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. 2017 Aug 21;7:8931. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-09416-6

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Negative-ion mode fragmentation of nucleoside 5′-monophosphates (NMP). (a) MS/MS spectra of AMP and dAMP and their [18O]-labelled analogues. Three types of fragments are visible in the spectra: nucleobase derived (marked with blue dots), phosphoribose-derived (purple dots), and phosphate-derived (green dots). Upon18O-isotopic labelling of phosphate moieties, the m/z values for phosphate- and phosphoribose-derived fragments that retain heavy water shift accordingly. (b) Fragmentation pathways for NMPs, exemplified by adenine nucleotides, proposed based on the interpretation of MS/MS spectra of nucleoside 5′-monophosphates and their 18O-isotopologues.