Abstract
Flavin-derived compounds such as riboflavin, riboflavin 5-phosphate (flavin mononucleotide, FMN) and flavin-adenine dinucleotide (FAD), under matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) and fast atom bombardment (FAB) conditions produce unprecedented reduced species that can be attributed to [M+2H]+. and [M+3H]+ in addition to the anticipated [M+H]+ ions. On the other hand, electrospray ionization (ESI) conditions generate only the expected [M+H]+ as the sole molecular-related ion. A protonation from the matrix accompanied by a concomitant electron transfer, rather than the transfer of hydrogen atom(s), [H. of CH groups], is proposed to explain the observed reduction process. The reduction site expands to N(1)=C(10a)-C(4a)=N(5), a 1,4-diaza-1,3-butadiene system, in the isoalloxazine ring, resembling the behavior of prosthetic groups of aerobic dehydrogenases. Interestingly, CID-MS / MS of most abundant molecular-related ions generated by the FAB and ESI modes, namely [M+2H]+. for FAB and [M+H]+ for ESI, produce the identical even-electron fragment ion of isoalloxazine moiety, indicating a radical loss vs. the evenelectron molecule loss from the individual precursor ions. The observed phenomena are compared with those previously reported for FABMS, thermospray mass spectrometry (TSPMS) and ESIMS.
Keywords: Matrix-Induced Reduction, Flavins, thermospray, prosthetic groups, aerobic dehydrogenases
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