Fast atom bombardment of solids as an ion source in mass spectrometry

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This article provides a perspective on collisions of ions with surfaces, including surfaceinduced dissociation (SID) and reactive ion scattering spectrometry (RISS). The content is organized into sections on surface-induced dissociation of small ions, surface characterization of organic thin films by collision of well-characterized ions into surfaces, the use of SID to probe peptide fragmentation, and the dissociation of large non-covalent complexes by SID. Examples are given from the literature with a focus on experiments from the authors' laboratory. The article is not a comprehensive review but is designed to provide the reader with an overview of the types of results possible by collisions of ions into surfaces. (J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 2008, 19, 190 -208) © 2008 American Society for Mass Spectrometry T andem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) is an essential tool for elucidating ion structure. The MS/MS experiment involves mass selection of a precursor ion followed by ion activation and subsequent dissociation. The ion activation step is commonly accomplished via collision-induced dissociation (CID) in which the initial kinetic energy of a projectile ion is converted into internal energy through inelastic collisions with a neutral gas. Several alternative activation methods have been used in tandem mass spectrometry, one of which is surfaceinduced dissociation (SID). SID is analogous to CID, except that a surface replaces the neutral gas as the collision target. A typical ion-surface collision event is illustrated in Figure 1.The incorporation of a surface into a mass spectrometer for ion activation was pioneered in the laboratory of R. Graham Cooks in the mid-1970s and early 1980s [1][2][3]. Since that time, collisions of lowenergy (eV) organic ions with surfaces within the tandem mass spectrometer have been valuable for analyzing surface composition, characterizing reactions between organic projectile ions and surface adsorbates, chemically modifying surfaces, and determining projectile ion structure. A major motivation for development of SID is that energy transfer to ionic projectiles can be improved by increasing the mass of the collision target. The total available energy for transfer into the internal modes of the projectile ion is defined by the center-of-mass energy (E COM ) described by eq 1:where E LAB is the laboratory collision energy and M ION and M N are the masses of the projectile ion and neutral, respectively. Energy transfer in CID is limited by the mass of the collision partner, typically inert gases such as helium, argon, or xenon. In SID, if one assumes that the surface is an infinitely large collision partner, E COM becomes independent of mass and approaches the laboratory collision energy. The assumption that the entire surface can be viewed as the collision partner is not always valid, however, and there are instances where the mass of the terminal groups on the surface influence the amount of energy transfer [4,5]. Nonetheless, the use of a massive surface target should, in theory, provide ...

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Surface-induced dissociation of small molecules, peptides, and non-covalent protein complexes

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Jones

et al. 2008

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“…The late Michael Barber had discovered the ionization of comparatively large, polar molecules by "fast atom bombardment" (FAB) [42]. The spectrum of an undecapeptide ([Met-Lys]-bradykinin) of mol.…”

Section: Peptides and Proteinsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Four decades of structure determination by mass spectrometry: From alkaloids to heparin

Biemann

2002

The early (1950's and 1960's) use of mass spectrometry in natural products chemistry and its evolution to the present significance in biochemistry is recounted. This methodology allowed the facile and speedy determination of the structure of a number of indole alkaloids, such as sarpagine, quebrachamine, and two groups isolated from the roots of Aspidosperma quebracho blanco. At the same time, the first strategy for the sequencing of small peptides by mass spectrometry was demonstrated. It slowly advanced, over a period of two decades, to an important alternative of the ubiquitous automated Edman degradation. Further advances in methodology and instrumentation established mass spectrometry as today's indispensable tool for the characterization of proteins in biochemistry and biology. A new concept of the ionization of highly acidic compounds as the protonated complexes with basic peptides, which allows the accurate determination of the molecular weights of the former, a highly sensitive method for the sequencing of heparin fragments and related sulfated glycosaminoglycans was developed more recently. (J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 2002, 13, 1254-1272

“…The family of desorption ionization (DI) techniques, including liquid secondary ion mass spectrometry (L-SIMS) [20], fast atom bombardment (FAB) [21][22][23][24][25], and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI), provide one type of approach to the examination of the post soft-landed materials. In early reports, Hillenkamp et al [26] and Tanaka and coworkers [27] used liquid matrices as means to detect various analytes by mass spectrometry.…”

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Ion soft-landing into liquids: Protein identification, separation, and purification with retention of biological activity

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Alvarez

et al. 2004

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Protein ions, after mass spectrometric separation, can be soft-landed into liquid surfaces with preservation of their native structures. Retention of biological activity is strongly favored in glycerol-based surfaces but not in self-assembled monolayer solid surfaces. Soft-landing efficiency for multiply-charged hexokinase ions was found to be some four times higher for a glycerol/fructose liquid surface than for a fluorinated self-assembled monolayer surface. Soft-landing into liquid surfaces is also shown to allow (1) protein purification, (2) on-surface identification of the soft-landed material using MALDI, and (3) protein identification by in-surface tryptic digestion. Pure lysozyme was successfully isolated from different mixtures including an oxidized, partially decomposed batch of the protein and a partial tryptic digest. Liquid glycerol/carbohydrate mixtures could be used directly to record MALDI spectra on the soft-landed compounds provided they were fortified in advance with traditional MALDI matrices such as p-nitroaniline and ␣-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid. Various proteins were soft-landed and detected on-target using these types of liquid surface. Soft-landing of multiply-charged lysozyme ions onto fluorinated self-assembled monolayer surfaces was found to occur with a limited amount of neutralization, and trapped multiply-charged ions could be desorbed from the surface by laser desorption. Initial data is shown for a new approach to protein identification that combines top-down and bottom-up approaches by utilizing protein ion soft-landing from a protein mixture, followed by tryptic digestion of the landed material and detection of characteristic tryptic fragments by MALDI. , has been applied in experiments ranging from studies using chemically inert and structurally organized self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) as substrates for ion storage [2], to studies of ion mobility through ice and vapor deposited films [3,4], to experiments aimed at developing a separation method in a form of preparatory mass spectrometry [5,6]. Simple organic cations [7,8] [12][13][14] have all been the targets of examination by ion soft-landing. The separation, purification, and storage of chemical species by a completely non-destructive, mass spectrometric approach are the objectives of the studies currently underway in our laboratory.In a preliminary report [5], we described a method which showed the potential for generating biologically active protein chips from protein mixtures by massselective ion soft-landing. After ionization of the mixture by electrospray (ESI), individual protein ions were mass-selected and soft-landed at predetermined locations on the surface. The results showed that the use of mass spectrometry as a separation method in biology provides high selectivity because components with different molecular formulas can be separated and softlanded. However, retention of the biological activity of a protein or other biomolecule in the course of this (or any mass spectrometry experiment) is a much more chall...