Characterization of protein glycosylation
by tandem mass spectrometry
remains challenging owing to the vast diversity of oligosaccharides
bound to proteins, the variation in monosaccharide linkage patterns,
and the lability of the linkage between the glycan and protein. Here,
we have adapted an HCD-triggered-ultraviolet photodissociation (UVPD)
approach for the simultaneous localization of glycosites and full
characterization of both glycan compositions and intersaccharide linkages,
the latter provided by extensive cross-ring cleavages enabled by UVPD.
The method is applied to study glycan compositions based on analysis
of glycopeptides from proteolytic digestion of recombinant human coronaviruse
spike proteins from SARS-CoV-2 and HKU1. UVPD reveals unique intersaccharide
linkage information and is leveraged to localize N-linked glycoforms
with confidence.
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