Abstract
Breaking up is hard to do: The dominating negative ion fragment formed by dissociative electron attachment (DEA) to amino acids or by their ionization through MALDI is [M-H]-. Three different experimental techniques and molecular dynamics calculations are used to determine the site of hydrogen loss and which metastable decay pathways (for valine, see picture; blue nitrogen, red oxygen) dominate further decay. (Chemical Equation Presented).
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 8057-8059 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Conference Series of the Symposium on Atomic, Cluster and Surface Physics |
Volume | 46 |
Issue number | 42 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Other keywords
- Amino acids
- Mass spectrometry
- Metastable compounds
- Molecular dynamics