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Rob Marissen, Jeroen Laros, Josef Rasinger, Madhushri Varunjikar, Ben Neely, Magnus Palmblad
It has long been known that biological species can be identified from mass spectrometry data alone. Ten years ago, we described a method and software tool, compareMS2, for calculating a distance between sets of tandem mass spectra, as routinely collected
Concepcion Remoroza, Meghan Burke Harris, Xiaoyu (Sara) Yang, Sergey Sheetlin, Yuri Mirokhin, Sanford Markey, Dmitrii V. Tchekhovskoi, Stephen E. Stein
We present a mass-spectral library-based method for analyzing site-specific N-linked protein glycosylation. Its operation and utility are illustrated by applying it to both newly measured and available proteomics data of human milk glycoproteins. It
Large-scale measurements linking genetic background to biological function have drivena need for models that can incorporate these data for reliable predictions and insightinto the underlying biophysical system. Recent modeling efforts, however, prioritize
Camille Lombard-Banek, Kerstin Pohl, Edward Kwee, John T. Elliott, John E. Schiel
Mass Spectrometry (MS)-based proteomic measurements are uniquely poised to impact the development of cell and gene therapies. With the adoption of rigorous instrumental performance controls (PQs), large-scale proteomics can move from a research to a
Katrice Lippa, William Davis, Christina Jones, Tracey Johnston, Juan Aristizabal-Henao, Richard Beger, John Bowden, Corey Broeckling, Chris Beecher, Warwick Dunn, Roberto Flores, Goncalo Gouveia, Thomas Hartung, Matthew Lewis, Ioanna Ntai, Andrew Percy, Dan Raftery, Jinchun Sun, Georgios Theodoridis, Fariba Tayyari, Federico Torta, Candice Ulmer, Baljit Ubhi
Introduction The metabolomics quality assurance and quality control consortium (mQACC) is enabling the identification, development, prioritization and promotion of suitable reference materials (RMs) to be used in quality assurance (QA) and quality control
Daniel Becker, Guang-Sheng Lei, Michael Janech, Alison Bland, Brock Fenton, Ryan Relich, Ben Neely
The apparent ability of bats to harbor many virulent viruses without showing disease is likely driven by distinct immune responses that coevolved with mammalian flight and the exceptional longevity of this order. Yet our understanding of the immune
Kyle Anderson, Kerry Scott, Christina Bergonzo, Ioannis Karageorgos, Elyssia Gallagher, Venkata Tayi, Michael Butler, Jeffrey W. Hudgens
Previous reports present different models for the stabilization of the Fc—FcγRI immune complex. Although accord exists on the importance of L235 in IgG1 and some hydrophobic contacts for complex stabilization, discord exists regarding the existence of
Jane Khudyakov, Michael Treat, Mikayla Shanafelt, Jared Deyarmin, Ben Neely, Frank van Breukelen
Many mammals use adaptive heterothermy (e.g., torpor, hibernation) to reduce metabolic demands of maintaining high body temperature (Tb). Torpor is typically characterized by coordinated declines in Tb and metabolic rate (MR) followed by active rewarming
Absolute quantification with mass spectrometry and isotope labelled internal standards has found broad applications in biomedical research. In the present research, it was used for developing and evaluating a new affinity-based approach to isolate
Science is full of overlooked and undervalued research waiting to be rediscovered. Proteomics is no exception. In this perspective, we follow the ripples from a 1960 study of Zuckerkandl, Jones, and Pauling comparing tryptic peptides across animal species
Joseph W. Robertson, Madhav Ghimire, Joseph Reiner
Protein nanopores have emerged as an important class of sensor, for the understanding of biophysical processes, such as molecular transport across membranes, and detection and characterization of biopolymers. We trace the development of these sensors from
Concepcion Remoroza, Meghan Burke Harris, Yi Liu, Yuri Mirokhin, Dmitrii V. Tchekhovskoi, Xiaoyu (Sara) Yang, Stephen E. Stein
