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. 2012 Sep 13;7(9):e44913. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044913

Figure 4. Proposed mechanism for the formation of observed b+H2O ions.

Figure 4

b+H2O fragment ions (2a) and (2b) of cryptophycin-1 (1) can result from two ring opening pathways: direct c/z-like cleavage of the cyclic peptide or b/y-like cleavage followed by OH transfer.