Figure 5.
vMALDI-MS/MS, MS3 and MS4 identification of phosphorylated tryptic peptide EAGPPAFYRPNpS154DNRR (residues 143–158) from MCF-7 cells treated with E2. (a) The precursor ion [M + H]+ at m/z 1927.0 selected for MS/MS analysis. −P represents loss of phosphoric acid, i.e., loss of 98 Da. (b) MS3 spectrum of m/z 1829.0 [M+H−98]+ confirming that Ser-154 is now dehydro-alanine. The c11 fragment ion (1217.7 m/z) was fragmented (MS4; for additional sequence information see inset). (c) MS/MS of the unmodified peptide at m/z 1847.0 corresponding to EAGPPAFYRPNSDNRR. The c11 ion (1217.7 m/z) was further fragmented (MS3; see inset).