Figure 1.
MS/MS spectra of FN peptides showing both the deamidated variant (GNLLQCICTGN#GRGEW) and unmodified form (GNLLQCICTGNGRGEW) as annotated by Mascot database search software (a). The deamidation site was identified with high confidence as being located between sequences (y1, y2, y4, y6) and (y7–y14). Each of the fragmented y-ions containing a deamidation site (y7–y14) displayed a characteristic mass increase of 0.984 Da compared with the unmodified peptide45, 52.