WO2013018211A1 - 質量分析データ解析方法及び装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for analyzing the structure of a substance by analyzing data obtained by an MS n (n is an integer of 2 or more) type mass spectrometer, and more particularly, a raw material having a known structure
- the present invention relates to a mass spectrometry data analysis method and apparatus for estimating the structure of a secondary unknown substance or the like whose structure has partially changed due to any factor.
- mass spectrometers capable of MS n analysis have been actively used for structural analysis of various substances such as polymer compounds. That is, when ions derived from a target component contained in a sample are cleaved by collision-induced dissociation (CID), molecular bonds are broken at specific sites depending on the binding energy and various product ions and neutral losses are generated. Therefore, an ion having a specific mass-to-charge ratio m / z corresponding to the target component is selected from various ions generated from the sample, the selected ion is cleaved by CID, and various product ions generated by the cleavage are selected.
- MS 2 spectrum is acquired by mass spectrometry. Since this MS 2 spectrum contains information on various fragments (including product ions and neutral loss) derived from the target component, the chemical structure of the target component is estimated by analyzing this MS 2 spectral data. Can do.
- the structural formula of an unknown substance is determined using information collected from an MS 2 spectrum obtained by one dissociation operation or an MS n spectrum obtained by repeating a plurality of dissociation operations.
- the structure estimation from the MS n spectrum is relatively easy.
- general low molecular weight compounds having a molecular weight of about 50 to 1000 have very diverse structural formulas and complicated arrangements, and in many cases, it is difficult to estimate the structure from the MS n spectrum.
- a structural analysis technique useful in such a case is a database search using a database in which MS n peak patterns and the like of known substances are recorded (see Patent Document 1). However, because the known substances in the database are limited, the search often does not hit.
- the present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the object of the present invention is to analyze the structure of an unknown substance that is similar to or changes in structure from a known raw material.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a mass spectrometry data analysis method and apparatus for efficiently and reliably estimating n spectrum data.
- the first invention made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems includes mass spectrometry data for a structure known substance, mass spectrometry data for a fragment obtained by dissociating the structure known substance at least once, and the structure known substance Mass spectrometry data analysis method for analyzing structure of unknown substance based on mass spectrometry data for unknown substance partially different in structure and mass spectrometry data for fragment obtained by dissociating the unknown substance at least once Because Predicting the difference in structure between the known substance and the unknown substance based on the mass difference between the two substances obtained from the mass spectrometry data for the known substance and the unknown substance, The difference between the mass of each fragment obtained from the mass spectrometry data for the fragment derived from the known substance and the mass of each fragment obtained from the mass analysis data for the fragment derived from the unknown substance agrees with the mass difference due to the predicted structural difference.
- each fragment derived from an unknown substance included in the plurality of combinations is a partial structure having a different structure, and is inferred from the mass of the fragment derived from the known substance that forms a pair with the fragment derived from the unknown substance in the combination.
- Use the substructure information to find the smallest common substructure The structure of the unknown substance is estimated from the common partial structure found, the known structure of the structure known substance, and the predicted structural difference.
- a second invention made to solve the above problems is an apparatus for carrying out the mass spectrometry data analysis method according to the first invention, wherein the mass analysis data for the structure known substance and the structure known substance are obtained at least once.
- Mass spectrometric data for fragments obtained by dissociation, mass spectrometric data for unknown substances partially different in structure from the known substances, and mass spectrometric data for fragments obtained by dissociating the unknown substances one or more times A mass spectrometry data analysis device for analyzing the structure of the unknown substance based on a) partial structure information storage means in which the mass of each fragment obtained from mass spectrometry data for the fragment derived from the known structure substance and the partial structure obtained from the structure of the known structure known substance are stored in association with each other; b) Structural difference prediction information for setting information on the structural difference between the known substance and the unknown substance, which is predicted based on the mass difference between the two substances obtained from the mass spectrometry data for the known substance and the unknown substance.
- Fragment combination extraction means for extracting a plurality of combinations of the mass of a fragment derived from a known substance and the mass of a fragment derived from an unknown substance so as to coincide with the mass difference due to a set predicted structural difference; d) Assuming that each fragment derived from an unknown substance included in the plurality of combinations is a partial structure having a different structure, it corresponds to the mass of the fragment derived from an unknown substance that forms a pair with the fragment derived from the unknown substance in the combination.
