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Eur. J. Mass Spectrom. 8, 177 - 180 (2002)

Hydrogen atom loss in electron-capture dissociation: a Fourier transform-ion cyclotron resonance study with single isotopomeric ubiquitin ions

Kathrin Breuker, HanBin Oh, Blas A. Cerda, David M. Horn and Fred W. McLafferty*
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14, USA

ABSTRACT:
In electron-capture dissociation (ECD), a multiply-protonated protein ion, trapped in a Fourier transform-ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) cell, captures a low-energy electron at a protonated site. In a major reaction pathway, the resulting hydrogen atom attacks a backbone carbonyl oxygen to form a hypervalent species that immediately dissociates into a complementary c, z" ion pair. For larger proteins, the reduced odd-electron ion (M + nH)(n 1)+" is a major product, as shown here using isotopically isolated precursors. In addition, a hydrogen atom can be lost without further reaction, yielding the [M + (n 1)H](n 1)+ even-electron ions. The large effect of charge state on the yield of these ions suggests that the 9+ to 11+ charge states have novel charge-solvated secondary structures.

Keywords: ubiquitin, electron-capture dissociation, Fourier transform-ion cyclotron resonance, conformation

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