Glycosylation is one of the most common post-translational modifications (PTMs) of proteins, the characterization of which
is commonly achieved utilizing mass spectrometry (MS). However, its applicability is currently limited by the lack of computational
tools capable of autmoated interpretation of high throughput MS experiments which would allow the characterization of glycosylation
sites and their microheterogeneities. We present here a computational approach which overcomes this problem and allows the
identification and assignment of the microheterogeneities of glycosylation sites of glycoproteins from liquid chromatography
ion-trap-based mass spectrometry (LC/MS) data. This method was implemented in a software tool and tested on several model
glycoproteins. The results demonstrate the potential of our computational approach in automating the high throughput identification
of glycoproteins.
Keywords Glycoproteomics - Mass spectrometry - Site-specific Glycosylation - Algorithm