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Reanalysis of Tyrannosaurus rex Mass Spectra.


ABSTRACT: Asara et al. reported the detection of collagen peptides in a 68-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex bone by shotgun proteomics. This finding has been called into question as a possible statistical artifact. We reanalyze Asara et al.'s tandem mass spectra using a different search engine and different statistical tools. Our reanalysis shows a sample containing common laboratory contaminants, soil bacteria, and bird-like hemoglobin and collagen.

SUBMITTER: Bern M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2738754 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Reanalysis of Tyrannosaurus rex Mass Spectra.

Bern Marshall M   Phinney Brett S BS   Goldberg David D  

Journal of proteome research 20090901 9


Asara et al. reported the detection of collagen peptides in a 68-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex bone by shotgun proteomics. This finding has been called into question as a possible statistical artifact. We reanalyze Asara et al.'s tandem mass spectra using a different search engine and different statistical tools. Our reanalysis shows a sample containing common laboratory contaminants, soil bacteria, and bird-like hemoglobin and collagen. ...[more]

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