Protein quantitation using mass spectrometry

Methods Mol Biol. 2010:673:211-22. doi: 10.1007/978-1-60761-842-3_13.

Abstract

Mass spectrometry is a method of choice for quantifying low-abundance proteins and peptides in many biological studies. Here, we describe a range of computational aspects of protein and peptide quantitation, including methods for finding and integrating mass spectrometric peptide peaks, and detecting interference to obtain a robust measure of the amount of proteins present in samples.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Isotopes
  • Mass Spectrometry / methods*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Molecular Weight
  • Peptides / analysis
  • Peptides / chemistry
  • Proteins / analysis*
  • Proteins / chemistry

Substances

  • Isotopes
  • Peptides
  • Proteins