Although it starts out at a leisurely pace, Interpreting Protein Mass Spectra
eventually gathers up enough courage to dive into its main topic: how to interpret
protein mass spectra. The book is a clear and detailed exposition of interpreting
mass fragmentation spectra of proteins, concentrating exclusively on patterns created by
electrospray ionization (ESI). No detail of this incredibly boring but important
subject is left to the imagination. The book contains
numerous examples and exercises (even in the appendix), and has long chapters on
interpretation of phosphoprotein spectra and glycoprotein spectra. Full of diagrams
and illustrations.
