Commonly occurring product ions for PS(28:0/20:5(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z,17Z)) (View full structure)

m/zIon DescriptionStructure (click to enlarge)
948.6699Precursor ion [M-H]-
861.6379Loss of serine from precursor ion
577.4239Loss of sn2 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) and serine from [M-H]-
559.4133Neutral loss of sn2 RCOOH group and serine from [M-H]-
455.2204Loss of sn1 acyl chain as ketene (RCH=C=O) and serine from [M-H]-
437.2099Neutral loss of sn1 RCOOH group and serine from [M-H]-
423.4208sn1 RCOO- ion
301.2173sn2 RCOO- ion
257.2275Loss of CO2 from sn2 RCOO- ion (PUFA)
152.9958Glycerol-3-phosphate ion with loss of H2O
96.9696H2PO4- ion (from phosphate)
78.9591PO3- ion (from phosphate)
Note: Structures of product ions may represent one of a number of possible isobaric molecules in some cases