Research Article

Mass Spectrometry of Putrescine, Spermidine, and Spermine Covalently Attached to Francisella tularensis Universal Stress Protein and Bovine Albumin

Table 5

Signature ions for polyamine adducts on glutamate, glutamine, and aspartate.

ā€‰GlutamateGlutamineAspartate

Putrescine200 (8), 172, 155 (10)
129 (8), 101, 84
200 (14), 172, 155 (7)
129 (2), 101, 84
186 (5), 158, 141 (4)
115, 67, 50

Spermidine257, 229, 212
186 (2), 158, 141
257, 229, 212 (1)
186 (1), 158, 141
243, 215, 198 (1)
172 144, 127

Spermine314, 286, 269 (6)
240, 212, 195 (4)
314, 286, 269
240, 212, 195
300 (1), 272 (2), 255
226 (2), 198, 181

Observed ions are shown in bold font, while theoretical ions are shown in black. Numbers in brackets indicate the number of times the signature ion was observed.