Annotation of glycomics MS and MS/MS spectra using the GlycoWorkbench software tool

David Damerell; Alessio Ceroni; Kai Maass; René Ranzinger; Anne Dell; Stuart M Haslam

doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-2343-4_1

Annotation of glycomics MS and MS/MS spectra using the GlycoWorkbench software tool

Methods Mol Biol. 2015:1273:3-15. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2343-4_1.

Authors

David Damerell¹, Alessio Ceroni, Kai Maass, René Ranzinger, Anne Dell, Stuart M Haslam

Affiliation

¹ Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Sir Ernst Chain Building, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.

PMID: 25753699
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2343-4_1

Abstract

The GlycoWorkbench software tool allows users to semiautomatically annotate glycomics MS and MS/MS spectra and MS glycoproteomics spectra. The GlycanBuilder software tool is embedded within GlycoWorkbench allowing users to draw glycan structures and export images of the drawn structures. This chapter demonstrates to users how to draw glycan structures within GlycoWorkbench using the GlycanBuilder software tool. This chapter also demonstrates how to use GlycoWorkbench to import MS and MS/MS glycomics spectra and use the cascading annotation feature to annotate both the MS and MS/MS spectra with a single command.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Glycomics / methods*
Molecular Weight
Polysaccharides / chemistry
Software*
Tandem Mass Spectrometry / methods*

Substances

Polysaccharides

Grants and funding

BBF0083091/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom