Trypsinization of proteins was performed as previously described52 (link),53 (link). Tandem MS (MS/MS) analysis was performed using an LTQ Orbitrap ELITE ETD mass spectrometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific). The mass spectrometer was operated in data-dependent acquisition mode, in which MS acquisition with a mass range of 400 to 1000 m/z was automatically switched to MS/MS acquisition under the control of the Xcalibur software (Thermo Fisher Scientific). The top four precursor ions in the MS scan were selected using Orbitrap, with a resolution of R = 240,000, and the ions in subsequent MS/MS scans were analyzed with an ion trap in automated gain control (AGC) mode, in which AGC values were 1 × 106 and 1.00 × 104 for full MS and MS/MS, respectively. Electron transfer dissociation (ETD) was used for fragmentation.
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