@article {2309,
	title = {Conformations of Gas-Phase Ions of Ubiquitin, Cytochrome c, Apomyoglobin, and beta-Lactoglobulin Produced from Two Different Solution Conformations},
	journal = {Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry},
	volume = {19},
	number = {12},
	year = {2008},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 385IWTimes Cited: 2Cited Reference Count: 36Wright, P. John Zhang, Jianmin Douglas, D. J.},
	month = {Dec},
	pages = {1906-1913},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {At low pH in solutions of 50\% methanol, proteins form expanded denatured states (the "H" state). In 90\% methanol, proteins form expanded helical denatured states with artificial alpha-helices (the "H-c" state). Gas-phase ions of ubiquitin, cytochrome c, apomyoglobin, and native and disulfide-reduced beta-lactoglobulin were formed by electrospray ionization (EST) of the proteins from the H and H-c states in solution. Both states in solution produce the same charge states in EST. The conformations of the ions were studied with cross section measurements and gas-phase H/D exchange experiments. The cross sections show that the ions retain considerable folded structure. For a given protein and given charge state, ions produced from the H and H-c states showed the same cross sections (within similar to 1\%). Ions of cytochrome c, apomyoglobin, and native and reduced beta-lactoglobulin of a given charge state showed no differences in H/D exchange level when produced from the H or H-c state. However, ubiquitin ions produced from the H-c state consistently exchange fewer (similar to 13\%) hydrogens than ions produced from the H state, suggesting that in this case the gas-phase protein ions retain some memory of their solution conformations. (J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 2008, 19, 1906-1913) (c) 2008 Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of American Society for Mass Spectrometry},
	keywords = {CIRCULAR-DICHROISM, COLLISION CROSS-SECTIONS, H/D EXCHANGE, HYDROGEN/DEUTERIUM EXCHANGE, IONIZATION MASS-SPECTROMETRY, MYOGLOBIN, OF-FLIGHT, PROTEIN IONS, STABILITY, SYSTEM, TRAP},
	isbn = {1044-0305},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000261808900023},
	author = {Wright, P. J. and Zhang, J. M. and Douglas, D. J.}
}
@article {681,
	title = {Conformations of gas-phase lysozyme ions produced from two different solution conformations},
	journal = {Analytical Chemistry},
	volume = {75},
	number = {6},
	year = {2003},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 657PQTimes Cited: 15Cited Reference Count: 41},
	month = {Mar},
	pages = {1325-1330},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {Near pH 2.0, lysozyme in water is in its native conformation, and in water/methanol (2/8) it adopts a helical denatured conformation (Kamatari et al. Protein Sci. 1998, 7, 681-688). Hydrogen/deuterium (H/D) exchange of lysozyme in solution confirms that it is partially unfolded at pH 2.0 in water/methanol (v/v = 2/8). With electrospray ionization (ESI) mass spectrometry (MS), lysozyme in water produces ions with charges +7 to +12, with the greatest intensity at +10, whereas lysozyme in water/methanol (2/8) produces ions with charges +6 to +12 with the greatest intensity at +7. Thus, lysozyme is an exception to the rule that a protein denatured in solution forms higher charge states than the same protein in its folded native conformations in solution. Because the same charge states are produced from these two solution conformations, a direct comparison of the properties of the gas-phase ions produced from two very different solution conformations is possible. The conformations of lysozyme ions in the gas phase were studied using cross section measurements and gas-phase H/D exchange. Similar cross sections and H/D exchange levels were observed for same-charge states of lysozyme ions formed from the native and helical denatured conformations in solution. Cross sections show that the ions have compact structures. Thus, disulfide-intact gaseous lysozyme ions generated from the denatured state in water/methanol (2/8) refold into compact structures in the gas phase on a time scale of milliseconds or less.},
	keywords = {COLLISION, CROSS-SECTIONS, CYTOCHROME-C, EGG-WHITE LYSOZYME, H/D EXCHANGE, HYDROGEN-DEUTERIUM EXCHANGE, HYDROGEN/DEUTERIUM EXCHANGE, IONIZATION MASS-SPECTROMETRY, IONS, OF-FLIGHT SYSTEM, PROTEIN, UNFOLDING DYNAMICS},
	isbn = {0003-2700},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000181675900014},
	author = {Mao, D. M. and Babu, K. R. and Chen, Y. L. and Douglas, D. J.}
}
@article {682,
	title = {H/D exchange of gas phase bradykinin ions in a linear quadrupole ion trap},
	journal = {Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry},
	volume = {14},
	number = {2},
	year = {2003},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 643ZYTimes Cited: 14Cited Reference Count: 51},
	month = {Feb},
	pages = {85-94},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {The gas phase H/D exchange reaction of bradykinin ions, as well as fragment ions of bradykinin generated through collisions in an orifice skimmer region, have been studied with a linear quadrupole ion trap (LIT) reflectron time-of-flight (rTOF) mass spectrometer system. The reaction in the trap takes only tens of seconds at a pressure of few mTorr of D2O or CD3OD. The exchange rate and hydrogen exchange level are not sensitive to the trapping q value over a broad range, provided q is not close to the stability boundary (q = 0.908). The relative rates and hydrogen exchange levels of protonated and sodiated +1 and +2 ions are similar to those observed previously by others with a Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FTICR) mass spectrometer system. The doubly and triply protonated ions show multimodal isotopic distributions, suggesting the presence of several different conformations. The y fragment ions show greater exchange rates and levels than a or b ions, and when water or ammonia is lost from the fragment ions, no exchange is observed. (J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 2003, 14, 85-94) (C) 2003 American Society for Mass Spectrometry.},
	keywords = {ACTIVATED DISSOCIATION, COLLISIONAL ACTIVATION, CYTOCHROME-C, HYDROGEN-DEUTERIUM EXCHANGE, HYDROGEN/DEUTERIUM EXCHANGE, INFRARED, IONIZATION MASS-SPECTROMETRY, OF-FLIGHT SYSTEM, PEPTIDE IONS, PROTEIN IONS, RADIATIVE DISSOCIATION},
	isbn = {1044-0305},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000180894500001},
	author = {Mao, D. M. and Douglas, D. J.}
}
