Multiplatform High-Definition Ion Mobility Separations of the Largest Epimeric Peptides

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Thurman, Hayden A.
Wijegunawardena, Gayani
Berthias, Francis
Williamson, David L.
Wu, Haifan
Nagy, Gabe
Jensen, Ole N.
Shvartsburg, Alexandre A.
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2024-02
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Ion mobility spectrometers , Isomers , Mass spectrometry
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Thurman, H.A., Wijegunawardena, G., Berthias, F., Williamson, D.L., Wu, H., Nagy, G., Jensen, O.N., & Shvartsburg, A.A. (2024). "Multiplatform High-Definition Ion Mobility Separations of the Largest Epimeric Peptides." Analytical Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.3c03079.
Abstract

Ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) coupled to mass spectrometry (MS) has become a versatile tool to fractionate complex mixtures, distinguish structural isomers, and elucidate molecular geometries. Along with the whole MS field, IMS/MS advances to ever larger species. A topical proteomic problem is the discovery and characterization of d-amino acid-containing peptides (DAACPs) that are critical to neurotransmission and toxicology. Both linear IMS and FAIMS previously disentangled D/L epimers with up to ~30 residues. In the first study using all three most powerful IMS methodologies--trapped IMS, cyclic IMS, and FAIMS--we demonstrate baseline resolution of the largest known D/L peptides (CHH from with 72 residues) with a dynamic range up to 100. This expands FAIMS analyses of isomeric modified peptides, especially using hydrogen-rich buffers, to the ~50-100 residue range of small proteins. The spectra for D and L are unprecedentedly strikingly similar except for a uniform shift of the separation parameter, indicating the conserved epimer-specific structural elements across multiple charge states and conformers. As the interepimer resolution tracks the average for smaller DAACPs, the IMS approaches could help search for yet larger DAACPs. The a priori method to calibrate cyclic (including multipass) IMS developed here may be broadly useful.

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American Chemical Society
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Analytical Chemistry
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0003-2700
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