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Tae-Young Kim1, Stephen J Valentine, David E Clemmer, James P Reilly.
Abstract
Singly-protonated proline-containing peptides with N-terminal arginine are photodissociated with vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) light in an ESI linear ion trap/orthogonal-TOF (LIT/o-TOF). When proline is the nth residue from the N-terminus, unusual b(n) + 2 and a(n) + 2 ions are observed. Their formation is explained by homolytic cleavage of the C(alpha)-C bond in conjunction with a rearrangement of electrons and an amide hydrogen. The latter is facilitated by a proline-stabilized gas-phase peptide conformation. Copyright 2010 American Society for Mass Spectrometry. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20483641 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2010.04.007
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Soc Mass Spectrom ISSN: 1044-0305 Impact factor: 3.109