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Gas-Phase Proton Affinities For Twenty Of The Proline-Containing Dipeptides, Henry Cardwell
Gas-Phase Proton Affinities For Twenty Of The Proline-Containing Dipeptides, Henry Cardwell
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Peptide fragmentation plays a crucial role in the analysis of proteins through mass spectrometry-based proteomics. Most proteomics experiments take place in the low-energy regime and are governed by the mobile proton model which predicts random cleavages along the peptide backbone; however, there sometimes arise circumstances where the mobile proton model fails causing sequencing algorithms to misidentify peptides. One such example is noted in the “proline effect” wherein proline-containing peptides preferentially fragment N-terminal. While it has been established that the “proline effect” is due to the rigidity and basicity of the proline N-terminus, a further understanding of the factors influencing the …