116. cytochrome P450 A superfamily of heme-containing enzymes that can metabolize a variety of compounds via multiple pathways.
117. daughter ion In the context of biomolecule mass spectra, charge deconvolution is a program or algorithm that identifies peaks associated with different charge states for given molecular entities, and combines these into simplified spectra involving only mass (not m/z) and response. Deconvolution may also be applied to deal with peaks arising from isotopic distributions in the same kinds of molecules, in a process called deisotoping. This term is also used for the computational derivation of overlapping ( co-eluting) peaks in certain chromatography-based procedures.
118. derivatization The chemical modification of functional groups to change the characteristics of compounds to be more favorable for analysis (e.g., more sensitive, differentiated from other molecules in the matrix, more specific, more volatile, fluorescent).