- the minimum common partial structure is found, the found common partial structure, the known structure of the structure known substance, Structure estimation means for estimating the structure of an unknown substance from the predicted structure difference, It is characterized by having.
- the mass spectrometry data for a substance having a known structure and the mass spectrometry data for a fragment obtained by dissociating the structure-known substance at least once are the mass analysis (MS 1 analysis) of the substance having a known structure.
- MS n (n is an integer of 2 or more) analysis mass spectrometry data (MS 1 spectrum obtained by preliminarily estimating by calculation based on known information such as binding energy) Data, MS n spectral data).
- MS 1 analysis mass analysis
- MS n is an integer of 2 or more
- the “unknown substance” that is the object of structural analysis is, for example, a substance that is generated from a raw material having a known structure by a chemical change such as metabolism. Further, it may be a by-product generated when a raw material is generated by synthesis or the like, in which a part of the structure is substituted or missing, or another component is added. Further, the “unknown substance” does not have to be a substance generated by a change from a certain substance, and may be any substance that is partially different in structure from the known structure substance and has another structure in common.
- fragment refers to product ions generated by dissociation, or both product ions and neutral loss. Since product ions are detected by mass spectrometry, they are included in mass spectrometry data. More specifically, product ions appear as peaks on a mass spectrum (MS n spectrum) created based on mass spectrometry data. On the other hand, the neutral loss is not directly detected by mass spectrometry, but is obtained as a mass difference between a product ion peak and a precursor ion peak appearing on the mass spectrum (MS n spectrum), for example.
- the partial structures and masses of various fragments generated when it is assumed that various binding sites have been cut in the chemical structural formula can be obtained in advance by calculation. it can. Therefore, for example, the actual mass of each fragment is obtained based on the mass spectrometry data obtained for the fragment obtained by dissociating the structure-known substance at least once and mass-analyzed, and compared with the mass obtained by the above calculation.
- the storage information of the partial structure information storage means can be created.
- the storage information of the partial structure information storage means may be created only from the calculation and the prediction based on the calculation without actually performing the measurement.
- the partial structure corresponding to the mass when the mass of a certain fragment is given. May be derived from a known structure of a substance having a known structure.
- the mass of the known substance is obtained from the mass analysis data for the known substance
- the unknown substance is obtained from the mass analysis data for the unknown substance. Since the mass difference between the two substances is caused by the difference in structure between the known substance and the unknown substance, the difference in structure can be predicted to some extent from the difference in mass. As a matter of course, the more complicated the structural difference is, the more difficult it is to predict the structural difference. Therefore, the present invention can be applied to a relatively small-scale structure to which the structural difference can be predicted from the mass difference. This is a structural analysis of unknown substances with differences.
- each fragment derived from an unknown substance that is one of the combinations is regarded as a partial structure having the same structural difference, and information on the partial structure inferred from the mass of the fragment derived from the known structure substance that forms a pair is used. Use this method to narrow down the common partial structures where the predicted structural differences occur. If the smallest common partial structure is found, the non-common partial structure is known from the known structure of the known substance. Based on the non-common partial structure, the common partial structure, and the predicted structural difference. The structure of the unknown substance is estimated, and for example, structural formula candidates are presented to the user by display or the like.
- the fragment derived from the unknown substance does not necessarily include a predicted structural difference. Therefore, in the first and second inventions, preferably, it is confirmed whether or not the same mass combination as the combination exists in the mass spectrometry data for the fragment derived from the structure known substance. In estimating the structure of an unknown substance, the combination may be treated as having low reliability.
- the simplest method of “handling as unreliable” is to exclude the combination of mass from the structure estimation of unknown substances, but other than that, for example, the handling is left to the user's judgment. It may be.
- a fragment derived from an unknown substance included in a combination having a mass difference corresponding to a structural difference is regarded as including a structural difference, or originally included in a known structural substance, not due to a structural difference. You may make it leave to the user the choice of considering it as a thing.
- mass spectrometry data for fragments generated by dissociating a structurally known substance and an unknown substance two or more times the target fragment contains a structural difference or is originally included in a structurally known substance. You may make it estimate whether it is what is.
- a change in structure from a known substance to an unknown substance due to metabolism or the like is not necessarily one place but may be two or more places. Even if there is a single structural difference, the structural difference that can be predicted from the difference between the mass of the known substance and the unknown substance is not necessarily one.
