1. MetExtract: a new software tool for the automated comprehensive extraction of metabolite-derived LC/MS signals in metabolomics research.
- Author
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Bueschl C, Kluger B, Berthiller F, Lirk G, Winkler S, Krska R, and Schuhmacher R
- Subjects
- Algorithms, Carbon Radioisotopes analysis, Fusarium metabolism, Signal Transduction, Chromatography, Liquid, Mass Spectrometry, Metabolomics, Software
- Abstract
Motivation: Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC/MS) is a key technique in metabolomics. Since the efficient assignment of MS signals to true biological metabolites becomes feasible in combination with in vivo stable isotopic labelling, our aim was to provide a new software tool for this purpose., Results: An algorithm and a program (MetExtract) have been developed to search for metabolites in in vivo labelled biological samples. The algorithm makes use of the chromatographic characteristics of the LC/MS data and detects MS peaks fulfilling the criteria of stable isotopic labelling. As a result of all calculations, the algorithm specifies a list of m/z values, the corresponding number of atoms of the labelling element (e.g. carbon) together with retention time and extracted adduct-, fragment- and polymer ions. Its function was evaluated using native (12)C- and uniformly (13)C-labelled standard substances., Availability: MetExtract is available free of charge and warranty at http://code.google.com/p/metextract/. Precompiled executables are available for Windows operating systems., Supplementary Information: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
- Published
- 2012
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