data from all of the LC-MS/MS analyses were searched against L. interrogans serogroup Icterohaemorrhagiae serovar
copenhageni (strain Fiocruz L1-130) obtained from the NCBI (3667 protein
entries). The database was also added with sequences of commonly encountered
protein contaminants such as BSA, trypsin, and keratins (115 contaminant
entries). The MS data were analyzed using the SEQUEST-HT and Mascot
search algorithms in the Proteome Discoverer software suite, version
2.2 (Thermo Fischer Scientific, Bremen, Germany) with the following
search parameters: (a) trypsin as the proteolytic enzyme (with up
to one missed cleavage); (b) fragment mass tolerance of 0.05 Da; (c)
precursor mass tolerance of 10 ppm; (d) oxidation of methionine as
a dynamic modification, and (e) carbamidomethylation of cysteine as
a static modification. The peptide-to-spectrum match scoring function
was identified with 1% false discovery rate (FDR) at the peptide level.