- the mass of each fragment obtained from the mass spectrometry data for the fragment derived from the known substance and the mass of each fragment obtained from the mass analysis data for the fragment derived from the unknown substance When the combination of the mass of a fragment derived from a known structure substance and the mass of a fragment derived from an unknown substance, such that the difference matches the mass difference due to the predicted structural difference, cannot be extracted, the difference between the structure known substance and the unknown substance After changing the prediction of the structural difference, the structure of the unknown substance may be estimated again.
- the part where the structure is partially different between the structure known substance and the unknown substance is not necessarily one place but may be two or more places.
- the structure difference is based on the mass difference between the two substances determined from the mass analysis data for the structure known substance and the unknown substance.
- the difference between the mass of each fragment obtained from the mass spectrometry data for the fragment derived from the known substance and the mass of each fragment obtained from the mass analysis data for the fragment derived from the unknown substance is due to the predicted structural difference. If the combination of the mass of a fragment derived from a known substance and the mass of a fragment derived from an unknown substance, which matches the mass difference, cannot be extracted, Differences may be estimated to be a plurality of locations.
- first and second inventions basically, mass analysis data collected by mass analysis of fragments obtained by performing dissociation only once using a structure known substance and an unknown substance as precursor ions respectively, that is, MS 2 spectral data can be used, but if the structure of an unknown substance cannot be estimated using just MS 2 spectral data, or if it cannot be estimated with a sufficiently high degree of reliability, the structure known substance and the unknown substance should be used twice or more each time. It is preferable to use mass spectrometry data collected by mass analysis of fragments obtained by dissociation, that is, MS n spectrum data in which n is 3 or more.
- the structure of an unknown substance in which a part of the structure of a known substance is changed due to, for example, a chemical change such as metabolism is efficiently and reliably estimated.
- a chemical change such as metabolism
- the structure of an unknown substance in which a part of the structure of a known substance is changed due to, for example, a chemical change such as metabolism is efficiently and reliably estimated.
- metabolites, by-products, or similar compounds whose structural formulas are very diverse and the arrangement is complex, and whose low molecular weight is about 50-1000 and whose structure is known, for substances with partially different structures
- FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an embodiment of a mass spectrometry system including a mass spectrometry data analysis apparatus according to the present invention.
- the flowchart which shows an example of the procedure of the metabolite structure estimation process in the mass spectrometry system of a present Example.
- Diagram showing an example of assignment of the partial structure to the MS 2 spectra peak for the original material.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of the mass spectrometry system of the present embodiment.
- a sample to be analyzed is introduced into the ion source 1, and components contained in the sample are ionized in the ion source 1.
- the generated ions are introduced through an ion guide 2 into a three-dimensional quadrupole ion trap 3 constituted by a ring electrode and a pair of end cap electrodes, where precursor ions are selected and externally selected.
- Cleavage of the precursor ion is promoted by CID by contact with the introduced CID gas.
- Various product ions generated by the cleavage are given predetermined kinetic energy, and are simultaneously released from the ion trap 3 and introduced into a time-of-flight mass spectrometer (TOFMS) 4.
- TOFMS time-of-flight mass spectrometer
- the product ions are separated while flying in the flight space, reach the ion detector 5 with a time lag, and are detected.
- a detection signal from the ion detector 5 is input to the data processing unit 6 where the time-of-flight to mass-to-charge ratio conversion is performed to create an MS N spectrum and various processes based on the spectrum data are performed. Executed.
- each part such as the ion source 1, the ion trap 3 and the time-of-flight mass spectrometer 4 is controlled by the analysis control unit 8, and the analysis control unit 8 and the data processing unit 6 operate under the control of the central control unit 7.
- an operation unit 9 including a keyboard and a display unit 10 such as a monitor are connected to the central control unit 7.
- many of the functions of the central control unit 7, the analysis control unit 8, and the data processing unit 6 can be realized by executing a dedicated processing / control program installed in a personal computer.
- the data processing unit 6 includes a metabolite structure estimation unit 62 and a mass-partial structure data holding unit 63 in addition to the data storage unit 61, and is characteristic for estimating the structure of an unknown metabolite, as will be described later. Perform data processing.
- the mass spectrometry system shown in FIG. 1 has a configuration in which a three-dimensional quadrupole ion trap and a time-of-flight mass spectrometer are combined, but the configuration of the mass spectrometer is not limited to this. For example, if only MS 2 analysis is performed, a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer may be used.
