TY - JOUR
T1 - Millisecond radiolytic modification of peptides by synchrotron X-rays identified by mass spectrometry
AU - Maleknia, Simin D.
AU - Brenowitz, Michael
AU - Chance, Mark R.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2007 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1999/9/15
Y1 - 1999/9/15
N2 - Radiolysis of peptide and protein solutions with high-energy X-ray beams induces stable, covalent modifications of amino acid residues that are useful for synchrotron protein footprinting. A series of 5-14 amino acid residue peptides of varied sequences were selected to study their synchrotron radiolysis chemistry. Radiolyzed peptide products were detected within 10 ms of exposure to a white light synchrotron X-ray beam. Mass spectrometry techniques were used to characterize radiolytic modification to amino acids cysteine (Cys), methionine (Met), phenylalanine (Phe), tyrosine (Tyr), tryptophan (Trp), proline (Pro), histidine (His), and leucine (Leu). A reactivity order of Cys, Met >> Phe, Tyr, > Trp > Pro > His, Leu was determined under aerobic reaction conditions from MS/MS analysis of the radiolyzed peptide products. Radiolysis of peptides in 18O-labeled water under aerobic conditions revealed that oxygenated radical species from air and water both contribute to the modification of amino acid side chains. Cysteine and methionine side chains reacted with hydroxyl radicals generated from radiolysis of water as well as molecular oxygen. Phenylalanine and tyrosine residues were modified predominantly by hydroxyl radicals, and the source of modification of proline was exclusively through molecular oxygen.
AB - Radiolysis of peptide and protein solutions with high-energy X-ray beams induces stable, covalent modifications of amino acid residues that are useful for synchrotron protein footprinting. A series of 5-14 amino acid residue peptides of varied sequences were selected to study their synchrotron radiolysis chemistry. Radiolyzed peptide products were detected within 10 ms of exposure to a white light synchrotron X-ray beam. Mass spectrometry techniques were used to characterize radiolytic modification to amino acids cysteine (Cys), methionine (Met), phenylalanine (Phe), tyrosine (Tyr), tryptophan (Trp), proline (Pro), histidine (His), and leucine (Leu). A reactivity order of Cys, Met >> Phe, Tyr, > Trp > Pro > His, Leu was determined under aerobic reaction conditions from MS/MS analysis of the radiolyzed peptide products. Radiolysis of peptides in 18O-labeled water under aerobic conditions revealed that oxygenated radical species from air and water both contribute to the modification of amino acid side chains. Cysteine and methionine side chains reacted with hydroxyl radicals generated from radiolysis of water as well as molecular oxygen. Phenylalanine and tyrosine residues were modified predominantly by hydroxyl radicals, and the source of modification of proline was exclusively through molecular oxygen.
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U2 - 10.1021/ac990500e
DO - 10.1021/ac990500e
M3 - Article
C2 - 10500483
AN - SCOPUS:0033568535
SN - 0003-2700
VL - 71
SP - 3965
EP - 3973
JO - Analytical Chemistry
JF - Analytical Chemistry
IS - 18
ER -