M. Becchi et al., SEQUENCING OF HYDROPHOBIC PEPTIDES AS LITHIATED ADDUCTS USING LIQUID SECONDARY-ION MASS-SPECTROMETRY WITHOUT TANDEM MASS-SPECTROMETRY, Rapid communications in mass spectrometry, 9(1), 1995, pp. 37-41
Lithium cationized hydrophobic peptides in the molecular weight range
1900-2650 Da have been studied by liquid secondary-ion mass spectromet
ry. The mass spectra exhibit characteristic lithiated sequence ions, N
-terminal [a(n) + Li - H](+) and [d(n) + Li - H](+) ions together with
limited C-terminal [y(pro) + Li + H](+) ions lead to an easy sequenci
ng of the peptides studied, without the need for tandem mass spectrome
try.