Novel Cβ–Cγ Bond Cleavages of Tryptophan-Containing Peptide Radical Cations

In this study, we observed unprecedented cleavages of the Cβ–Cγ bonds of tryptophan residue side chains in a series of hydrogen-deficient tryptophan-containing peptide radical cations (M•+) during low-energy collision-induced dissociation (CID). We used CID experiments and theoretical density functional theory (DFT) calculations to study the mechanism of this bond cleavage, which forms [M – 116]+ ions. The formation of an α-carbon radical intermediate at the tryptophan residue for the subsequent Cβ–Cγ bond cleavage is analogous to that occurring at leucine residues, producing the same product ions; this hypothesis was supported by the identical product ion spectra of [LGGGH – 43]+ and [WGGGH – 116]+, obtained from the CID of [LGGGH]•+ and [WGGGH]•+, respectively. Elimination of the neutral 116-Da radical requires inevitable dehydrogenation of the indole nitrogen atom, leaving the radical centered formally on the indole nitrogen atom ([Ind]•-2), in agreement with the CID data for [WGGGH]•+ and [W1-CH3GGGH]•+; replacing the tryptophan residue with a 1-methyltryptophan residue results in a change of the base peak from that arising from a neutral radical loss (116 Da) to that arising from a molecule loss (131 Da), both originating from Cβ–Cγ bond cleavage. Hydrogen atom transfer or proton transfer to the γ-carbon atom of the tryptophan residue weakens the Cβ–Cγ bond and, therefore, decreases the dissociation energy barrier dramatically.

• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

• Publication date

  2011-12-02

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Chemistry

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  DOI 10.1007/s13361-011-0295-5PMID 22135037PMCID 3264861
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