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A Mass Spectrometry-Based Proteomics Approach for Global and High-Confidence Protein R-Methylation Analysis
Published on: April 28, 2022
Characterization of methylated and unmethlyated CpG-ODNs by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry
Huimin Ma1, Wenbing Zhang, Renfang Song
1State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Research Center of Mass Spectrometry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.
Abstract:
Methylated and unmethylated CpG-ODNs at A-rich, C-rich, G-rich and T-rich conditions were characterized by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS). The methylted site could be confirmed by comparison of the MS/MS spectra of methylated and unmethylated CpG-ODNs. The fragmentation patterns of the CpG-ODNs were not influenced by the presence of the methyl group but significant effects were observed for nucleobase identities and parent ion charges. The cleavage at guanine was the most facile while that at thymine was the least facile. With the increase of the parent ions charge states, the major dissociation behaviors changed from the middle to the 3' and 5' termini of the sequence.
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