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SimMS: a GPU-accelerated cosine similarity implementation for tandem mass spectrometry.
Tornike Onoprishvili1, Jui-Hung Yuan2, Kamen Petrov2
1Independent Consultant.
Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)
|February 20, 2025
Summary
This study introduces a GPU-accelerated method for faster spectral library matching in untargeted metabolomics. The new approach achieves a 1000-fold speedup for tandem mass spectrometry (MS) analysis, enabling large-scale compound identification.
Area of Science:
- Computational chemistry
- Biochemistry
- Analytical chemistry
Background:
- Untargeted metabolomics relies on comparing mass spectrum fragmentation patterns against spectral databases.
- The extensive comparisons required can be computationally intensive and time-consuming.
Purpose of the Study:
- To accelerate spectral library matching for compound identification in untargeted metabolomics.
- To develop a GPU-accelerated cosine similarity implementation for tandem mass spectrometry (MS).
Main Methods:
- Developed a GPU-accelerated cosine similarity algorithm for tandem mass spectrometry (MS).
- Compared the performance against the existing MatchMS reference implementation.
Main Results:
- Achieved an approximately 1000-fold speedup in spectral library matching compared to MatchMS.
- Demonstrated no loss of accuracy in compound identification.
- Enabled repository-scale spectral library matching without requiring large compute clusters.
Conclusions:
- The GPU-accelerated MS approach significantly enhances the speed of compound identification in metabolomics.
- This method facilitates large-scale spectral comparisons, benefiting molecular networking and analogue search applications.
- The open-source implementation promotes wider adoption and further development in the field.
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