- the structure of a metabolite, by-product, decomposition product, etc. whose structure has changed due to some factor such as metabolism from a known substance (structure known substance) is unknown. It is characterized by a data analysis process for estimating the structure of a substance.
- metabolites generated by metabolism from the original substance will be described as examples, but structural changes are not limited to metabolism, but various changes involving substitution, omission, addition (modification), etc. of some structures. Can respond to changes.
- it is not necessarily a substance caused by a change in structure from the original material, but can be used for structure estimation of general unknown substances whose structure is partially different from a substance whose structure is already known.
- FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of a metabolite structure estimation process including measurement on a sample.
- FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram of metabolite structure estimation processing. First, the concept of the metabolite structure estimation process will be described with reference to FIG.
- the metabolite A ′ Since the metabolite A ′ has most of the same structure as that of the original substance A, when the metabolite A ′ is dissociated under the same conditions as the dissociation of the original substance A, the binding is almost the same as the original substance A. Cut and various pieces are generated.
- Various fragments derived from the original substance A and various fragments derived from the metabolite A ′ have fragments having the same mass (or mass-to-charge ratio in the case of ions), but include a structural change site P derived from the metabolite A ′. And the fragment in the state before the structural change derived from the raw material A, there should be a difference in mass by the amount accompanying the structural change.
- each fragment derived from the raw material A can be examined by comparing the mass of the partial structure thus obtained with the mass of each fragment obtained by MS 2 analysis. Using the information examined in this way, each of the combinations of the fragment derived from the original substance A and the fragment derived from the metabolite A ′ that can be regarded as having the same partial structure other than the structural change site P corresponds to the fragment derived from the original substance A.
- the partial structure to be obtained can be obtained. If the smallest common partial structure can be found by comparing these different partial structures, the common partial structure is considered to be a partial structure in which the structural change site P is generated.
- portions other than the common partial structure are the same as the raw material A, and a structural change corresponding to the mass difference ⁇ M between the raw material A and the metabolite A ′ occurs in the common partial structure. Therefore, if the structure change state can be predicted from the mass difference ⁇ M, the structure of the metabolite A ′ can be estimated with high accuracy based on the information.
- the above explanation is based on the premise that the structural change due to metabolism occurs only at one place, and the simple judgment as described above cannot be made when the structural change occurs at a plurality of different sites. In this case, for example, it is necessary to consider a combination of a plurality of structural changes.
- fragments generated by one dissociation operation with respect to the precursor ion are considered, but fragments generated by two or more dissociation operations, that is, MS 3 spectrum data in which n is 3 or more are obtained. It may be used for structure estimation.
- the mass difference between the fragment derived from the metabolite A ′ and the fragment derived from the original substance A matches the mass difference ⁇ M between the metabolite A ′ and the original substance A, and the fragment derived from the metabolite A ′.
- a fragment derived from metabolite A ′ is caused by a structural change such as metabolism, Alternatively, it may be determined whether the fragment is the same as the original fragment derived from the raw material A.
- Step S1 information necessary for estimating the structure of the metabolite is prepared based on the result obtained by mass spectrometry of the raw material. That is, when analysis is started, under the control of the analysis control unit 8, MS measurement and MS 2 measurement are performed on a raw material whose structural formula is known, and the measurement data is stored in the data storage unit 61.
- the metabolite structure estimation unit 62 assigns the mass of each peak appearing in the MS 2 spectrum acquired in step S1 to the partial structure generated by the breakage of the bond of the known structure of the substance, A correspondence table corresponding to the partial structure is created and stored in the mass-substructure data holding unit 63 (step S2).
- step S1 MS spectrum data and MS 2 spectrum data are obtained by calculation based on information such as binding energy obtained from a known structure without actually performing MS measurement and MS 2 measurement on the raw material.
- step S2 a correspondence table in which the mass and the partial structure correspond to each other may be created based on these data.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the structural formula and MS 2 spectrum of Buspirone, which is an example of the raw material.
- Each peak can be attributed to a partial structure based on the comparison between the mass range determined based on the mass error of the apparatus and the mass calculated from the partial structure with respect to the mass of each peak appearing in the MS 2 spectrum.
- the peak of m / z 122.0678 in the MS 2 spectrum is associated with the product ion b generated by breaking the bond at the position a in the structural formula.
- many peaks in the MS 2 spectrum can be associated with partial structures.
- the peaks appearing in the MS 2 spectrum are due to product ions. As described above, fragments generated by dissociation of the original material also have neutral neutral loss.
