This chapter provides a detailed description for mass spectrometry-based phosphoproteomics analysis. We describe sample preparation, phosphopeptide enrichment, mass spectrometry acquisition, label-free data analysis and statistical analysis. This technique can be employed to characterize cell signaling networks, and is particularly useful to monitor cellular responses to kinase drug inhibitors.
Keywords: Label-free; Mass spectrometry; Phosphopeptide enrichment; Phosphoproteomics.