Abstract
Most MALDI instrumentation uses UV lasers. We have designed a MALDI-IM-oTOF-MS which employs both a Nd:YAG laser pumped optical parametric oscillator OPOTEK, λ = 2.8-3.2 μm at 20 Hz) to perform IR-LDI or IR-MALDI and a Nd:YLF laser (Crystalaser, λ = 249 nm at 200 Hz) for the UV. Ion mobility (IM) gives a fast separation and analysis of biomolecules from complex mixtures in which ions of similar chemical type fall along well-defined "trend lines". Our data shows that ion mobility allows multiply charged monomers and multimers to be resolved; thus, yielding pure spectra of the singly charged protein ion which are virtually devoid of chemical noise. In addition, we have demonstrated that IR-LDI produced similar results as IR-MALDI for the direct tissue analysis of phospholipids from rat brain.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1484-1487 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of Proteome Research |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2006 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Adducts reduction
- Ion-mobility MALDI
- IR lasers
- UV lasers
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Genetics
- Biotechnology
- Biochemistry