Ultraviolet Photodissociation of ESI and MALDI generated protein ions on a Q-Exactive mass spectrometer

UVPD was implemented on an Orbitrap Q-Exactive plus equipped with a ESI/EP-MALDI. UVPD of MALDI generated ions was benchmarked against MALDI-ISD, MALDI-HCD and ESI-UVPD. MALDI UVPD outperformed MALDI HCD and ISD efficiently sequencing small proteins ions.