A method for representing and comparing distributions of N-linked glycans located at specific sites in proteins is presented. The representation takes the form of a simple mass spectrum for a given peptide sequence, with each peak corresponding to a
Eric Deutsch, Yasset Perez-Riverol, Jeremy Carver, Shin Kawano, Luis Mendoza, Tim Van Den Bossche, Ralf Gabriels, Pierre-Alain Binz, Benjamin Pullman, Zhi Sun, Jim Shofstahl, Wout Bittremeieux, Tytus Mak, Joshua Klein, Yunping Zhu, Henry Lam, Juan Antonio Vizcaino, Nuno Bandeira
Mass spectra provide the ultimate evidence to support the findings of mass spectrometry proteomics studies in publications, and it is therefore crucial to be able to trace the conclusions back to the spectra. The Universal Spectrum Identifier (USI)
Kyle Anderson, Kerry Scott, Ioannis Karageorgos, Elyssia Gallagher, Venkata Tayi, Michael Butler, Jeffrey W. Hudgens
This database gives hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (HDX-MS) data from measurements of three purified IgG1 glycoform samples, predominantly G0F, G2F, and SAF, in isolation and in complexation with the high-affinity receptor, FcγR1a (CD64)
Ben Neely, Michael G. Janech, Alison Bland, Brock Fenton, Nancy B. Simmons, Daniel J. Becker
Bats (Order: Chiroptera) are increasingly studied as model systems for longevity and for their ability to seemingly tolerate typically virulent viruses without showing clinical disease. Yet our ability to characterize immune mechanisms of viral tolerance
Santica Marcovina, Noemie Clouet-Foraison, Marlys Koschinsky, Mark Lowenthal, Michael Boffa, Andrew Hoofnagle, Tomas Vaisar
Background: Use of Lipoprotein(a) levels for identification of individuals at high risk for cardiovascular disease is hampered by the high size polymorphism of apolipoprotein(a) which strongly impacts immunochemical methods resulting in discordant values
Cloud hosted environments offer known benefits when computational needs outstrip affordable local workstations, enabling high-performance compute without a physical cluster. What has been less apparent, especially to novice users, is the transformative
Sean Lehman, Ioannis Karageorgos, Wyatt Vreeland, Jeremy Filteau
Protein aggregation can affect the quality of protein-based therapeutics and is an important aspect of disease progression in multiple illnesses. Attempting to unravel the mechanisms and factors influencing protein aggregation involves systematic studies
Next-generation approaches for protein sequencing are now emerging that could have the potential to revolutionize the field in proteomics. One such sequencing method involves fluorescence-based imaging of immobilized peptides in which the N-terminal amino
For the last century we have relied on model organisms to help understand fundamental biological processes. Now, with advancements in genome sequencing, assembly and annotation, non-model organisms may be studied with the same advanced bioanalytical
Christina Bergonzo, Jennifer A. Tullman, Kunal Dharmadhikari, Emily Samuels, Makenzie Christensen
ClpS is a small protein currently under development as a probe for detecting specific N-terminal amino acids of peptides. In order for ClpS to be used in this manner, it is important to understand the structural reasons for how and why ClpS recognizes
Adoptive cell therapy is an emerging anti-cancer modality, whereby the patients own immune cells are engineered to express T-cell receptor (TCR) or chimeric antigen receptor (CAR). CAR-T cell therapies have advanced the furthest, with recent approvals of
Ashley B. Green, David M. Bunk, Nien F. Zhang, Wendell Alejo
This Standard Reference Material (SRM) is intended primarily for use in the preparation of calibration solutions for a candidate reference measurement procedure for human serum albumin (HSA) in human urine. This candidate reference measurement procedure is
William Davis, Lisa Kilpatrick, Debra Ellisor, Ben Neely
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is creating new, inexpensive, qualitative reference materials and data for proteomics comparisons, benchmarking and harmonization. Here we describe a large dataset from shotgun proteomic analysis of