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Klein A, Vasa SK, Linser R. 5D solid-state NMR spectroscopy for facilitated resonance assignment. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2023; 77:229-245. [PMID: 37943392 PMCID: PMC10687145 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-023-00424-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
Abstract
1H-detected solid-state NMR spectroscopy has been becoming increasingly popular for the characterization of protein structure, dynamics, and function. Recently, we showed that higher-dimensionality solid-state NMR spectroscopy can aid resonance assignments in large micro-crystalline protein targets to combat ambiguity (Klein et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2022). However, assignments represent both, a time-limiting factor and one of the major practical disadvantages within solid-state NMR studies compared to other structural-biology techniques from a very general perspective. Here, we show that 5D solid-state NMR spectroscopy is not only justified for high-molecular-weight targets but will also be a realistic and practicable method to streamline resonance assignment in small to medium-sized protein targets, which such methodology might not have been expected to be of advantage for. Using a combination of non-uniform sampling and the signal separating algorithm for spectral reconstruction on a deuterated and proton back-exchanged micro-crystalline protein at fast magic-angle spinning, direct amide-to-amide correlations in five dimensions are obtained with competitive sensitivity compatible with common hardware and measurement time commitments. The self-sufficient backbone walks enable efficient assignment with very high confidence and can be combined with higher-dimensionality sidechain-to-backbone correlations from protonated preparations into minimal sets of experiments to be acquired for simultaneous backbone and sidechain assignment. The strategies present themselves as potent alternatives for efficient assignment compared to the traditional assignment approaches in 3D, avoiding user misassignments derived from ambiguity or loss of overview and facilitating automation. This will ease future access to NMR-based characterization for the typical solid-state NMR targets at fast MAS.
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- Alexander Klein
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Str. 4a, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Str. 4a, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Str. 4a, 44227, Dortmund, Germany.
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Eltemur D, Robatscher P, Oberhuber M, Ceccon A. Improved Detection and Quantification of Cyclopropane Fatty Acids via Homonuclear Decoupling Double Irradiation NMR Methods. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:41835-41843. [PMID: 37970028 PMCID: PMC10634279 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c06538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 11/17/2023]
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Over the years, NMR spectroscopy has become a powerful analytical tool for the identification and quantification of a variety of natural compounds in a broad range of food matrices. Furthermore, NMR can be useful for characterizing food matrices in terms of quality and authenticity, also allowing for the identification of counterfeits. Although NMR requires minimal sample preparation, this technique suffers from low intrinsic sensitivity relative to complementary techniques; thus, the detection of adulterants or markers for authenticity at low concentrations remains challenging. Here, we present a strategy to overcome this limitation by the introduction of a simple band-selective homonuclear decoupling sequence that consists of double irradiation on 1H during NMR signal acquisition. The utility of the proposed method is tested on dihydrosterculic acid (DHSA), one of the cyclopropane fatty acids (CPFAs) shown to be a powerful molecular marker for authentication of milk products. A quantitative description of how the proposed NMR scheme allows sensitivity enhancement yet accurate quantification of DHSA is provided.
