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The unimolecular decompositions of protonated heterodimers of native and derivatized amino acids to yield the protonated monomers were studied as a guide to charge location in peptide ions. Analyses using a hybrid instrument of BEqQ geometry demonstrated the advantages (with respect to mass resolution, sensitivityr reproducibility, and the elimination of extraneous signals) of the detection of product ions formed in the radiofrequency-only quadrupole region (q) rather than in the field-free region between Band E. Conversion of arginine to dimethylpyrimidylomithine (DMPO) reduced the proton affinity, as evidenced by the decomposition of the protonated arginine/DMPO heterodimer. Conversion of cysteine to pyridylethylcysteine enhanced the proton affinity. Application of these derivatization procedures to peptides resulted in changes in the observed fragmentations of the protonated precursors consistent with the predicted modifications in charge location. Unimolecular decomposition of the protonated dimer composed of glycine and N-acetylglycine yielded both protonated monomers with abundances differing by a factor of only 2; this suggests that in protonated peptides, the amide bonds are competitive with the N-terminal amino group as sites of protonation. It is clear that the propensities to proton’ or metal-cation location at particular sites in peptides are influenced by both short- and long-range intraionic interactions. In peptides composed of amino acids of similar cation affinities, it may be postulated that the ion population is heterogeneous with respect to the site of charge, with consequent promotion of multiple low-energy fragmentation routes.
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Burlet, O., Gaskell, S.J. Decompositions of cationized heterodimers of amino acids in relation to charge location in peptide ions. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 4, 461–469 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1016/1044-0305(93)80003-H
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