Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 29, 109-112, Copyright © 1988 by Lipid Research, Inc.
Determination of phospholipid base structure by CA MIKES mass spectrometry
C Easton, DW Johnson and A Poulos
Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Adelaide, South Australia.
The fast atom bombardment spectra of three phospholipids containing a
secondary, tertiary, and quaternary nitrogenous base attached to a 1,2-
dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphate skeleton were shown to each contain an
ion derived from the intact nitrogenous base. The collisional activation
mass analyzed ion kinetic energy spectroscopy (CA MIKES) spectrum produced
from each of these ions was shown to be unique for the particular base. The
technique thus provides a non-destructive rapid identification of the
phosphorylated base of phospholipids.