Features of peptide fragmentation spectra in single cell proteomics
Journal of Proteome Research(2021)
摘要
The goal of proteomics is to identify and quantify the complete set of proteins in a biological sample. Single cell proteomics specializes in identification and quantitation of proteins for individual cells, often used to elucidate cellular heterogeneity. The significant reduction in ions introduced into the mass spectrometer for single cell samples could impact the features of MS2 fragmentation spectra. As all peptide identification software tools have been developed on spectra from bulk samples and the associated ion rich spectra, the potential for spectral features to change is of great interest. We characterize the differences between single cell spectra and bulk spectra by examining three fundamental spectral features that are likely to affect peptide identification performance. All features show significant changes in single cell spectra, including loss of annotated fragment ions, blurring signal and background peaks due to diminishing ion intensity and distinct fragmentation pattern compared to bulk spectra. As each of these features is a foundational part of peptide identification algorithms, it is critical to adjust algorithms to compensate for these losses.
### Competing Interest Statement
The authors have declared no competing interest.
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