- Neutral loss is a precursor on the MS 2 spectrum. There is a difference between the mass of the ion and the mass of the product ion peak. Therefore, a correspondence table in which the mass of the neutral loss obtained from the MS 2 spectrum and the partial structure are associated with each other is also created and stored in the mass-substructure data holding unit 63.
- MS measurement and MS 2 measurement are performed on a metabolite sample whose structure is unknown (however, it is known that the structure has changed due to metabolism from the original substance), and the measurement data is stored as data.
- the data is stored in the unit 61 (step S3).
- ions are automatically selected from the results of MS measurement in descending order of signal intensity and set as precursor ions, and MS 2 measurement is performed, or
- the mass spectrum obtained by MS measurement is displayed on the screen of the display unit 10, the user selects an ion peak to be analyzed, the selected ion is set as a precursor ion, and MS 2 measurement is executed.
- the metabolite structure estimation unit 62 predicts the type of structural change due to metabolism based on the mass difference between the mass obtained from the MS measurement result for the original substance and the mass obtained from the MS measurement result for the metabolite (step S4).
- the raw material is m / z 386.2547
- the metabolite is m / z 402.2500
- the mass difference is about +16.
- hydroxylation H is replaced by a hydroxyl group OH
- the greater the mass difference the more types of structural changes that are expected.
- the types of predicted structural changes are listed as candidates, and the structure formula estimation process is executed one by one according to the procedure described below, and an appropriate solution (candidate metabolite structural formula) If it is not obtained, structural formula estimation may be executed by listing other structural change candidates in the list.
- metabolites structure estimation unit 62 compares the MS 2 spectra of MS 2 spectra and metabolites of raw material obtained based on the measurement data stored in the data storage unit 61 (step S5). Specifically, the difference between the mass of each product ions obtained from MS 2 spectra of mass and metabolites of each product ions obtained from MS 2 spectra of the original material, and, for each neutral loss obtained from MS 2 spectra of the original substance Paying attention to the difference between the mass and the mass of the neutral loss obtained from the MS 2 spectrum of the metabolite, the mass difference between the product ions or between the neutral loss matches the mass difference between the original substance and the metabolite, the product ion or It is checked whether or not the mass difference between the neutral losses, which are fragments corresponding to the neutral loss, or between the product ions is 0 (step S6).
- step S6 When the process of step S6 is formulated, it can be expressed as follows. Now, each symbol is defined as Pre: Precursor ion, Pi: Product ion, Nls: Neutral loss, Mass change due to metabolism: Mod, and a “′” symbol is added if it is derived from a metabolite.
- Pre Precursor ion
- Pi Product ion
- Nls Neutral loss
- a “′” symbol is added if it is derived from a metabolite.
- subscripts are used to identify them.
- Pre Pi n + Nls n
- step S10 after changing the prediction of the structural change due to metabolism (step S10), the process returns to step S5 and the above process is executed again.
- step S6 the metabolite structure estimation unit 62 finds a combination of a plurality of product ions Pi and Pi ′ from which a mass difference of the same value as Mod0 is detected as described above.
- the minimum common partial structure is extracted with reference to the correspondence table stored in the mass-partial structure data holding unit 63 (step S7).
- the minimum common partial structure is extracted as described above, it is compared with the structural formula of the known raw material. As a result, the structure of the part not including the structural change site P is known, and the structural formula of the metabolite is estimated based on the structural formula of the original substance, the minimum common partial structure, and the predicted structural change information (step) S8). It is found that the structural change site P exists in the minimum common partial structure. However, if there are multiple locations where the structural change site P can exist in the minimum common partial structure, the structural change site is in any location. It is not known whether site P exists. In that case, a plurality of estimated structural formula candidates may be obtained. Then, the obtained structural formula candidates are displayed on the screen of the display unit 10 and provided to the user (step S9).
- Figure 5 is a MS 2 spectra of metabolites is MS 2 spectra and m / z402.2500 original material shown in FIG.
- MS 2 spectra mass-to-charge ratio m / z
- the combination of peaks whose mass is shifted by almost the same as the mass difference between the precursor ions of the original substance and the metabolite is obtained. You can see that there are several. On the other hand, it can also be seen that peaks having the same mass exist in both MS 2 spectra. This can be said to be a peak that may cause the above-described determination uncertainty.
