Abstract
Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS)-based mass spectrometry (MS) is an emerging technique that enables determination of the mass of individual adsorbed particles by driving nanomechanical devices at resonance and monitoring the real-time changes in their resonance frequencies induced by each single molecule adsorption event. We incorporate NEMS into an Orbitrap mass spectrometer and report our progress towards leveraging the single-molecule capabilities of the NEMS to enhance the dynamic range of conventional MS instrumentation and to offer new capabilities for performing deep proteomic analysis of clinically relevant samples. We use the hybrid instrument to deliver E. coli GroEL molecules (801 kDa) to the NEMS devices in their native, intact state. Custom ion optics are used to focus the beam down to 40 μm diameter with a maximum flux of 25 molecules/second. The mass spectrum obtained with NEMS-MS shows good agreement with the known mass of GroEL.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | e202317064 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Angewandte Chemie-International Edition |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue number | 33 |
| Early online date | 20 May 2024 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 12 Aug 2024 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2024 Wiley-VCH GmbH.
Funding
The authors gratefully acknowledge support from the Wellcome Leap Foundation through its Delta Tissue program, the National Science Foundation (Major Research Instrumentation Award 1828787 and Partnerships for Innovation Award 2016555), and an Amgen Chem\u2010Bio\u2010Engineering Award (CBEA). We also thank Prof. Albert Heck and his laboratory (Utrecht Univ., NL) for helpful discussions and provision of the GroEL samples analyzed.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Wellcome Leap Foundation | |
| National Science Foundation | 1828787, 2016555 |
| National Science Foundation |
Keywords
- Nanomechanical systems
- mass spectrometry
- native mass spectrometry