mechanism, a quantification method is developed to quantify both N-15-labeled and unlabeled glutamine and glutamic acid at a series of different neutral losses by performing multiple-reaction monitoring (MRM) scans in a triple-quadrupole mass spectrometer. Labeled glutamine includes N-15-amide labeled, N-15-amine labeled glutamine and glutamine N-15-labeled at both amide and amine positions. Deuterium labeled glutamine and glutamic acid are used as internal standards. Isotope effects are characterized for N-15 labeled and deuterium labeled glutamine. It is found that the same method can be used to distinguish aspartic acid from asparagine. This study will improve the application of MS/MS for amino acid quantification and stable isotope labeling metabolism studies. (c) 2005 American Society for Mass Spectrometry
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