We describe a set of simple devices for surface-induced dissociation of protein complexes on three instrument platforms. All of the devices use a novel yet simple split lens geometry that is minimally invasive (requiring a few mm along the ion path axis) and easier to operate than prior generations of devices. The split lens is designed to be small enough to replace the entrance lens of a Bruker FT-ICR collision cell, the dynamic range enhancement (DRE) lens of a Waters Q-IM-TOF, or the exit lens of a transfer multipole of a Thermo Scientific Extended Mass Range (EMR) Orbitrap. Despite the decrease in size and reduction in number of electrodes to 3 (from 10-12 in Gen 1 and ~6 in Gen 2), we show sensitivity improvement in a variety of cases across all platforms while also maintaining SID capabilities across a wide mass and energy range. The coupling of SID, high resolution, and ion mobility is demonstrated for a variety of protein complexes of varying topologies.
Native mass spectrometry (nMS) is
evolving into a workhorse for
structural biology. The plethora of online and offline preparation,
separation, and purification methods as well as numerous ionization
techniques combined with powerful new hybrid ion mobility and mass
spectrometry systems has illustrated the great potential of nMS for
structural biology. Fundamental to the progression of nMS has been
the development of novel activation methods for dissociating proteins
and protein complexes to deduce primary, secondary, tertiary, and
quaternary structure through the combined use of multiple MS/MS technologies.
This review highlights the key features and advantages of surface
collisions (surface-induced dissociation, SID) for probing the connectivity
of subunits within protein and nucleoprotein complexes and, in particular,
for solving protein structure in conjunction with complementary techniques
such as cryo-EM and computational modeling. Several case studies highlight
the significant role SID, and more generally nMS, will play in structural
elucidation of biological assemblies in the future as the technology
becomes more widely adopted. Cases are presented where SID agrees
with solved crystal or cryoEM structures or provides connectivity
maps that are otherwise inaccessible by “gold standard”
structural biology techniques.
Native mass spectrometry (nMS) has emerged as an important tool in studying the structure and function of macromolecules and their complexes in the gas phase. In this review, we cover recent advances in nMS and related techniques including sample preparation, instrumentation, activation methods, and data analysis software. These advances have enabled nMS-based techniques to address a variety of challenging questions in structural biology. The second half of this review highlights recent applications of these technologies and surveys the classes of complexes that can be studied with nMS. Complementarity of nMS to existing structural biology techniques and current challenges in nMS are also addressed. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Biophysics, Volume 51 is May 2022. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.
A second-generation (“Gen 2”) device capable of surface-induced dissociation (SID) and collision-induced dissociation (CID) for Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry of protein complexes has been designed, simulated, fabricated, and experimentally compared to a first-generation device (“Gen 1”). The primary goals of the redesign were to 1) simplify SID by reducing the number of electrodes, 2) increase CID and SID sensitivity by lengthening the collision cell, and 3) increase the mass range of the device for analysis of larger multimeric proteins, all while maintaining the normal instrument configuration and operation. Compared to Gen 1, Gen 2 exhibits an approximately 10x increase in sensitivity in flythrough mode, 7x increase in CID sensitivity for protonated leucine enkephalin (m/z 556) and 14x increase of CID sensitivity of 53 kDa streptavidin tetramer. It also approximately doubles of the useful mass range (from m/z 8,000 to m/z 15,000) using a rectilinear ion trap with a smaller inscribed radius or triples it (to m/z 22,000) using a hexapole collision cell and yields a 3–10x increase in SID sensitivity. We demonstrate the increased mass range and sensitivity on a variety of model molecules spanning nearly 3 orders of magnitude in absolute mass and present examples where the high resolution of the FT-ICR is advantageous for deconvoluting overlapping SID fragments.
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