Glossary

b and y ions

b and y ions are the main fragment types produced when a peptide backbone breaks at an amide bond during tandem mass spectrometry. b ions contain the N-terminus and y ions contain the C-terminus. Consecutive ions in a series differ by a residue mass, allowing sequence to be read.

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