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Table 1 Scoring of theoretical mass spectrum under different conditions

From: Tandem mass spectrometry data quality assessment by self-convolution

Protein Sequence: MTDQEAIQDLWQWR

S/No

Descriptions

Mid-point m/z

Mid-point peak value

Average of 20 peaks

Quality Score

Test Section A

1

White Gaussian noise level = 0%

910.92

1.00

0.2149

4.6542

2

White Gaussian noise level = 5%

910.92

1.00

0.2195

4.5564

3

White Gaussian noise level = 10%

910.92

1.00

0.2162

4.6255

4

White Gaussian noise level = 15%

910.92

1.00

0.2820

3.5467

5

White Gaussian noise level = 20%

910.91

1.00

0.5616

1.7808

6

White Gaussian noise level = 25%

910.92

1.00

0.7875

1.2699

7

White Gaussian noise level = 30%

910.92

1.00

0.8570

0.9140

Test Section B

1

add 10 random peaks, noise level 1

910.92

1.00

0.2150

4.6511

2

add 20 random peaks, noise level 1

910.92

1.00

0.2153

4.6442

Test Section C

1

b-ions peaks reduced by 10%, noise level 1

910.92

1.00

0.2206

4.5330

2

b-ions peaks reduced by 20%, noise level 1

910.92

1.00

0.2263

4.4192

3

b-ions peaks reduced by 30%, noise level 1

910.92

1.00

0.2360

4.2380

4

b-ions peaks reduced by 40%, noise level 1

910.92

1.00

0.2510

3.9842

5

b-ions peaks reduced by 50%, noise level 1

910.92

1.00

0.2727

3.6673

6

b-ions peaks reduced by 60%, noise level 1

910.92

1.00

0.3335

2.9989

7

b-ions peaks reduced by 70%, noise level 1

910.92

1.00

0.4363

2.2654

8

b-ions peaks reduced by 80%, noise level 1

NA

-

-

-

Test Section D

1

y-ions peaks reduced by 10%, noise level 1

910.92

1.00

0.2169

4.6106

2

y-ions peaks reduced by 20%, noise level 1

910.92

1.00

0.2198

4.5489

3

y-ions peaks reduced by 30%, noise level 1

910.92

1.00

0.2235

4.4740

4

y-ions peaks reduced by 40%, noise level 1

910.92

1.00

0.2303

4.3418

5

y-ions peaks reduced by 50%, noise level 1

910.92

1.00

0.2435

4.1072

6

y-ions peaks reduced by 60%, noise level 1

910.92

1.00

0.2956

3.3824

7

y-ions peaks reduced by 70%, noise level 1

910.92

1.00

0.3926

2.5468

8

y-ions peaks reduced by 80%, noise level 1

NA

-

-

-

Test Section E

1

minus 2 b-ions peaks, noise level 1

910.92

1.00

0.2097

4.7692

2

minus 4 b-ions peaks, noise level 1

910.92

1.00

0.2320

4.3103

3

minus 6 b-ions peaks, noise level 1

910.92

1.00

0.3013

3.3190

4

minus 8 b-ions peaks, noise level 1

910.92

1.00

0.3435

2.9114

5

minus 10 b-ions peaks, noise level 1

NA

-

-

-

Test Section F

1

minus 2 y-ions peaks, noise level 1

910.92

1.00

0.2512

3.9813

2

minus 4 y-ions peaks, noise level 1

910.92

1.00

0.3027

3.3041

3

minus 6 y-ions peaks, noise level 1

910.92

1.00

0.3810

2.6245

4

minus 8 y-ions peaks, noise level 1

910.92

1.00

0.4432

2.2562

5

minus 10 y-ions peaks, noise level 1

NA

-

-

-

  1. In our work, we tested the qualitative measurement of the tandem mass spectra based on different noise intensities (Sec. A), additional spurious peaks (Sec. B), different b-ion intensities (Sec. C), different y-ion intensities (Sec. D), different percentage loss of b-ion (Sec. E), and different percentage loss of y-ion (Sec. F). We observed the drop in score as the quality of the theoretical mass spectrum deteriorates.