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Reactions of cold argon plasmas with condensed-phase peptides and proteins for mass spectrometry imaging and structural elucidation

06 November 2024, Version 2
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Abstract

The analysis of macromolecules - such as proteins - pose a significant bottleneck in analytical science. We have developed surface treatment techniques utilising direct and radiofrequency current argon plasmas, able to quickly digest condensed-phase macromolecules while maintaining spatial resolution of analytes. We show here that these plasmas can be powerful tools for mass spectrometry imaging of peptides and proteins.

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Plasma
Mass Spectrometry Imaging
Spatial Resolution
Proteomics
Peptidomics
Macromolecules

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Version History

Nov 06, 2024 Version 2

Version Notes

The paper has been reworked based on feedback from reviewers, incorporating additional data (e.g demonstrating the spatial resolution improvements associated with the plasma compared to trypsin), adding some graphs, changing some nomenclature, and amending some sentences.

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DOI

10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-sjwlb-v2
D O I: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-sjwlb-v2 [opens in a new tab]

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