Abstract:
A method for determining monoisotopic masses by determining isotopic clusters is provided to ensure a high accuracy and high processing speed in determining the position of a real monoisotopic peak even when a polypeptide mixture has a composition away from a general amino acid composition, and complex peaks of isotopic clusters appear in the mass spectrum. A method for determining possibility models of isotopic clusters for determining monoisotopic masses of isotopic clusters comprises the steps of: approximating each peak intensity (Ik), ratio of two peak intensities(Ik+1/Ik) and multiplication of two ratios(Ik-1Ik_1/I^2) obtained from three peaks in the isotopic clusters to a possibility formula; and calculating the highest, lowest and average functions(Rmax(k, M), Rmin(k, M), Ravg(k, M)) of the k^th ratio of a polypeptide with a mass of M, and the highest, lowest and average functions (RPmin(k, M), RPmax(k, M), RPavg(k, M)) of the multiplication of the k^th ratio of the polypeptide with a mass of M by using the possibility formula.