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Scheme 2. Fragmentation Mechanism of Protonated 4 (Scheme S2, Supporting Information) upon CID, Delivering a<br />

Doublet of 26 u Mass Shifted Product Ions [M + H + Bu] + (6) and [M + H + BuUr] + (7) by CNLs of 129 and 103 u<br />

Reactivity and CID Fragmentation. The novel symmetric<br />

urea-based cross-linker is unique in that it allows a discrimination<br />

of different types of cross-linked products, namely, type 0 (a<br />

peptide that is modified by a partially hydrolyzed cross-linker 35 ),<br />

type 1 (intrapeptide cross-link), and type 2 (interpeptide crosslink),<br />

based on characteristic fragmentation reactions. As such,<br />

the cross-linker allows a screening for cross-linked species in a<br />

highly automated fashion. The CID fragmentation mechanism of<br />

peptides modified with hydrolyzed linkers (the type 0 cross-link<br />

linker 4 35 is depicted in Scheme 2). A nucleophilic attack at the<br />

carbonyl carbon of the urea moiety leads to a cleavage of the crosslinker<br />

at either urea amide bond. Depending on which oxygen<br />

attacks the urea carbonyl carbon, either the peptide modified with<br />

4-aminobutyric acid (6) ([M + H + 85 u] + ) corresponding to a<br />

CNL of 129 u (1,3-oxazepan-2-one) or the peptide that is<br />

decorated with 1,3-oxazepan-2-one (7) ([M + H + 111 u] + )<br />

corresponding to a CNL of 103 u (4-aminobutyric acid) is<br />

observed. Intriguingly, the two product ions 6 and 7 formed<br />

are mass shifted by 26 u, which is a unique indicator of a “deadend”<br />

(type 0) cross-link, i.e., a peptide that is modified by a<br />

partially hydrolyzed cross-linker (Scheme 2).<br />

In analogy to the fragmentation behavior of the type 0 crosslink<br />

(Scheme 2), an interpeptide (type 2) cross-link (2) results in<br />

the cleavage of the urea amide bond, yielding a pair of complementary<br />

product ions that originate from the symmetric structure<br />

of the cross-linker (Scheme 3). Either peptide ions are generated<br />

that are modified with 4-aminobutyric acid (ions 6a and 6b) or,<br />

alternatively, peptide product ions are formed carrying a 1,3oxazepan-2-one<br />

(7a and 7b) modification. This specific fragmentation<br />

behavior of an intermolecular cross-linked precursor ion (2)<br />

gives rise to two doublets of peptide ions, which exhibit the<br />

characteristic mass difference of 26 u. This unique pattern of a<br />

“doublet of 26 u doublets” in CID mass spectra is highly indicative<br />

in evidencing the presence of an interpeptide cross-link (type 2),<br />

while a dead-end (type 0) cross-link only generates a single 26 u<br />

doublet as discussed above. Strikingly different from the characteristic<br />

fragment ions created for type 0 and type 2 cross-links is<br />

the fragmentation pattern of a type 1 intramolecular cross-link (3).<br />

As shown in Scheme 4, CID of intramolecular cross-links leads<br />

to the effective formation of pyrolidinone, detectable as a CNL<br />

for 85 u. A summary of the characteristic fragment ions and CNLs<br />

created for the different cross-linked products that allow for a rapid<br />

screening is shown in Table 1. We also observed mixed species,<br />

i.e., peptides containing more than one cross-linker molecule,<br />

which were not considered in this study.<br />

Nano-HPLC/Nano-ESI-LTQ-Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry.<br />

To assess the behavior of the NHS-BuUrBu-NHS cross-linker (1)<br />

in CID experiments, two model substances, the 22-amino acid<br />

Munc13-1 peptide (CRAKANWLRAFNKVRMQLQEAR) and the<br />

28 kDa ligand binding domain of PPARR, were selected. Both were<br />

cross-linked with 1, enzymatically digested and subjected to nano-<br />

HPLC/nano-ESI-LTQ-orbitrap-MS n . The Munc13-1 peptide is<br />

currently under investigation in the Sinz lab 36 and was chosen<br />

as a model peptide for evaluating the properties of 1 as it<br />

contains three primary amines (N-terminus, Lys-4 and Lys-13)<br />

that are separated by four arginines, allowing a tryptic cleavage.<br />

Peptides Modified with a Partially Hydrolyzed Cross-<br />

Linker (Dead-End Cross-Links, Type 0). In Figure 1A, the ESI-<br />

CID-MS/MS product ion spectrum of a modified tryptic peptide<br />

(AKANWLR) of Munc13-1 is presented. The abundant precursor<br />

ion at m/z 1072.60 was selected and completely dissociated by<br />

effective collision activation in the linear quadrupole ion trap. The<br />

ion at m/z 1072.60 was assigned as a type 0 cross-linked ion [M<br />

+ H + BuUrBu-OH] + that is modified with a partially hydrolyzed<br />

cross-linker (4) at the lysine residue. This assignment<br />

is consistent with the fragmentation scheme shown in Scheme<br />

2. The expected CNLs of 129 and 103 u consequently lead to the<br />

observation of specific fragment ions with an indicative mass<br />

difference of 26 u, in this case found at m/z 943.55 and at m/z<br />

969.53 (Figure 1A). Structure identification of these ions was<br />

achieved by interpretation of the LTQ-MS 3 product ion spectra<br />

shown in Figure 1B,C. The former spectrum shows the respective<br />

product ion spectra of [M + H + Bu] + at m/z 943.55 (6), while<br />

(36) Dimova, K.; Kalkhof, S.; Pottratz, I.; Ihling, C.; Rodriguez-Castaneda, F.;<br />

Liepold, T.; Griesinger, C.; Brose, N.; Sinz, A.; Jahn, O. Biochemistry 2009,<br />

48, 5908–5921.<br />

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

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