Article: MSAcquisitionSimulator: data-dependent acquisition simulator for LC-MS shotgun proteomics

Unlabelled: Data-dependent acquisition (DDA) is the most common method used to control the acquisition process of shotgun proteomics experiments. While novel DDA approaches have been proposed, their evaluation is made difficult by the need of programmatic control of a mass spectrometer. An alternative is in silico analysis, for which suitable software has been unavailable. To meet this need, we have developed MSAcquisitionSimulator-a collection of C ++ programs for simulating ground truth LC-MS data and the subsequent application of custom DDA algorithms. It provides an opportunity for researchers to test, refine and evaluate novel DDA algorithms prior to implementation on a mass spectrometer.

Availability And Implementation: The software is freely available from its Github repository http://www.github.com/DennisGoldfarb/MSAcquisitionSimulator/ which contains further documentation and usage instructions.

Contact: weiwang@cs.ucla.edu or ben_major@med.unc.edu

Supplementary Information: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.

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MSAcquisitionSimulator: Data-dependent Acquisition Simulator for LC-MS Shotgun Proteomics