- FIG. 6 is a table summarizing the masses and mass differences obtained from the peaks on the MS 2 spectrum of the original substances and metabolites shown in FIG. It can be seen at a glance that the combination of several product ions in this table is +16 corresponding to the mass difference and the mass difference between the original material and the metabolite.
- FIG. 7 shows a table in which the mass difference of the same combination of product ions as in FIG. 6 is obtained, and a table in which the mass difference of the corresponding neutral loss is obtained is shown below.
- the cell positions in the upper and lower tables correspond to each other, and in the cells in the lower table corresponding to many of the cells having a mass difference of +16 in the upper table, the mass difference is 0. I understand.
- the difference between the mass M1 of a certain product ion and the mass M2 of another product ion on this table is almost equal to Mod0. This is considered to be because product ions having the same mass difference as the structural change site P were accidentally formed when the structure of the original precursor ion was dissociated.
- a peak having the same mass as M2 is a partial structure whose mass is M1 and a partial structure where the mass is M2 or a partial structure whose mass is M2 could be one of the same.
- the metabolite structure estimation may be performed by excluding, for example, uncertain product ions (or neutral loss) from the structure estimation using the above-described prior determination result.
- the structural change due to metabolism occurs in the partial structure corresponding to the product ion, but the same is true even if the structural change due to metabolism occurs in the partial structure corresponding to the neutral loss. It is clear that the structure of metabolites can be estimated by this method.
- the lower table finds the mass difference between the neutral losses corresponding to the structural change due to metabolism, and the upper table sets the mass difference between the product ions to zero. Will be found. Also in this case, as described above, it is necessary to determine in advance whether or not there is an ion whose mass difference coincides by chance regardless of the structural change.
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前記構造既知物質及び前記未知物質に対する質量分析データから求まる両物質の質量差に基づいて構造既知物質と未知物質との構造の相違を予測し、
前記構造既知物質由来の断片に対する質量分析データから求まる各断片の質量と、前記未知物質由来の断片に対する質量分析データから求まる各断片の質量との差が、前記予測した構造相違による質量差と一致するような、構造既知物質由来の断片の質量と未知物質由来の断片の質量との組み合わせを複数抽出し、
その複数の組み合わせに含まれる未知物質由来の各断片がそれぞれ構造が相違する部分構造であるとみなし、前記組み合わせにおいて未知物質由来の断片と組となる構造既知物質由来の断片の質量から推測される部分構造の情報を用いて、最小の共通部分構造を見いだし、
その見いだされた共通部分構造と、前記構造既知物質の既知の構造と、予測される構造相違とから、未知物質の構造を推定することを特徴としている。
