The DIA data were analyzed with Spectronaut 5, a mass spectrometer vendor-independent software from Biognosys. The default settings were used for the Spectronaut search. Retention time prediction type was set to dynamic iRT (correction factor for window 1). Decoy generation was set to scrambled (no decoy limit). Interference correction on MS2 level was enabled. The false discovery rate (FDR) was set to 1% at peptide level. The DDA spectra were analyzed with the MaxQuant Version 1.4.1.2 analysis software using default settings with the following alterations (29 (link)). The minimal peptide length was set to 6. Search criteria included carbamidomethylation of cysteine as a fixed modification, oxidation of methionine and acetyl (protein N terminus) as variable modifications. The mass tolerance for the precursor was 4.5 ppm and for the fragment ions was 20 ppm. The DDA files were searched against the human UniProt fasta database (state 29.04.2013, 20,254 entries), the spike in proteins (12 entries), and the Biognosys iRT peptide sequences (11 entries). The identifications were filtered to satisfy FDR of 1% on peptide and protein level.
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