Comprehensive analysis of a multidimensional liquid chromatography mass spectrometry dataset acquired on a quadrupole selecting, quadrupole collision cell, time-of-flight mass spectrometer: II. New developments in Protein Prospector allow for reliable and comprehensive automatic analysis of large datasets

Mol Cell Proteomics. 2005 Aug;4(8):1194-204. doi: 10.1074/mcp.D500002-MCP200. Epub 2005 Jun 3.

Abstract

A thorough analysis of the protein interaction partners of the yeast GTPase Gsp1p was carried out by a multidimensional chromatography strategy of strong cation exchange fractionation of peptides followed by reverse phase LC-ESI-MSMS using a QSTAR instrument. This dataset was then analyzed using the latest developmental version of Protein Prospector. The Prospector search results were also compared with results from the search engine "Mascot" using a new results comparison program within Prospector named "SearchCompare." The results from this study demonstrate that the high quality data produced on a quadrupole selecting, quadrupole collision cell, time-of-flight (QqTOF) geometry instrument allows for confident assignment of the vast majority of interpretable spectra by current search engines.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Autoanalysis
  • Calibration
  • Chromatography, Liquid*
  • GTP-Binding Proteins / chemistry*
  • GTP-Binding Proteins / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Peptide Fragments / analysis*
  • Peptide Mapping
  • Proteome
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization*

Substances

  • Peptide Fragments
  • Proteome
  • GTP-Binding Proteins