Hydrophilic interaction chromatography coupled to ultraviolet photodissociation affords identification, localization, and relative quantitation of glycans on intact glycoproteins

26 February 2024, Version 1
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Abstract

Protein glycosylation is implicated in a wide array of diseases, yet glycoprotein analysis remains elusive owing to the extreme heterogeneity of glycans including microheterogeneity at the same amino acid residue (glycosite). Top-down mass spectrometry (MS) allows precise identification and localization of glycans on intact proteins, and coupling top-down MS with chromatography allows time-resolved characterization of glycoforms. Here, we couple ultraviolet photo-dissociation (UVPD) to hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC) to advance the characterization of glycoproteins ranging from 15-34 kDa, offering site localization of glycans, providing sequence coverages up to 93% and relative quantitation of individual glycoforms.

Keywords

Protein Glycosylation
Top-down Mass Spectrometry
Ultraviolet Photodissociation

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Protein sequences, masses, and catalog numbers, LC gradients, comparison of glycoform abundances to literature values, PLRP vs HILIC separations for RNase B, deconvoluted RNase B MS1 spectra, comparison of chromatographic peak shape for RNase B MS1 only and UVPD runs, ESI mass spectra of HA collected without LC separation, sequence coverage maps and extracted ion chromatograms for RNase B (HCD, ETD, EThcD, and UVPD), HA (UVPD only) and RBDs (UVPD only).
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Identified fragment ions in MS2 spectra for RNase B (HCD, ETD, EThcD, and UVPD), HA (UVPD only) and RBDs (UVPD only). Relative quantitation results for RNase B, HA, and the RBDs.
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