MASH Suite: a user-friendly and versatile software interface for high-resolution mass spectrometry data interpretation and visualization

J Am Soc Mass Spectrom. 2014 Mar;25(3):464-70. doi: 10.1007/s13361-013-0789-4. Epub 2014 Jan 3.

Abstract

The rapid advancements in mass spectrometry (MS) instrumentation, particularly in Fourier transform (FT) MS, have made the acquisition of high-resolution and high-accuracy mass measurements routine. However, the software tools for the interpretation of high-resolution MS data are underdeveloped. Although several algorithms for the automatic processing of high-resolution MS data are available, there is still an urgent need for a user-friendly interface with functions that allow users to visualize and validate the computational output. Therefore, we have developed MASH Suite, a user-friendly and versatile software interface for processing high-resolution MS data. MASH Suite contains a wide range of features that allow users to easily navigate through data analysis, visualize complex high-resolution MS data, and manually validate automatically processed results. Furthermore, it provides easy, fast, and reliable interpretation of top-down, middle-down, and bottom-up MS data. MASH Suite is convenient, easily operated, and freely available. It can greatly facilitate the comprehensive interpretation and validation of high-resolution MS data with high accuracy and reliability.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Proteins / analysis
  • Proteins / chemistry
  • Proteomics / methods*
  • Software
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry / methods*
  • User-Computer Interface*

Substances

  • Proteins