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- Dilek Eltemur
- Laimburg
Research Centre, Laimburg
6 - Pfatten (Vadena), Auer (Ora), BZ 39040, Italy
- Faculty
of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Piazza Università 5, Bozen-Bolzano 39100, Italy
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- Laimburg
Research Centre, Laimburg
6 - Pfatten (Vadena), Auer (Ora), BZ 39040, Italy
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- Laimburg
Research Centre, Laimburg
6 - Pfatten (Vadena), Auer (Ora), BZ 39040, Italy
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- Laimburg
Research Centre, Laimburg
6 - Pfatten (Vadena), Auer (Ora), BZ 39040, Italy
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Vemulapalli SPB, Griesinger C, Dittmar T. Expanding the Limits of Structural Characterization of Marine Dissolved Organic Matter Using Nonuniform Sampling Frequency-Reversed Edited HSQC NMR. Anal Chem 2023; 95:14770-14776. [PMID: 37725656 PMCID: PMC10551856 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c02923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023]
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The multiplicity-edited heteronuclear single quantum correlation (ME-HSQC) NMR method is widely used for the structural characterization of marine dissolved organic matter (DOM), which is a complex molecular mixture comprising millions of individual compounds. However, the standard ME-HSQC suffers from significant signal cancellation and subsequent loss of crucial structural information due to the overlap between CH3/CH (positive) and CH2 (negative) cross-peaks in overcrowded regions. This study introduces nonuniform sampling in frequency-reversed ME-HSQC (NUS FR-ME-HSQC), highlighting its remarkable potential for the comprehensive structural characterization of marine DOM. By reversing the frequency of CH2 cross-peaks into an empty region, the FR-ME-HSQC method effectively simplifies the spectra and eliminates signal cancellation. We demonstrate that nonuniform sampling enables the acquisition of comparable spectra in half the time or significantly enhances the sensitivity in time-equivalent spectra. Comparative analysis also identifies vulnerable CH2 cross-peaks in the standard ME-HSQC that coincide with CH3 and CH cross-peaks, resulting in the loss of critical structural details. In contrast, the NUS FR-ME-HSQC retains these missing correlations, enabling in-depth characterization of marine DOM. These findings highlight the potential of NUS FR-ME-HSQC as an advanced NMR technique that effectively addresses challenges such as signal overcrowding and prolonged experimental times, enabling the thorough investigation of complex mixtures with implications in several fields, including chemistry, metabolomics, and environmental sciences. The advantages of NUS FR-ME-HSQC are experimentally demonstrated on two solid-phase-extracted DOM (SPE-DOM) samples from the surface and deep ocean. With this new technology, differences in the composition of DOM from various aquatic environments can be assigned to individual molecules.
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- Sahithya Phani Babu Vemulapalli
- Research
Group for Marine Geochemistry, Institute for Chemistry and Biology
of the Marine Environment (ICBM), University
of Oldenburg, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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- Department
of NMR Based Structural Biology, Max Planck
Institute (MPI) for Multidisciplinary Sciences, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Research
Group for Marine Geochemistry, Institute for Chemistry and Biology
of the Marine Environment (ICBM), University
of Oldenburg, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
- Helmholtz
Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of
Oldenburg (HIFMB), 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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The Advanced Properties of Circularized MSP Nanodiscs Facilitate High-resolution NMR Studies of Membrane Proteins. J Mol Biol 2022; 434:167861. [PMID: 36273602 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2022.167861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2022] [Revised: 10/12/2022] [Accepted: 10/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Membrane mimetics are essential for structural and functional studies of membrane proteins. A promising lipid-based system are phospholipid nanodiscs, where two copies of a so-called membrane scaffold protein (MSP) wrap around a patch of lipid bilayer. Consequently, the size of a nanodisc is determined by the length of the MSP. Furthermore, covalent MSP circularization was reported to improve nanodisc stability. However, a more detailed comparative analysis of the biophysical properties of circularized and linear MSP nanodiscs for their use in high-resolution NMR has not been conducted so far. Here, we analyze the membrane fluidity and temperature-dependent size variability of circularized and linear nanodiscs using a large set of analytical methods. We show that MSP circularization does not alter the membrane fluidity in nanodiscs. Further, we show that the phase transition temperature increases for circularized versions, while the cooperativity decreases. We demonstrate that circularized nanodiscs keep a constant size over a large temperature range, in contrast to their linear MSP counterparts. Due to this size stability, circularized nanodiscs are beneficial for high-resolution NMR studies of membrane proteins at elevated temperatures. Despite their slightly larger size as compared to linear nanodiscs, 3D NMR experiments of the voltage-dependent anion channel 1 (VDAC1) in circularized nanodiscs have a markedly improved spectral quality in comparison to VDAC1 incorporated into linear nanodiscs of a similar size. This study provides evidence that circularized MSP nanodiscs are a promising tool to facilitate high-resolution NMR studies of larger and challenging membrane proteins in a native lipid environment.
