Comparative Analysis of Formula and Structure Prediction from Tandem Mass Spectra

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00941v1
• Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2026 16:20:13 GMT
• Title: Comparative Analysis of Formula and Structure Prediction from Tandem Mass Spectra
• Authors: Xujun Che, Xiuxia Du, Depeng Xu,
• Abstract summary: Liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS)-based metabolomics and exposomics aim to measure detectable small molecules in biological samples.<n>Findings have established realistic performance baselines, identified critical bottlenecks, and provided guidance to further improve compound predictions based on MS.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS)-based metabolomics and exposomics aim to measure detectable small molecules in biological samples. The results facilitate hypothesis-generating discovery of metabolic changes and disease mechanisms and provide information about environmental exposures and their effects on human health. Metabolomics and exposomics are made possible by the high resolving power of LC and high mass measurement accuracy of MS. However, a majority of the signals from such studies still cannot be identified or annotated using conventional library searching because existing spectral libraries are far from covering the vast chemical space captured by LC-MS/MS. To address this challenge and unleash the full potential of metabolomics and exposomics, a number of computational approaches have been developed to predict compounds based on tandem mass spectra. Published assessment of these approaches used different datasets and evaluation. To select prediction workflows for practical applications and identify areas for further improvements, we have carried out a systematic evaluation of the state-of-the-art prediction algorithms. Specifically, the accuracy of formula prediction and structure prediction was evaluated for different types of adducts. The resulting findings have established realistic performance baselines, identified critical bottlenecks, and provided guidance to further improve compound predictions based on MS.

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