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Figure 4. (a) ESI-MS spectrum showing �-lactoglobulin A; (b) ESI-MS spectrum showing the �-lactoglobulin A fully derivatized by ebselen<br />

(charge numbers are labeled with primes). The insets show the corresponding deconvoluted spectra; (c) high-resolution Orbitrap MS spectrum<br />

showing the exact match of the isotopic peak distribution between the simulated (shown in blue discrete line) and detected peak (shown in black<br />

solid line) of 16+ derivatized �-lactoglobulin A ions; (d) ESI-MS spectrum showing the partially derivatized �-lactoglobulin A (charge numbers<br />

are labeled with double primes) 30 s after mixing the protein (5 µM) with 1,4-benzoquinone (10 µM); in this spectrum, the major peaks correspond<br />

to intact protein ions.<br />

can be used in a variety of applications focused on enrichment<br />

and purification of biological thiols from cells and tissues.<br />

Reaction with Protein Thiols. Selenium derivatizing reagents<br />

were used for identification of free cysteine residues in proteins<br />

due to the high selectivity for thiol groups. �-Lactoglobulin A used<br />

as a model system in this study (162 amino acid residues) contains<br />

two disulfide bridges (Cys 66 -Cys 160 and Cys 106 -Cys 119 ) and one<br />

free Cys 121 . 45 Figure 4a shows the ESI-MS spectrum of �-lactoglobulin<br />

A (5 µM) in methanol/water (1:1 by volume) containing<br />

1% acetic acid. Multiply charged ions of �-lactoglobulin A are<br />

detected, and deconvolution of the mass spectrum provides the<br />

protein mass of 18 364 Da (shown in the inset of Figure 4a). In<br />

Figure 4b, the ESI-MS spectrum shows the reaction of �-lactoglobulin<br />

A (5 µM) and ebselen (10 µM) in methanol/water (1:1<br />

by volume) containing 1% acetic acid. Deconvolution of the mass<br />

spectrum of ebselen-derivatized �-lactoglobulin A provides a mass<br />

of 18 639 Da (shown in the inset of Figure 4b). After derivatization<br />

of �-lactoglobulin A by ebselen, a mass gain of 275 Da was<br />

observed, indicating addition of one ebselen (MW 275 Da) to the<br />

sole free cysteine residue of the protein. Furthermore, only the<br />

ions of the ebselen-derivatized �-lactoglobulin A were seen in the<br />

spectrum shown in Figure 4b, suggesting that all of the protein<br />

was reacted with ebselen and a quantitative conversion yield was<br />

obtained. High-resolution mass analysis using Orbitrap MS was<br />

used for unambiguous identification of the derivatization product.<br />

(45) Surroca, Y.; Haverkamp, J.; Heck, A. J. R. J. Chromatogr., A 2002, 970,<br />

275–285.<br />

Figure 4c displays the Orbitrap MS spectrum showing the exact<br />

match between the simulated (shown in blue discrete line) and<br />

experimentally observed (shown in black solid line) isotope<br />

distribution of the 16+ charge state of the derivatized �-lactoglobulin<br />

A ions. Furthermore, we performed tandem MS analysis<br />

using the LTQ-Orbitrap. High-resolution Orbitrap CID MS 2<br />

spectrum of the 16+ derivatized �-lactoglobulin A ions (m/z<br />

1166, in Figure 4-S in the Supporting Information) contains<br />

fragment ions y′139 12+ and y′130 11+ that carry the selenium tags.<br />

This suggests that the derivatization site is located on the last<br />

130 amino acid residues of the protein, in agreement with the<br />

position of the free cysteine residue in �-lactoglobulin A<br />

(Cys 121 ). These results indicate the potential use of the selenium<br />

derivatization strategy in top-down proteomics studies.<br />

In the case of �-lactoglobulin A derivatization, ebselen was<br />

compared with one commonly used thiol tagging reagent, 1,4benzoquinone.<br />

It was found by ESI-MS that the protein can be<br />

fully reacted with ebselen 30 s after mixing (The spectrum is the<br />

same as shown in Figure 4b). By contrast, under the same<br />

conditions (e.g., concentrations and solvents used for the reaction<br />

were kept the same), only ∼30% protein was derivatized with 1,4benzoquinone<br />

30 s after mixing the protein and the reagent. This<br />

indicates that the labeling using selenium reagents is much faster<br />

and more efficient than using the Michael-addition reagents such<br />

as 1,4-benzoquinone. The result suggests that the selenium<br />

chemistry would be quite useful in the high-throughput analysis<br />

of thiol containing proteins.<br />

<strong>Analytical</strong> <strong>Chemistry</strong>, Vol. 82, No. 16, August 15, 2010<br />

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