NanoAcquity liquid chromatograph (LC) paired with a Q-Exactive mass
spectrometer (Thermo Scientific). 200 ng of peptides was injected
into the LC system equipped with a peptide BEH C18 column (Waters,
100 μm × 100 mm, 1.7 μm particle size). Peptides
were separated over a 48 min gradient with a flow rate of 0.9 μL/min
with a two-solvent system, where solvent A was water containing 0.1%
FA and solvent B was ACN containing 0.1% FA. The following linear
gradient was used for all samples: 4% B from 0 to 8 min, 4–7%
B from 8 to 10 min, 7–33% B from 10 to 30 min, 33–90%
B from 30 to 33 min, 90% B until 36 min, 90–4% B for 1 min,
and reequilibration at 4% B from 37 to 48 min. The mass spectrometer
settings were identical to those described previously.40 (link)