Insights into the mechanism of protein electrospray ionization from salt adduction measurements

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1322-1331

  Yue, Xuanfeng ^a,b   Vahidi, Siavash ^a   Konermann, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cation adduct; Collisional activation; Electrospray mechanism; Mass spectrometry; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; DROPS; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; EVAPORATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POSITIVE IONS; PROTEIN FOLDING; SOLVENTS;

COLLISIONAL ACTIVATION; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION (ESI); ELECTROSPRAYS; POSITIVE ION MODE; SALT CONCENTRATION; SOLVENT EVAPORATION; UNFOLDED PROTEINS;

PROTEINS;

APOMYOGLOBIN; CHLORIDE; PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; APOPROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; HEN EGG LYSOZYME; LYSOZYME; MYOGLOBIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHAIN EJECTION MODEL; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTROSPRAY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVAPORATION; FLOW RATE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; PROTON TRANSPORT; SALT ADDUCTION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HORSE;

ANIMALS; APOPROTEINS; CHICKENS; CYTOCHROMES C; HORSES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MURAMIDASE; MYOGLOBIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 84904878305     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: 18791123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13361-014-0905-0     Document Type: Article

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