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DOI 10.1002/jms.670
Title (Primary) Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization and atmospheric pressure photoionization for simultaneous mass spectrometric analysis of microbial respiratory ubiquinones and menaquinones
Author Geyer, R.; Peacock, A.D.; White, D.C.; Lytle, C.; van Berkel, G.J.
Source Titel Journal of Mass Spectrometry
Year 2004
Department UMB
Volume 39
Issue 8
Page From 922
Page To 929
Language englisch
Keywords atmospheric pressure photoionization; atmospheric pressure chemical ionization; ubiquinone; menaquinone; tandem mass spectrometry
Abstract An atmospheric pressure photoionization (APPI) source and an atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) source were compared for the selective detection of microbial respiratory ubiquinone and menaquinone isoprenologues using tandem mass spectrometry. Ionization source- and compound mass-dependent parameters were optimized individually for both sources, using the available quinone standards. Detection levels for the two ion sources were determined with ubiquinone-6 (UQ6) and menaquinone-4 (MK4, vitamin K2) standards using flow injection analysis and selected reaction monitoring (SRM). With APPI the calculated lower limit of detection (LLOD) was 1.7 fmol µl−1 for UQ6 and 2.2 fmol µl−1 for MK4 at a signal-to-noise ratio of 3. These LLODs were at least three times lower than with APCI. The selectivity of detection afforded by SRM detection reduced complex mixture analysis to 3 min per sample by eliminating the need for chromatographic separations. The detection method was successfully applied to quinone quantification in a variety of environmental samples and cell cultures. Adequate amounts of respiratory quinones can be extracted and quantified from samples containing as low as 2 × 107 cells.
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Geyer, R., Peacock, A.D., White, D.C., Lytle, C., van Berkel, G.J. (2004):
Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization and atmospheric pressure photoionization for simultaneous mass spectrometric analysis of microbial respiratory ubiquinones and menaquinones
J. Mass Spectrom. 39 (8), 922 - 929 10.1002/jms.670