Collision-induced dissociation pathways of yeast sphingolipids and their molecular profiling in total lipid extracts: a study by quadrupole TOF and linear ion trap–orbitrap mass spectrometry
✍ Scribed by Christer S. Ejsing; Thomas Moehring; Ute Bahr; Eva Duchoslav; Michael Karas; Kai Simons; Andrej Shevchenko
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 445 KB
- Volume
- 41
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1076-5174
- DOI
- 10.1002/jms.997
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae synthesizes three classes of sphingolipids: inositolphosphoceramides (IPCs), mannosyl‐inositolphosphoceramides (MIPCs), and mannosyl‐diinositolphosphoceramides (M(IP)~2~C). Tandem mass spectrometry of their molecular anions on a hybrid quadrupole time‐of‐flight (QqTOF) instrument produced fragments of inositol‐containing head groups, which were specific for each lipid class. MS^n^ analysis performed on a hybrid linear ion trap–orbitrap (LTQ Orbitrap) mass spectrometer with better than 3 ppm mass accuracy identified fragment ions specific for the amide‐linked fatty acid and the long chain base moieties in individual molecular species. By selecting m/z of class‐specific fragment ions for multiple precursor ion scanning, we profiled yeast sphingolipids in total lipid extracts on a QqTOF mass spectrometer. Thus, a combination of QqTOF and LTQ Orbitrap mass spectrometry lends itself to rapid, comprehensive and structure‐specific profiling of the molecular composition of sphingolipids and glycerophospholipids in important model organisms, such as fungi and plants. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.