Gas phase H/D exchange of sodiated amino acids: Why do we see zwitterions?

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Gas-phase H/D exchange and density functional theory study of the Asp and Glu side-chain carboxylic group intrinsic reactivity is reported. H/D exchange site specific treatment and some additional theoretical calculations showed that a side-chain carboxylic group may initiate proton transfer along with bond formation to one of its oxygens, i.e., possibility to initiate selective of cleavage peptide bond ("aspartic acid effect"). That finding is used to select aspartic acid cleavage mechanisms (side-chain proton transfer either to backbone carbonyl or to amide nitrogen) for further computational study. B3LYP/6-31G(d) and G3(MP2)//B3LYP potential energy profiles of both mechanisms on a model system CH 3 CO-Asp-NHCH 3 were constructed. Although energy employed in low-energy collision induced dissociation suffices for both mechanisms thresholds, energy transferred to specific modes suggests a complex one-step mechanism of proton transfer (from the side-chain carboxylic group to the backbone amide group), bond formation (between deprotonated carboxylic group and carbon atom of the backbone carbonyl), and peptide bond cleavage as favorable. (J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 2007, 18, 121-127)

Section: H/d Exchangementioning

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Aspartic acid side chain effect—Experimental and theoretical insight

Rožman

2007

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“…Molecular dynamic simulations of interactions in similar systems showed that, depending on the direction, the deuterium donor within a few ps interval stabilizes near the active/preferred site [12,23]. In AlaH ϩ the active sites are the carboxylic and amino groups.…”

Section: The H/d Exchange Mechanismmentioning

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The gas-phase H/D exchange mechanism of protonated amino acids

Rožman

2005

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A mass spectrometry and Density Functional Theory study of gas-phase H/D exchange in protonated Ala, Cys, Ile, Leu, Met, and Val is reported. Site-specific rate constants were determined and results identify the ␣-amino group as the protonation site. Lack of exchange on the Cys thiol group is explained by the absence of strong intramolecular hydrogen bonding within the reaction complex. In aliphatic amino acids the presence of a methyl group at the ␤-C atom was found to lower the site-specific H/D exchange rate for amino hydrogens. Study of the exchange mechanism showed that isotopic exchange occurs in two independent reactions: in one, only the carboxylic hydrogen is exchanged and in the other, both carboxylic and amino group hydrogens exchange. The proposed reaction mechanisms, calculated structures of various species, and a number of structural findings are consistent with experimental data. (J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 2005, 16, 1846 -1852

“…Beauchamp and coworkers [9] suggested that lower basicity reagents, such as D 2 O and CH 3 OD, proceed via a "relay" mechanism [20] for protonated peptides, while the higher basicity ND 3 reagent gives rise to an "onium" mechanism [21]. In the case of amino acids cationized by an alkali metal ion rather than a proton, polar deuterating ligands such as D 2 O can exchange via a similar relay mechanism involving charge solvation-zwitterion (CS-ZW) isomerization [18]. Modeling of observed HDX processes and quantum chemical calculations of the potential surfaces have made a strong circumstantial case that ZW structures are traversed in many cases during HDX with basic partners like D 2 O, CH 3 OD, and ND 3 [14,16,18].…”

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“…H /D exchange (HDX) is one of the most popular techniques for the structural elucidation of biomolecules in mass spectrometry and has been widely implemented for both solution [1][2][3][4] and gas phase studies [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]. In solution, the extent of HDX can be directly related to the solvent accessibility of amino acid residues in proteins.…”

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“…In the case of amino acids cationized by an alkali metal ion rather than a proton, polar deuterating ligands such as D 2 O can exchange via a similar relay mechanism involving charge solvation-zwitterion (CS-ZW) isomerization [18]. Modeling of observed HDX processes and quantum chemical calculations of the potential surfaces have made a strong circumstantial case that ZW structures are traversed in many cases during HDX with basic partners like D 2 O, CH 3 OD, and ND 3 [14,16,18]. Nevertheless, computations also generally indicate that the bare ZW is sufficiently disfavored energetically that its equilibrium presence in the M ϩ /amino acid would be negligible [22,23].…”

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Observation of zwitterion formation in the gas-phase H/D-exchange with CH₃OD: Solution-phase structures in the gas phase

Polfer

Dunbar

2007

Infrared spectroscopy of gas-phase singly deuterated [Trp ϩ K] ϩ (formed by H/D exchange with CH 3 OD) shows that some (ϳ20%) kinetically stable zwitterionic (ZW) conformer is formed, based on the diagnostic antisymmetric CO stretch of the deprotonated carboxylate moiety, as (CO 2 Ϫ ), at 1680 cm Ϫ1 . A majority of the deuterated [Trp ϩ K] ϩ is found to be in the charge solvation (CS) conformation, with deuterium exchange occurring on both the acid and amino groups, which is consistent with H/D scrambling. Interestingly, H/D exchange with the more basic ND 3 reagent did not result in the stabilization of a kinetically stable zwitterion, although it is not clear yet what causes this observation. The result for CH 3 OD shows that H/D exchange can in fact alter the structure of the analyte and, hence, care needs to be taken when interpreting gas-phase H/D exchange studies. Moreover, this result shows the possibility of forming solution-phase structures that are thermodynamically disfavored in the gas phase, thus opening a new area of study. (HDX) is one of the most popular techniques for the structural elucidation of biomolecules in mass spectrometry and has been widely implemented for both solution [1][2][3][4] and gas phase studies [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]. In solution, the extent of HDX can be directly related to the solvent accessibility of amino acid residues in proteins. However, in the gas phase there are many structural parameters apart from the surface availability that affect the HDX rates, as illustrated in a recent HDX study on ion-mobilityselected charge states of bovine ubiquitin [17]. Systematic studies on small peptide systems showed that the difference in proton affinity of the biomolecules and deuterated donor reagent plays a crucial role in the HDX mechanism [7][8][9][10]19]. Beauchamp and coworkers [9] suggested that lower basicity reagents, such as D 2 O and CH 3 OD, proceed via a "relay" mechanism [20] for protonated peptides, while the higher basicity ND 3 reagent gives rise to an "onium" mechanism [21]. In the case of amino acids cationized by an alkali metal ion rather than a proton, polar deuterating ligands such as D 2 O can exchange via a similar relay mechanism involving charge solvation-zwitterion (CS-ZW) isomerization [18]. Modeling of observed HDX processes and quantum chemical calculations of the potential surfaces have made a strong circumstantial case that ZW structures are traversed in many cases during HDX with basic partners like D 2 O, CH 3 OD, and ND 3 [14,16,18]. Nevertheless, computations also generally indicate that the bare ZW is sufficiently disfavored energetically that its equilibrium presence in the M ϩ /amino acid would be negligible [22,23].Here, we show unambiguous spectroscopic evidence that bare ZW can in fact be kinetically trapped as a result of the HDX of [Trp ϩ K] ϩ with CH 3 OD. Infrared multiple-photon dissociation (IR-MPD) spectroscopy of metal-tagged amino acids and peptides has already been shown to be a powerful probe for CS ...