Dear Farshad,

Yes this looks like something that can be corrected.  The fix would use the
user-specified mass modification and only when that is not available fall
back to the hard-coded value.  I can make the change but would need your
data so I can replicate the problem.  Are you able to compress your
analysis directory and post it somewhere I can download it?

Thanks!
-David

On Sun, Jan 30, 2022 at 10:28 PM Farshad Abdollah-Nia <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I have been getting warnings of the following type from Tandem2XML when
> processing all-15N search results:
>
> WARNING: Unknown modification 'C' (-18.0236) for scan 58137.
> WARNING: Unknown modification 'Q' (-18.0236) for scan 66445.
>
> The all-15N search uses modified residues as well as modified NH3 mass
> specification, as detailed here
> <https://www.thegpm.org/tandem/api/pmrmf.html>.  However, Tandem2XML
> simply uses hard-coded masses for the default special Tandem modifications,
> such as pyrolidone <https://www.thegpm.org/tandem/api/pqp.html>, etc:
>
> // Special X! Tandem n-terminal AA variable modifications
>   ModSpecData modSpec;
>   modSpec.symbol = '^';
>   modSpec.comment = "X! Tandem n-terminal AA variable modification";
>
>   modSpec.aa = 'E';
>   modSpec.mass = -18.0106;
>   addModSpec(modSpec, true);
>   modSpec.aa = 'Q';
>   modSpec.mass = -17.0265;
>   addModSpec(modSpec, true);
>   if ((long) modsStatic['C'].mass == 57)
>     {
>       modSpec.aa = 'C';
>       modSpec.mass = -17.0265;
>       addModSpec(modSpec, true);
>     }
>   // deal with quick acetyl
>   modSpec.aa = '[';
>   modSpec.mass = 42.0106;
>   addModSpec(modSpec, true);
>
> I think these masses should be following the definitions provided by the
> user for specific isotopic labeling requirements (2H, 15N, ...) and not
> taken as fixed values.
>
> Does this sound valid to the developers and would a fix be appropriate?
>
> Thank you,
> Farshad
>
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