Thermo Scientific ETD Getting Started Manual

ETD Module

Getting Started Guide

for the LTQ XL and LTQ Velos MS Detectors

(compatible with LTQ Orbitrap XL and LTQ Orbitrap Velos)

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Contents

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xiii

Related Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xiii

Safety and Special Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xiv

Contacting Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

Chapter 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Electron Transfer Dissociation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Types of Experiments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

LTQ XL and LTQ Velos Experiment Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

ETD Experiment Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Tuning and Calibration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Chapter 2 Setting Up the Xcalibur Instrument Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Adding the MS Detector to the Xcalibur Instrument Configuration . . . . . . . . . . 7

Specifying the Reagent Ion Source for the MS Detector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Chapter 3 Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Opening the Tune Plus Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Tuning the Reagent Ion Optics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Automatic Tuning of the Reagent Ion Optics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Manually Tuning the Reagent Ion Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Semi-Automatically Tuning the Reagent Ion Optics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Viewing the Reagent Ion Optics Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Saving the ETD Tune Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Chapter 4 Daily Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Before Operating the LTQ XL/ETD or LTQ Velos/ETD System. . . . . . . . . . . 25

Checking the System Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Checking the Vacuum Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Checking the Gas Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Turning On the Reagent Ion Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

After Operating the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Placing the System in Standby Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Purging the Oil in the Fore Pump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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Chapter 5 Performing an ETD Infusion Experiment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Viewing the Injection Reagent Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Troubleshooting an AGC Target Error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Obtaining an ETD Spectrum for Angiotensin I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Optimizing the Reagent Ion Reaction Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Chapter 6 Running an Xcalibur Experiment by Using ETD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Nth Order Double Play (ETD) Experiment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Data Dependent NL MS

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Experiment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Appendix A Fluoranthene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Appendix B Angiotensin I Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

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Figures

Figure 1. LTQ XL/ETD system New Method page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Figure 2. Thermo Foundation Instrument Configuration window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Figure 3. Thermo Foundation Instrument Configuration window with configured

devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Figure 4. LTQ XL Configuration dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Figure 5. LTQ Velos Configuration dialog box with the reagent ion source

configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Figure 6. LTQ Velos Configuration dialog box with the low vial temperature option

selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Figure 7. Tune Plus window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Figure 8. Reagent Ion Source dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Figure 9. Spectrum displayed in Tune Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Figure 10. Automatic page in the Tune dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Figure 11. Reagent Ion Optics dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Figure 12. Manual page in the Tune dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Figure 13. Graph view of the reagent ion source tuning in the Tune Plus window

for the LTQ XL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Figure 14. Semi-Automatic page in the Tune dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Figure 15. Reagent Ion Optics dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Figure 16. Ion Trap page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Figure 17. Reagent page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Figure 18. Reagent Ion Source dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Figure 19. Fluoranthene radical anion mass spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Figure 20. Reagent Ion Source dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Figure 21. Ion Trap page in the Injection Control dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Figure 22. Reagent page in the Injection Control dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Figure 23. Define Scan dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Figure 24. Activation Type list in the Define Scan dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Figure 25. ETD MS/MS spectrum of Angiotensin I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Figure 26. Tune dialog box for ETD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Figure 27. Reagent Ion Reaction Time page in the Tune dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Figure 28. Xcalibur Roadmap view of the Home Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Figure 29. Instrument Setup window for Thermo EASY-nLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Figure 30. New Method page for the LTQ XL/ETD system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Figure 31. Nth Order Double Play dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Figure 32. Nth Order Double Play with ETD template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Figure 33. Data Dependent Settings dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Figure 34. Activation parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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Figures

Figure 35. Data Dependent NL MS3 dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Figure 36. Neutral loss masses table example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Figure 37. Data Dependent NL MS3 template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Figure 38. ETD Reagent (fluoranthene radical anion) generation from fluoranthene . . . . . 53

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Preface

The ETD Module Getting Started Guide provides information about how to set up, calibrate,
and tune the LTQ XL™/ETD or LTQ Velos™/ETD system and how to acquire electron
transfer dissociation (ETD) data.

This guide uses a shorter description for navigating Microsoft™ Windows™ and the Xcalibur™
data system. For example:

• Long method is “On the To o l s menu, click Options.”

