Abstract
Beside the known maximum of electron capture dissociation (ECD) of gas-phase polypeptide polycations at zero electron energy, a broad local maximum is found around 10 eV. This maximum is due to electronic excitation prior to electron capture, as in dissociative recombination of small cations. In the novel hot electron capture dissociation (HECD) regime, not only N–C α bonds are cleaved as in ECD, but secondary fragmentation is also induced due to the excess energy. Beneficially, this fragmentation includes abundant losses of CH( CH 3) 2 from leucine and CH 2 CH 3 from isoleucine residues terminal to the cleavage site, which allows for distinguishing between these two isomeric residues.
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