Conformational effects in protein electrospray-ionization mass spectrometry

Mass Spectrometry Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 111-122

  Li, Jinyu ^a,b   Santambrogio, Carlo ^c   Brocca, Stefania ^c   Rossetti, Giulia ^a   Carloni, Paolo ^a   Grandori, Rita ^c  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

charge state distributions; gas phase basicity; molecular dynamics simulations; proton transfer reactions; solvent accessible surface area

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; GASES; IONIZATION; IONIZATION OF GASES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEINS; PROTON TRANSFER; REACTION KINETICS; SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE REACTIONS;

CHARGE STATE DISTRIBUTION; GAS PHASE BASICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PROTON TRANSFER REACTIONS; SOLVENT ACCESSIBLE SURFACE AREAS;

ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

PROTEIN;

CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 84955212412     PISSN: 02777037     EISSN: 10982787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mas.21465     Document Type: Article

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