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  • Biophysical Chemistry
  • Computational Chemistry
  • Analytical Chemistry

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  • Ion mobility spectrometry/mass spectrometry (IMS/MS) is increasingly used for gas-phase biomolecule structural characterization.
  • Accurate ion mobility calculations are crucial for interpreting IMS/MS data and determining ion structures.
  • Existing methods, like scattering on electron density isosurfaces (SEDI), are computationally intensive for large biomolecules.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To significantly accelerate the SEDI method for practical application to large ions.
  • To improve the accuracy and speed of ion mobility calculations for structural analysis.
  • To enable routine use of SEDI in macromolecular IMS/MS studies.

Main Methods:

  • Implemented fragment molecular orbital approach for surface generation.
  • Utilized a multiplexed scattering algorithm and grid extrapolation for cross-section evaluations.
  • Parallelized the code on a supercomputer for enhanced computational performance.

Main Results:

  • Achieved up to ~500-fold acceleration of SEDI calculations.
  • Enabled precise SEDI calculations for proteins (<0.1% precision) in under 1 minute.
  • Observed expected dependencies of ion mobility on charge state and reduced cross sections due to surface roughness.

Conclusions:

  • The developed computational approach makes SEDI practical for large biomolecules.
  • This advancement is expected to significantly benefit structural assignments in macromolecular IMS studies.
  • Enhanced SEDI will lead to more accurate and reliable structural characterization of biomolecules using IMS/MS.