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Table 1 Amino Acid Sequences of SARS-CoV-2 Nucleoprotein (Upper Panel) and Tryptic Peptides (Lower Panel). Amino acids corresponding to peptides (A-D) that were used for the MALDI-TOF-MS assay are printed in bold. Peptide D was detected in two variants (D377 and Y377). Peptides A and D were additionally used in their extended forms (ext) with one missed cleavage site of trypsin; peptides A and C were also employed as stable isotope-labeled peptides (SIL) with C-terminal arginine residues labeled (marked as R*)

From: Development of a rapid and specific MALDI-TOF mass spectrometric assay for SARS-CoV-2 detection

SARS-CoV-2 Nucleoprotein

MSDNGPQNQR10 NAPRITFGGP20 SDSTGSNQNG30 ERSGARSKQR40 RPQGLPNNTA50 SWFTALTQHG60 KEDLKFPRGQ70GVPINTNSSP80DDQIGYYRRA90 TRRIRGGDGK100 MKDLSPRWYF110 YYLGTGPEAG120 LPYGANKDGI130 IWVATEGALN140 TPKDHIGTRN150PANNAAIVLQ160LPQGTTLPKG170 FYAEGSRGGS180 QASSRSSSRS190 RNSSRNSTPG200 SSRGTSPARM210 AGNGGDAALA220 LLLLDRLNQL230 ESKMSGKGQQ240 QQGQTVTKKS250 AAEASKKPRQ260 KRTATKAYNV270TQAFGRRGPE280 QTQGNFGDQE290 LIRQGTDYKH300 WPQIAQFAPS310 ASAFFGMSRI320 GMEVTPSGTW330 LTYTGAIKLD340 DKDPNFKDQV350 ILLNKHIDAY360 KTFPPTEPKK370 DKKKKADETQ380ALPQRQKKQQ390 TVTLLPAADL400 DDFSKQLQQS410 MSSADSTQA

Peptide

Amino Acid Sequence

Position

Isotope Labeling

A

GQGVPINTNSSPDDQIGYYR

69–88

-

Aext

GQGVPINTNSSPDDQIGYYRR

69–89

-

B

NPANNAAIVLQLPQGTTLPK

150–169

-

C

AYNVTQAFGR

267–276

-

D

-ADETQALPQR

376–385

-

Dext

KADETQALPQR

375–385

-

D(D377Y)

-AYETQALPQR

376–385

-

D(D377Y)ext

KAYETQALPQR

375–385

-

SIL-A

GQGVPINTNSSPDDQIGYYR*

69–88*

R*: 13C615N4-Arginine

SIL-C

AYNVTQAFGR*

267–276*

R*: 13C615N4-Arginine