Overview

PEAKS is an elegant software solution for peptide sequencing and protein identification from tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) data.

PEAKS is renowned for its ability to provide the sequence of a peptide without the aid of a protein sequence database -- a process known as de novo sequencing. PEAKS is the only true de novo software that provides you with a complete sequence for each peptide, confidence scores on individual amino acid assignments, simple reporting for high-throughput analysis, and all the information you need for in depth investigation.

The value PEAKS provides does not stop at de novo sequencing. PEAKS confidently identifies proteins with the aid of a protein sequence database. The PEAKS approach to protein database searching is unique; it differs from conventional approaches in that it uses de novo sequences to help out in the protein identification process. This approach is shown to have equivalent result quality as compared to the leading traditional approach, but with fewer false positives.