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Comprehensive proteomic studies that employ MS directed peptide sequencing are limited by optimal peptide separation and MS and tandem MS data acquisition routines. To identify the optimal parameters for data acquisition, we developed a system that models the automatic function switching behavior of a mass spectrometer using an MS-only dataset. Simulations were conducted to characterize the number and the quality of simulated fragmentation as a function of the data acquisition routines and used to construct operating curves defining tandem mass spectra quality and the number of peptides fragmented. Results demonstrated that one could optimize for quality or quantity, with the number of peptides fragmented decreasing as quality increased. The predicted optimal operating curve indicated that significant improvements can be realized by selecting the appropriate data acquisition parameters. The simulation results were confirmed experimentally by testing 10 LC MS/MS data acquisition parameter sets on an LC-Q-TOF-MS. Database matching of the experimental fragmentation returned peptide scores consistent with the predictions of the model. The results of the simulations of mass spectrometer data acquisition routines reveal an inverse relationship between the quality and the quantity of peptide identifications and predict an optimal operating curve that can be used to select an optimal data acquisition parameter for a given (or any) sample.
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Carrillo, B., Lekpor, K., Yanofsky, C. et al. Increasing peptide identification in tandem mass spectrometry through automatic function switching optimization. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 16, 1818–1826 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasms.2005.07.022
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