• Short method is “Choose Tools > Options.”

 To suggest changes to documentation or to Help

Complete a brief survey about this document by clicking the link below.
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Related Documentation

In addition to this guide, Thermo Fisher Scientific provides the following documentation for
the LTQ XL/ETD and LTQ Velos/ETD systems:

• A printed copy of the Safety and Regulatory Guide

The Safety and Regulatory Guide contains important safety information about Thermo
Scientific mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography systems. This document is
shipped with every Thermo Scientific mass spectrometer and liquid chromatography
device.

• PDF files of the documents in Ta bl e 1 that you can access from the data system computer.

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Table 1. LTQ XL/ETD and LTQ Velos/ETD system documentation

Model Related documents

LTQ XL a nd LTQ Velos LTQ Series Preinstallation Requirements Guide

LTQ Series Getting Connected Guide
LTQ Series Quick Reference Guides

ETD module ETD Module Hardware Manual

To access the manuals for the mass spectrometer, from the Microsoft Windows taskbar,
choose Start > Programs > Thermo Instruments > LTQ > Manuals > model, where model is
your specific LTQ Series model, and then click the PDF you want to view.

Note For Xcalibur data system version 2.0.7 or earlier, choose Start > Programs >
Xcalibur > Manuals > LTQ > model.

The software also provides Help. To access the Help, choose Help from the menu bar or click
the Help ( ) button on the toolbar.

Safety and Special Notices

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data, or invalid test results; or might contain information that is critical for optimal
performance of the system.

Note Highlights information of general interest.

Tip Highlights helpful information that can make a task easier.

Ta bl e 2 lists the Caution statements that appear in the MS/ETD System Getting Started Guide.

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Table 2. Caution symbols and their meanings

Symbol Meaning

General Hazard: A hazard is present that is not included in the
following categories. This symbol also appears on the instrument.
Refer to the instructions in the instrument manual for details on the
hazard.

Chemical: Hazardous chemicals might be present in the instrument.
Wear gloves when handling carcinogenic, corrosive, irritant,
mutagenic, or toxic chemicals. Use only approved containers and
procedures for disposing of waste oil.

Eye Hazard: Eye damage could occur from splattered chemicals or
airborne particles. Wear safety glasses when handling chemicals or
servicing the instrument.

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Introduction

The LTQ XL/ETD and LTQ Velos/ETD systems are members of the Thermo Scientific
family of mass spectrometer (MS) detectors, and consist of an ETD module installed at the
back of an LTQ XL or LTQ Velos MS detector. With the LTQ XL/ETD or LTQ Velos/ETD
system you can perform electron transfer dissociation (ETD) mass spectroscopy on analytes.

The LTQ XL and LTQ Velos MS detectors are advanced analytical instruments that include
an atmospheric pressure ionization (API) source, a divert/inject valve, a linear ion trap, a
syringe pump, and the Xcalibur data system.

The MS/ETD System is a source of fluoranthene reagent ions that react with analyte
molecules in the linear ion trap of the LTQ XL or LTQ Velos MS detector. The ETD module
contains two reagent vials, chemical ionization (CI)/carrier gas (nitrogen) handling hardware
and flow restrictors, ion volume and filament, ion optics, and heaters for these components.
The flow restrictors keep the internal pressure of the reagent vials below atmospheric pressure
which prevents the contents of the reagent vials from being expelled into the laboratory
atmosphere.

The nitrogen gas serves two functions in the ETD process. It is both a carrier gas and a CI
vehicle. As a carrier gas, the nitrogen sweeps the reagent from the vial to the ion source where
reagent radical anions are formed.

As a CI vehicle, the nitrogen gas collides with 70eV electrons from the filament in the ion
volume. These 70eV electrons from the filament knock electrons from the nitrogen
molecules, creating nitrogen ions. The secondary electrons resulting from these collisions have
near thermal kinetic energies. The fluoranthene captures these thermal electrons to form
reagent radical anions. The ETD optics transport the reagent radical anions to the linear ion
trap where they react with the analyte.

