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Title: Complexation of diserinol isophthalamide with phosphorylated biomolecules in electrospray ionization mass spectrometry
Electrospray ionization (ESI) enables gentle transfer of biomolecules from solution to vacuum, facilitating the study of biomolecular structure under highly controlled conditions. However, biomolecules are desolvated during the ESI process, and the loss of ionic hydrogen bonds to solvent molecules can drive structural rearrangement, most prominently at solvent-exposed charge sites. Microsolvation reagents can bind to these bare charge sites in ESI mass spectrometry (ESI–MS) experiments, providing alternative intermolecular interaction partners. Previously, 18-crown-6 was shown to be an effective reagent for binding to cationic monoalkylammonium residues. More recently, diserinol isophthalamide (DIP) was reported as an analogous anionic microsolvation reagent, primarily for carboxylate residues of small model peptides. Herein, we expand upon this work to examine the complexation of DIP, 1,1’-(1,2-phenylene)bis(3-phenylurea) (PBP), and triclocarban (TCC) with molecules featuring a terminal or linking phosphate moiety. Specifically, using ESI–MS, we assess the binding of these reagents with dimethyl phosphate (DMP), cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), dibutyryl cAMP, RNA dinucleotides ApU and CpG, and angiotensin II phosphate (DRVpYIHPF). For DMP, the smallest target molecule, reagents TCC, PBP and DIP showed favorable adduction. However, for larger systems, PBP and TCC showed reduced complexation, which was attributed to steric hindrance from the terminal aromatic moieties of PBP and the limited hydrogen bonding network of TCC. Overall, of the three reagents, DIP showed the most consistent performance for anionic microsolvation of phosphate groups, facilitating future studies of gas-phase biomolecular structure and the effects of microsolvation.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2212926
PAR ID:
10554626
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Elsevier
Date Published:
Journal Name:
International Journal of Mass Spectrometry
Volume:
507
ISSN:
1387-3806
Page Range / eLocation ID:
117364
Subject(s) / Keyword(s):
Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry Gas-phase Anion Complexation Hydrogen Bonds Diserinol Isophthalamide
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Medium: X Size: 2MB Other: pdf
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2MB
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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