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Fragmentation Reactions of Nucleic Acid Ions in the Gas Phase

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Nucleic Acids in the Gas Phase

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Abstract

This chapter summarizes literature describing the gas-phase fragmentation of nucleic acid ions under a variety of reaction conditions. Specifically, the phenomenology of gas-phase dissociation of nucleic acid ions is determined by ion type, charge state, the energy deposition method, and the fragmentation reaction timescale. Various proposed mechanisms are summarized. The chapter is organized by dissociation method. For the most extensively studied collision-induced dissociation (CID), the literature is subcategorized by analyte and ion type. In many cases, no single fragmentation mechanism can account for all the reported products. This suggests that multiple dissociation mechanisms can contribute, depending on ion type, ion charge state, and reaction conditions.

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Abbreviations

BIRD:

Blackbody infrared radiative dissociation

CID:

Collision-induced dissociation

DNA:

Deoxyribonucleotide

DR:

Double resonance

ECD:

Electron capture dissociation

EDD:

Electron detachment dissociation

EPD:

Electron photodetachment dissociation

ESI:

Electrospray ionization

ETD:

Electron transfer dissociation

ETcaD:

Electron transfer collision-activated dissociation

ET-IRMPD:

Electron transfer-infrared multiphoton dissociation

ET-UVPD:

Electron transfer-ultraviolet photodissociation

FAB:

Fast atom bombardment

FTICR:

Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance

IP:

Ionization potential

IR:

Infrared

IRMPD:

Infrared multiphoton dissociation

LNA:

Locked nucleic acid

MALDI:

Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization

MBO:

Mixed-backbone oligonucleotide

MP:

Methylphosphonate

MS:

Mass spectrometer/mass spectrometry

NETD:

Negative electron transfer dissociation

niECD:

Negative ion electron capture dissociation

NS:

Nozzle-skimmer

PA:

Proton affinity

PD:

Plasma desorption

PS:

Phosphorothioate

PSD:

Post-source decay

Q-TOF:

Quadrupole/time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometer

rf:

Radiofrequency

RNA:

Ribonucleotide

RNAi:

RNA interference

SID:

Surface-induced dissociation

SNP:

Single nucleotide polymorphisms

SORI:

Sustained off-resonance irradiation

TOF:

Time-of-flight

TOF/TOF:

Tandem time-of-flight

UV:

Ultraviolet

UVPD:

Ultraviolet photodissociation

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Gao, Y., McLuckey, S.A. (2014). Fragmentation Reactions of Nucleic Acid Ions in the Gas Phase. In: Gabelica, V. (eds) Nucleic Acids in the Gas Phase. Physical Chemistry in Action. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54842-0_6

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