Working with Small Molecule Targets

2024-03-29

[Skyline Small Molecule Tutorial]

Using Panorama, you can import, parse, and view small molecule data inside of Skyline documents. Skyline documents containing mixed sets of peptides and small molecules can be imported. Panorama will separate the mixed peptides and small molecules into their respective views. Views provided inside Panorama include:

  • Small Molecule Precursor List
  • Small Molecule Summaries
  • Small Molecule Details, including Chromatograms
All of these views are similar to the analogous peptide views, though spectrum graphs are not shown for small molecules.

Importing Small Molecule Documents

  • Create or navigate to a Panorama type Folder.
  • Configure the Panorama folder for Experimental Data. (For details see Configure Panorama Folder.)
  • Click the Data Pipeline tab. In the Data Pipeline web part, click Process and Import Data.
  • Drag and drop the individual Skyline documents or .zip file into the Files web part. This walkthrough uses sample test data; your column names and results may vary.
  • When the documents have been uploaded, select the documents and click Import Data.
  • In the Import Data popup menu, confirm that Import Skyline Results is selected, and click Import.
  • When the import job is complete, click the Panorama Dashboard tab.
  • In the Targeted MS Runs web part, click a Skyline document for views and details on the contents.

Available Views

The Small Molecule Precursor List shows a summary of the document contents.

  • Under Molecule/Label you will see sections for each molecule group. In the above screenshot, "PC" is circled and shown expanded.
  • The expanded grid column names may vary. In this screenshot, under Molecule you see links (such as "PC aa C28:1"). Click for a details page.
  • Click the molecule group name, here PC under Molecule / Label to see a summary page which includes charts showing peak area and retention time information.

Go back to the Document Summary. Clicking the transitions link will switch the page to show you the Transitions List.

Scroll down to the Small Molecule Transitions List.

Ion Details

The following screen shot shows details and chromatograms for an ion, here "PC aa C28:1" clicked from the Small Molecule Precursor List.

Related Topics

  • Use a Panorama QC folder to track the performance of instruments and reagents using Levey-Jennings plots, Pareto plots, and other tools for both proteomics and small molecule data.

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