Isotope Enrichment Calculator

Description/Summary:

The NIST Isotope Enrichment Calculator is a program written in Visual Basic which determines the percentage of ¹⁵N enrichment of stable isotope-labeled peptides or proteins. A multinomial analysis of Hsu (Anal. Chem. 560 1356-1361 (1984)) is used to determine the theoretical isotopic distribution of an input sequence at incremental isotopic percentages which are compared with an input experimentally derived profile. The theoretical profile of ¹⁵N percentage which maximizes the Pearson correlation as described by MacCoss et al. (Anal. Chem. 77 7646-7653 (2005)) is output along with the coefficient.

isotope calc

Details

Version: 1.1

Last Updated: September 10, 2012

Type of software: Visual Basic Executable for PC

Authors:

Eric L. Kilpatrick

System/Platform:

Windows XP, Vista, or Windows 7

Download information:

Download NIST Isotope Enrichment Calculator v1.1

V1.1 includes conversion to VB2010 and adds citation information

References/Credits/Disclaimers:

This software was developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology by employees of the Federal Government in the course of their official duties. Pursuant to title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code this software is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Each of these packages is an experimental system. NIST assumes no responsibility whatsoever for its use by other parties, and makes no guarantees, expressed or implied, about its quality, reliability, or any other characteristic. We would appreciate acknowledgement if the software is used; please cite Kilpatrick et al., Protein Purification and Expression 85(2012) 94-99. This software can be redistributed and/or modified freely provided that any derivative works bear some notice that they are derived from it, and any modified versions bear some notice that they have been modified.