“…Mass spectrometric analysis of peptide mixtures was performed in duplicate on a Synapt G2S mass spectrometer (Waters, Manchester, UK) using Masslynx version 4.1, coupled to a nanoAcquity UPLC system (Waters, Manchester, UK) via a NanoLockSpray ion source using a PicoTip Emitter (New Objective, Woburn, MA, USA) as described [ 41 , 46 ]. Mobile phase A contained 0.1% formic acid in water, and mobile phase B contained 0.1% formic acid in acetonitrile.…”