Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry ESMS

Thus there is sufficient ground to cover at the functional level even after successful genetic characterizations that justifies the development of technologies for functional genomics, especially for high-throughput monitoring of proteomes and metabolomes. 

HIGH-THROUGHPUT MICROBIAL CHARACTERIZATIONS USING ESMS 

An electrospray is generally produced by the application of an electric field to a small flow of liquid from a capillary tube toward a counter electrode. The principles of electrospray as applicable to mass spectrometry and the mechanisms involved have been a subject of intense debate over the last decade and have been addressed even before that. This is evident from the discussions in the 2000 issue of the Journal of Mass Spectrometry (e.g., Mora11), the book by Cole,12 and several reviews.8,10 13 14 Here we present a summary encapsulating the relevant observations and direct the readers to the above articles for a more elaborate account. 

A characteristic feature of ESMS is the detection of multiply charged analytes. Macromolecules, such as proteins have multiple sites where protonation or deprotonation (the two most common charge inducing mechanisms in electrospray—other routes to charge induction include, ionization through adduct formation, through gas-phase reactions, and through electrochemical oxidation or reduction) occur. These are desorbed effectively in ESMS and 

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On the other hand, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESMS) has been first combined with electrochemistry at ITIES in order to confirm the stoichiometry of a complex ion transferred into an organic phase directly. ESMS is now becoming a popular and powerful technique not only in chemistry but also in biology, pharmacy, medical science, etc. Electrospray (ES) ionization is exceedingly effective resource for producing gas-phase ions from various solutions which contain any kinds of ion. Thus, ESMS can sometimes give us highly useful information in comparison with electrochemical results. 

Electrospray mass spectrometry has developed into a well-established method of wide scope and potential over the past 15 years. The softness of electrospray ionization has made this technique an indispensable tool for biochemical and biomedical research. Electrospray ionization has revolutionized the analysis of labile biopolymers, with applications ranging from the analysis of DNA, RNA, oligonucleotides, proteins as well as glycoproteins to carbohydrates, lipids, gly-colipids, and lipopolysaccharides, often in combination with state-of-the-art separation techniques like liquid chromatography or capillary electrophoresis [1,2]. Beyond mere analytical applications, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESMS) has proven to be a powerful tool for collision-induced dissociation (CID) and multiple-stage mass spectrometric (MSn) analysis, and - beyond the elucidation of primary structures - even for the study of noncovalent macromolecular complexes [3]. 

Polyoxometalate speciation in nonaqueous solvents has been investigated by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESMS). This low energy ionization method minimizes fragmentation, e.g., (Bu°4N)2[Mo60i9] gives ion clusters with m/z values centered at 440 and 1,123 due to [MogOig] " and (Bu"4N)[Mo60i9] respectively. 

Racaityte K, Lutz ESM, Unger KK, Lubda D, Boos KS. 2000. Analysis of neuropeptide Y and its metabolites by high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and integrated sample clean-up with a novel restricted-access sulphonic acid cation exchanger. J Chromatogr A 890 135. 

Applications of electrospray mass spectrometry (ESMS) to the study of reactions mediated by transition-metal complexes are reviewed. ESMS has become increasingly popular as an analytical tool in inorganic and organometallic chemistry, in particular with regard to the identification of short-lived intermediates of catalytic cycles. Going one step further, the coupling of electrospray ionization to ion-molecule techniques in the gas phase yields detailed information about single reaction steps of catalytic cycles. This method allows the study of transient intermediates that have previously not been within reach of condensed-phase techniques on both a qualitative and quantitative level. 

Recombinant wild type hIL-ip, the K138C mutant and the K138C, R4A, L6A triple mutant (mutant 1) were isolated from the soluble fraction of E. coli lysates by ammonium sulfate fractionation and hydrophobic interaction chromatography. The purified proteins were characterized by SDS-PAGE, western blots, N-terminal sequence, size exclusion chromatography (SEC), isoelectric focusing (lEF), matrix assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS), and electrospray mass spectrometry (ESMS). 

Mass spectrometry (MS) in its various forms, and with various procedures for vaporization and ionization, contributes to the identification and characterization of complex species by their isotopomer pattern of the intact ions (usually cation) and by their fragmentation pattern. Upon ionization by the rough electron impact (El) the molecular peak often does not appear, in contrast to the more gentle field desorption (FD) or fast-atom bombardment (FAB) techniques. An even more gentle way is provided by the electrospray (ES) method, which allows all ionic species (optionally cationic or anionic) present in solution to be detected. Descriptions of ESMS and its application to selected problems are published 45-47 also a representative application of this method in a study of phosphine-mercury complexes in solution is reported.48... 

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