Example 2
LC/MS analyses were conducted on a Shimadzu Prominence LCMS-2020 system equipped with an ElectroSpray Ionization (ESI) probe and using a Kinetex® column (4.6 mm×100 mm, 2.6 m XB-C18, 100 Å, 1.8 mL/min) and a 10.5 min. gradient from water (0.1% HCOOH) and CH3CN (0.1% HCOOH) (CH3CN 10-100%) and detection at 220 nm and 254 nm. High Resolution Mass Spectrometry (HRMS) was performed on a Waters Synapt G2-Si (Quadrupole/TOF) equipped with a Waters UPLC binary pump and an FTN (Flow-Through Needle) injector. The mass spectrometer was operated in High resolution mode; calibration was performed using a sodium formate solution; and lock-mass correction was performed using a Leucine-enkephalin solution (Waters). Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time-of-Flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry was performed using a AB SCIEX 4800 Plus MALDI-TOF/TOF® instrument equipped with an alpha-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid matrix. The spectra were acquired using the 4000 Series Explorer Software (Ab Sciex, v 3.2.3). The PEAKS Studio software (Bioinformatics Solutions, v.7.0) was used for spectra analysis and DENOVO sequencing.