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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 22.
Published in final edited form as: Biomarkers. 2016 Jul 22;21(8):743–751. doi: 10.1080/1354750X.2016.1201533

Table III.

SAA proteoforms identified using targeted mass spectrometric immunoassay

SAA proteoform Theoretical
[M+H]+
Observed
[M+H]+
Frequency
[%]
c(SAA)
[mg/L]
Native SAA proteoforms
SAA 1.1 native SAA 1.1 11,682.7 11,683.7 99.4 3.15 (0.398 – 22.3)
SAA 1.3 native SAA 1.3 11,654.6 11,655.2 11.2 1.60 (0.673 – 4.25)
SAA 2.1 native SAA 2.1 11,628.7 11,629.1 57.6 0.969 (0.259 – 5.01)
SAA 2.2 native SAA 2.2 11,647.7 11,648.6 11.8 1.69 (0.382 – 7.38)

Truncated SAA proteoforms
SAA 1.1 R 1.1 lacking 1 N-terminal
(R-) amino acid
11,526.5 11,526.8 99.4 2.61 (0.396 – 13.4)
SAA 1.1 RS 1.1 lacking N-terminal
dipeptide (RS-)
11,439.4 11,439.4 99.4 0.907 (0.344 – 6.67)
SAA 1.1 RSFF 1.1 lacking N-terminal
tetra peptide (RSFF-)
11,147.1 11,146.4 11.8 0.269 (0.0851 – 0.812)
SAA 1.1 RSFFS 1.1 lacking N-terminal
penta peptide (RSFFS-)
11,058.9 11,058.7 7.06 0.157 (0.101 – 0.395)
SAA 1.3 R 1.3 lacking 1 N-terminal
(R-) amino acid
11,498.4 11,498.5 11.2 1.53 (0.711 – 3.79)
SAA 1.3 RS 1.3 lacking N-terminal
dipeptide (RS-)
11,411.4 11,411.2 10.6 0.696 (0.253 – 1.69)
SAA 1.3 RSFF 1.3 lacking N-terminal
tetra peptide (RSFF-)
11,117.0 11,116.9 1.18 0.231 (0.219 – 0.244)
SAA 2.1 R 2.1 lacking 1 N-terminal
(R-) amino acid
11,472.5 11,472.6 57.6 0.894 (0.219 – 3.16)
SAA 2.1 RS 2.1 lacking N-terminal
dipeptide (RS-)
11,385.4 11,384.9 42.9 0.456 (0.219 – 1.35)
SAA 2.1 RSFF 2.1 lacking N-terminal
tetra peptide (RSFF-)
11,091.1 11,092.8 2.35 0.139 (0.103 – 0.160)
SAA 2.2 R 2.2 lacking 1 terminal (R-)
amino acid
11,491.5 11,492.0 12.4 1.23 (0.344 – 4.44)
SAA 2.2 RS 2.2 lacking N-terminal
dipeptide (RS-)
11,404.5 11,403.2 8.23 0.481 (0.219 – 1.35)