A Sulfoxide-Based Isobaric Labelling Reagent for Accurate Quantitative Mass Spectrometry. Author Michael Stadlmeier, Jana Bogena, Miriam Wallner, Martin Wühr, Thomas Carell Publication Year 2018 Type Journal Article Abstract Modern proteomics requires reagents for exact quantification of peptides in complex mixtures. Peptide labelling is most typically achieved with isobaric tags that consist of a balancer and a reporter part that separate in the gas phase. An ingenious distribution of stable isotopes provides multiple reagents with identical molecular weight but a different mass of the reporter groups, allowing relative quantification of multiple samples in one measurement. Here we report a new isobaric labelling reagent, where the balancer and the reporter are linked by a sulfoxide group, which, based on the sulfoxide pyrolysis, leads to easy and asymmetric cleavage at low fragmentation energy. The fragmentation of our new design is significantly improved, yielding more intense complementary ion signals, allowing complementary ion cluster analysis as well. Journal Angew Chem Int Ed Engl Volume 57 Issue 11 Pages 2958-2962 Date Published 2018 Mar 05 ISSN Number 1521-3773 DOI 10.1002/anie.201708867 Alternate Journal Angew Chem Int Ed Engl PMID 29316131 PubMedGoogle ScholarBibTeXEndNote X3 XML