a)前記構造既知物質由来の断片に対する質量分析データから求まる各断片の質量と、既知である構造既知物質の構造から求まる部分構造とが対応付けて記憶された部分構造情報記憶手段と、
b)前記構造既知物質及び前記未知物質に対する質量分析データから求まる両物質の質量差に基づいて予測される、構造既知物質と未知物質との構造の相違に関する情報を設定するための構造相違予測情報設定手段と、
c)前記構造既知物質由来の断片に対する質量分析データから求まる各断片の質量と、前記未知物質由来の断片に対する質量分析データから求まる各断片の質量との差が、前記構造相違予測情報設定手段により設定された予測構造相違による質量差と一致するような、構造既知物質由来の断片の質量と未知物質由来の断片の質量との組み合わせを複数抽出する断片組み合わせ抽出手段と、
d)その複数の組み合わせに含まれる未知物質由来の各断片がそれぞれ構造が相違する部分構造であるとみなし、前記組み合わせにおいて未知物質由来の断片と組となる構造既知物質由来の断片の質量に対応付けられた部分構造の情報を前記部分構造情報記憶手段により取得して比較することにより、最小の共通部分構造を見いだし、その見いだされた共通部分構造と、前記構造既知物質の既知の構造と、予測される構造相違とから、未知物質の構造を推定する構造推定手段と、
を備えることを特徴としている。
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- 構造既知物質に対する質量分析データ及び該構造既知物質を1回以上解離して得られる断片に対する質量分析データ、並びに、前記構造既知物質とは部分的に構造が相違する未知物質に対する質量分析データ及び前記未知物質を1回以上解離して得られる断片に対する質量分析データ、に基づいて前記未知物質の構造を解析するための質量分析データ解析方法であって、
前記構造既知物質及び前記未知物質に対する質量分析データから求まる両物質の質量差に基づいて構造既知物質と未知物質との構造の相違を予測し、
前記構造既知物質由来の断片に対する質量分析データから求まる各断片の質量と、前記未知物質由来の断片に対する質量分析データから求まる各断片の質量との差が、前記予測した構造相違による質量差と一致するような、構造既知物質由来の断片の質量と未知物質由来の断片の質量との組み合わせを複数抽出し、
その複数の組み合わせに含まれる未知物質由来の各断片がそれぞれ構造が相違する部分構造であるとみなし、前記組み合わせにおいて未知物質由来の断片と組となる構造既知物質由来の断片の質量から推測される部分構造の情報を用いて、最小の共通部分構造を見いだし、
その見いだされた共通部分構造と、前記構造既知物質の既知の構造と、予測される構造相違とから、未知物質の構造を推定することを特徴とする質量分析データ解析方法。 - 請求項1に記載の質量分析データ解析方法であって、前記断片は、プロダクトイオン、又は、プロダクトイオンとニュートラルロスの両方であることを特徴とする質量分析データ解析方法。
- 請求項2に記載の質量分析データ解析方法であって、
前記組み合わせと同じ質量の組み合わせが、構造既知物質由来の断片に対する質量分析データの中に存在するか否かを確認し、存在する場合には、未知物質の構造を推定する上で該組み合わせを信頼性が低いものとして取り扱うことを特徴とする質量分析データ解析方法。 - 請求項2に記載の質量分析データ解析方法であって、
前記構造既知物質由来の断片に対する質量分析データから求まる各断片の質量と、前記未知物質由来の断片に対する質量分析データから求まる各断片の質量との差が、前記予測した構造相違による質量差と一致するような、構造既知物質由来の断片の質量と未知物質由来の断片の質量との組み合わせが抽出できない場合に、構造既知物質と未知物質との構造相違の予測を変更した上で、再度、未知物質の構造推定を行うことを特徴とする質量分析データ解析方法。 - 請求項2に記載の質量分析データ解析方法であって、
構造既知物質と未知物質との構造の相違が1箇所であるとの仮定の下に、前記構造既知物質及び前記未知物質に対する質量分析データから求まる両物質の質量差に基づいて構造相違を予測し、
前記構造既知物質由来の断片に対する質量分析データから求まる各断片の質量と、前記未知物質由来の断片に対する質量分析データから求まる各断片の質量との差が、前記予測した構造相違による質量差と一致するような、構造既知物質由来の断片の質量と未知物質由来の断片の質量との組み合わせが抽出できない場合に、構造既知物質と未知物質との構造の相違が複数箇所であると推定することを特徴とする質量分析データ解析方法。 - 構造既知物質に対する質量分析データ及び該構造既知物質を1回以上解離して得られる断片に対する質量分析データ、並びに、前記構造既知物質とは部分的に構造が相違する未知物質に対する質量分析データ及び前記未知物質を1回以上解離して得られる断片に対する質量分析データ、に基づいて前記未知物質の構造を解析するための質量分析データ解析装置であって、
a)前記構造既知物質由来の断片に対する質量分析データから求まる各断片の質量と、既知である構造既知物質の構造から求まる部分構造とが対応付けて記憶された部分構造情報記憶手段と、
b)前記構造既知物質及び前記未知物質に対する質量分析データから求まる両物質の質量差に基づいて予測される、構造既知物質と未知物質との構造の相違に関する情報を設定するための構造相違予測情報設定手段と、
c)前記構造既知物質由来の断片に対する質量分析データから求まる各断片の質量と、前記未知物質由来の断片に対する質量分析データから求まる各断片の質量との差が、前記構造相違予測情報設定手段により設定された予測構造相違による質量差と一致するような、構造既知物質由来の断片の質量と未知物質由来の断片の質量との組み合わせを複数抽出する断片組み合わせ抽出手段と、
d)その複数の組み合わせに含まれる未知物質由来の各断片がそれぞれ構造が相違する部分構造であるとみなし、前記組み合わせにおいて未知物質由来の断片と組となる構造既知物質由来の断片の質量に対応付けられた部分構造の情報を前記部分構造情報記憶手段により取得して比較することにより、最小の共通部分構造を見いだし、その見いだされた共通部分構造と、前記構造既知物質の既知の構造と、予測される構造相違とから、未知物質の構造を推定する構造推定手段と、
を備えることを特徴とする質量分析データ解析装置。
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