[HTML][HTML] Precise, fast and comprehensive analysis of intact glycopeptides and modified glycans with pGlyco3

WF Zeng, WQ Cao, MQ Liu, SM He, PY Yang - Nature Methods, 2021 - nature.com
WF Zeng, WQ Cao, MQ Liu, SM He, PY Yang
Nature Methods, 2021nature.com
Great advances have been made in mass spectrometric data interpretation for intact
glycopeptide analysis. However, accurate identification of intact glycopeptides and modified
saccharide units at the site-specific level and with fast speed remains challenging. Here, we
present a glycan-first glycopeptide search engine, pGlyco3, to comprehensively analyze
intact N-and O-glycopeptides, including glycopeptides with modified saccharide units. A
glycan ion-indexing algorithm developed for glycan-first search makes pGlyco3 5–40 times …
Abstract
Great advances have been made in mass spectrometric data interpretation for intact glycopeptide analysis. However, accurate identification of intact glycopeptides and modified saccharide units at the site-specific level and with fast speed remains challenging. Here, we present a glycan-first glycopeptide search engine, pGlyco3, to comprehensively analyze intact N- and O-glycopeptides, including glycopeptides with modified saccharide units. A glycan ion-indexing algorithm developed for glycan-first search makes pGlyco3 5–40 times faster than other glycoproteomic search engines without decreasing accuracy or sensitivity. By combining electron-based dissociation spectra, pGlyco3 integrates a dynamic programming-based algorithm termed pGlycoSite for site-specific glycan localization. Our evaluation shows that the site-specific glycan localization probabilities estimated by pGlycoSite are suitable to localize site-specific glycans. With pGlyco3, we confidently identified N-glycopeptides and O-mannose glycopeptides that were extensively modified by ammonia adducts in yeast samples. The freely available pGlyco3 is an accurate and flexible tool that can be used to identify glycopeptides and modified saccharide units.
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