EASI-tag enables accurate multiplexed and interference-free MS2-based proteome quantification

Nat Methods. 2018 Jul;15(7):527-530. doi: 10.1038/s41592-018-0037-8. Epub 2018 Jun 18.

Abstract

We developed EASI-tag (easily abstractable sulfoxide-based isobaric-tag), a new type of amine-derivatizing and sulfoxide-containing isobaric labeling reagents for highly accurate quantitative proteomics analysis using mass spectrometry. We observed that EASI-tag labels dissociate at low collision energy and generate peptide-coupled, interference-free reporter ions with high yield. Efficient isolation of 12C precursors and quantification at the MS2 level allowed accurate determination of quantitative differences between up to six multiplexed samples.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Chemical Fractionation
  • Chromatography, Liquid / methods
  • Computational Biology
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Ions
  • Mass Spectrometry*
  • Proteome / analysis
  • Proteomics / methods
  • Staining and Labeling

Substances

  • Ions
  • Proteome