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In Nature communications ; h5-index 260.0

Large-scale intact glycopeptide identification has been advanced by software tools. However, tools for quantitative analysis remain lagging behind, which hinders exploring the differential site-specific glycosylation. Here, we report pGlycoQuant, a generic tool for both primary and tandem mass spectrometry-based intact glycopeptide quantitation. pGlycoQuant advances in glycopeptide matching through applying a deep learning model that reduces missing values by 19-89% compared with Byologic, MSFragger-Glyco, Skyline, and Proteome Discoverer, as well as a Match In Run algorithm for more glycopeptide coverage, greatly expanding the quantitative function of several widely used search engines, including pGlyco 2.0, pGlyco3, Byonic and MSFragger-Glyco. Further application of pGlycoQuant to the N-glycoproteomic study in three different metastatic HCC cell lines quantifies 6435 intact N-glycopeptides and, together with in vitro molecular biology experiments, illustrates site 979-core fucosylation of L1CAM as a potential regulator of HCC metastasis. We expected further applications of the freely available pGlycoQuant in glycoproteomic studies.

Kong Siyuan, Gong Pengyun, Zeng Wen-Feng, Jiang Biyun, Hou Xinhang, Zhang Yang, Zhao Huanhuan, Liu Mingqi, Yan Guoquan, Zhou Xinwen, Qiao Xihua, Wu Mengxi, Yang Pengyuan, Liu Chao, Cao Weiqian

2022-Dec-07