scholarly journals Monitoring copopulated conformational states during protein folding events using electrospray ionization-ion mobility spectrometry-mass spectrometry

2007 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 2180-2190 ◽  
Author(s):  
David P. Smith ◽  
Kevin Giles ◽  
Robert H. Bateman ◽  
Sheena E. Radford ◽  
Alison E. Ashcroft
2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (53) ◽  
pp. 7389-7392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marshall R. Ligare ◽  
Erin S. Baker ◽  
Julia Laskin ◽  
Grant E. Johnson

Structural isomerism in ligated gold clusters is revealed using electrospray ionization ion mobility spectrometry mass spectrometry.


2002 ◽  
Vol 16 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 361-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irena Matecko ◽  
Norbert Müller ◽  
Rita Grandori

This paper summarizes recent findings from our group concerning applications of electrospray-ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) to the study of protein folding. Nano-ESI-MS was employed for the investigation of protein conformational states under varying solvent conditions and at varying values of the instrumental parameters. The effect of trifluoroethanol (TFE) on a peptide and acid-unfolded cytochromec(cytc), monitored by circular dichroism (CD) and time-of-flight ESI-MS, illustrates the specificity of the latter technique for features of protein tertiary structure. Measurements on marginally stable protein states indicate that it is possible to identify operational conditions for nano-ESI-MS in which none of the instrumental parameters limits conformational stability in the protein sample. Results described here show that changes in the charge-state distributions (CSDs) under controlled conditions allow not only discriminating between native and denatured states, but also monitoring minor conformational changes, like the transition from molten globule to native state. These studies underscore the potential of mass spectrometry methods for the analysis of heterogeneous samples and, in particular, for the characterization of dynamic equilibria involving different conformational states.


The Analyst ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 144 (10) ◽  
pp. 3428-3435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuka Ozeki ◽  
Mizuki Omae ◽  
Shinya Kitagawa ◽  
Hajime Ohtani

Analysis of highly multiply charged polymers by IMS-MS/MS with collision-induced charge stripping.


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