Phosphoproteomics

Reduce and enrich for mass spectrometry

Phosphopeptide enrichment reduces sample complexity and is required prior to MS due to the low stoichiometry and poor ionization of phosphopeptides. The Thermo Scientific High-Select Fe-NTA Phosphopeptide Enrichment Kit and High-Select TiO2 Phosphopeptide Enrichment Kit enable fast, selective enrichment of phosphorylated peptides for MS. The High-Select Fe-NTA Phosphopeptide Enrichment Kit uses iron-chelate resin spin columns, while the High-Select TiO2 Phosphopeptide Enrichment Kit uses TiO2 spin tips with optimized buffers. Both column types enrich 0.5-5 or 3 mg of total protein digest.

Expedite phosphoproteomics workflows

Typical phosphoproteomics workflows involve sample enrichment followed by mass spectrometry (MS) analysis using complementary fragmentation techniques (CID, HCD, EThcD, and ETD).These phosphoproteomics mass spectrometry workflows enable sensitive and conclusive structural elucidation of phosphorylation sites.

Reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RP-LC) enables successful separation of phosphopeptides ranging from a single protein to large-scale analysis. Thermo Scientific low flow RP-LC systems integrate seamlessly with available phosphoproteomics workflows and Orbitrap mass spectrometers. The Thermo Scientific Vanquish Neo UHPLC System is the system of choice for phosphoproteomics. The Vanquish Neo UHPLC system combines an unrivaled degree of innovation to deliver 24/7 reproducible separations of complex mixtures at maximum performance for a variety of high-sensitivity LC-MS workflows

Improve identification and increase throughput

Data-dependent decision tree (DDDT) logic is available on all Thermo Scientific hybrid linear ion trap-Orbitrap mass spectrometers, including the Thermo Scientific Orbitrap Eclipse mass spectrometer. The DDDT method improves phosphopeptide identifications and increases throughput when compared to analyses using only CID and ETD. Newly introduced EThcD enables more thorough fragmentation of unmodified and phosphorylated peptides than HCD or ETD alone, increasing confidence in phosphorylation site localization.

Increase data accuracy and reduce false positives

Phosphorylation occurs on serine, threonine, and tyrosine residues, posing a challenge for accurate phosphopeptide data analysis. The solution is high-resolution accurate-mass (HRAM) MS, which not only generates accurate data but also reduces false discovery rates. Thermo Scientific Proteome Discoverer Software has all the necessary tools for data mining of HRAM MS mixed raw files, including those containing multiple fragmentation spectra. The software's novel feature, IMP-ptmRS, offers a phosphorylation site confidence measurement algorithm that increases phosphoproteome coverage from LC-MS/MS data sets.