Molecular mass spectrometric identification of superoxide dismutase in the liver of mice Mus musculus and Mus spretus using a metallomics analytical approach

This paper reports the identification and quantification of superoxide dismutase in the liver of Mus musculus and Mus spretus mice using a metallomics analytical approach. The approach consisted of using orthogonal chromatographic systems coupled to ICP-MS and UV detectors. Size-exclusion fractionation of the cytosolic extracts was followed by anion-exchange chromatographic separation of Cu- and Zn-containing species. After purification then tryptic digestion, Cu- and Zn-containing superoxide dismutase was identified by nESI-QqTOF. The MS-MS spectra of doubly charged peptides, with the Mascot searching engine, were used to obtain the sequence of the protein.