• Electron Transfer Dissociation

• Types of Experiments

• Tuning and Calibration

• Diagnostics

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Electron Transfer Dissociation

Electron Transfer Dissociation

ETD provides peptide dissociation by transferring electrons to positively charged peptides,
leading to a rich ladder of sequence ions derived from cleavage at the amide groups along the
peptide backbone. Amino acid side chains and important modifications such as
phosphorylation are left intact.

Types of Experiments

The New Method page of the Instrument Setup window for the LTQ XL (Figure 1) or
LTQ Velos MS detector has buttons for the various types of experiment templates. Open the
template for a particular experiment type, enter the parameters for the experiment, and then
save the entries as part of an Xcalibur instrument method.

The New Method page has two experiment categories:

• LTQ XL and LTQ Vel os E xp eri men t Types

• ETD Experiment Types

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Figure 1. LTQ XL/ETD system New Method page

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Introduction

Types of Experiments

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Introduction

Types of Experiments

LTQ XL and LTQ Velos Experiment Types

As described in the LTQ Series Getting Started Guide, the experiment templates available on all
LTQ XL and LTQ Velos mass spectrometers are as follows:

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• General MS or MS

• Data-dependent experiments:

– Data Dependent MS/MS

– Data Dependent Triple Play

–Nth Order Double Play

–FAIMS Nth Order Double Play

–Nth Order Triple Play

– Data Dependent NL MS

– Data Dependent product MS

experiment

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– Data Dependent Zoom Map

• Data Dependent Ion Tree

• Ion Mapping

ETD Experiment Types

With the addition of the ETD module to the LTQ XL or LTQ Velos MS detector, two other
experiment templates are available:

• Nth Order Double Play (ETD)—This experiment is useful as a survey experiment when
you cannot determine whether the CID or ETD mode of dissociation works best. For
example, CID works best for dissociating doubly-charged ions while ETD works best for
ions of a higher charge state.

• Data Dependent NL MS
dissociation might make it easier to identify sites of the neutral loss (modification). ETD
dissociation is also useful when there are multiple sites of modification.

For additional information, see Chapter 6, “Running an Xcalibur Experiment by Using

ETD.”

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(ETD)—Repeating the MS/MS experiment by using ETD

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Tuning and Calibration

Tune parameters are instrument parameters (for example, ETD optics) whose values can vary
with the type of experiment or analyte being mass analyzed. Tuning the instrument on an
analyte ensures sensitivity and mass resolution.

Calibration parameters are instrument parameters whose values do not vary with the type of
experiment. You calibrate the mass spectrometer to ensure mass accuracy.

IMPORTANT Thermo Fisher Scientific recommends that you calibrate the mass
spectrometer at least once every three months and that you check the calibration about
once a week.

To tune and calibrate the LTQ XL/ETD or LTQ Velos/ETD system, perform these basic
steps:

• Tune and calibrate the LTQ XL or LTQ Velos MS detector as described in the LTQ S eri es
Getting Started Guide.

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Introduction

Tuning and Calibration

Diagnostics

• Tune the optics in the ETD module as described in Chapter 3, “Tuning.”

To learn more about some of the diagnostic tools and tests, refer to the LTQ Series Getting
Started Guide and the LTQ Series Hardware Manual. (At this time, not all diagnostic tools or
tests are discussed in the product guides.)

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Setting Up the Xcalibur Instrument Configuration

Follow these procedures to add the LTQ XL or LTQ Velos MS detector and the reagent ion
source (ETD module) to the Xcalibur instrument configuration and to specify some of their
configuration options.

• Adding the MS Detector to the Xcalibur Instrument Configuration

• Specifying the Reagent Ion Source for the MS Detector

Adding the MS Detector to the Xcalibur Instrument Configuration

To control the ETD source and the LTQ XL or LTQ Velos MS detector from the Xcalibur
data system, add these devices to the Xcalibur instrument configuration.

 To add the MS detector to the list of configured devices

1. Close the Xcalibur data system and Tune Plus application.

2. On the Windows taskbar, choose Start > Programs > Thermo Foundation 1.0 >
Instrument Configuration (Figure 2).

Note For Xcalibur data system version 2.0.7 or earlier, choose Start > Programs >
Xcalibur > Instrument Configuration.

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