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Almeida VS, Miller LL, Delia JPG, Magalhães AV, Caruso IP, Iqbal A, Almeida FCL. Deciphering the Path of S-nitrosation of Human Thioredoxin: Evidence of an Internal NO Transfer and Implication for the Cellular Responses to NO. Antioxidants (Basel) 2022; 11:antiox11071236. [PMID: 35883729 PMCID: PMC9311519 DOI: 10.3390/antiox11071236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2022] [Revised: 05/31/2022] [Accepted: 06/01/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Nitric oxide (NO) is a free radical with a signaling capacity. Its cellular functions are achieved mainly through S-nitrosation where thioredoxin (hTrx) is pivotal in the S-transnitrosation to specific cellular targets. In this study, we use NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry to follow the mechanism of S-(trans)nitrosation of hTrx. We describe a site-specific path for S-nitrosation by measuring the reactivity of each of the 5 cysteines of hTrx using cysteine mutants. We showed the interdependence of the three cysteines in the nitrosative site. C73 is the most reactive and is responsible for all S-transnitrosation to other cellular targets. We observed NO internal transfers leading to C62 S-nitrosation, which serves as a storage site for NO. C69-SNO only forms under nitrosative stress, leading to hTrx nuclear translocation.
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- Vitor S. Almeida
- Institute of Medical Biochemistry Leopoldo de Meis (IBqM), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro 21941-590, Brazil; (V.S.A.); (L.L.M.); (J.P.G.D.); (A.V.M.); (I.P.C.); (A.I.)
- National Center for Structural Biology and Bioimaging (CENABIO), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro 21941-590, Brazil
- Institute of Chemistry, Rural Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), Seropédica 23897-000, Brazil
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- Institute of Medical Biochemistry Leopoldo de Meis (IBqM), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro 21941-590, Brazil; (V.S.A.); (L.L.M.); (J.P.G.D.); (A.V.M.); (I.P.C.); (A.I.)
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- Institute of Medical Biochemistry Leopoldo de Meis (IBqM), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro 21941-590, Brazil; (V.S.A.); (L.L.M.); (J.P.G.D.); (A.V.M.); (I.P.C.); (A.I.)
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- Institute of Medical Biochemistry Leopoldo de Meis (IBqM), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro 21941-590, Brazil; (V.S.A.); (L.L.M.); (J.P.G.D.); (A.V.M.); (I.P.C.); (A.I.)
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- Institute of Medical Biochemistry Leopoldo de Meis (IBqM), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro 21941-590, Brazil; (V.S.A.); (L.L.M.); (J.P.G.D.); (A.V.M.); (I.P.C.); (A.I.)
- Institute of Chemistry, Rural Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), Seropédica 23897-000, Brazil
- Multiuser Center for Biomolecular Innovation (CMIB), Department of Physics, Institute of Biosciences, Letters and Exact Sciences (IBILCE), São Paulo State University (UNESP), São José do Rio Preto 15054-000, Brazil
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- Institute of Medical Biochemistry Leopoldo de Meis (IBqM), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro 21941-590, Brazil; (V.S.A.); (L.L.M.); (J.P.G.D.); (A.V.M.); (I.P.C.); (A.I.)
- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Lakki Marwat, Lakki Marwat 28420, Pakistan
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- Institute of Medical Biochemistry Leopoldo de Meis (IBqM), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro 21941-590, Brazil; (V.S.A.); (L.L.M.); (J.P.G.D.); (A.V.M.); (I.P.C.); (A.I.)
- Correspondence:
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Hyberts SG, Wagner G. High fidelity sampling schedules for NMR spectra of high dynamic range. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2022; 339:107228. [PMID: 35550910 PMCID: PMC10675079 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2022.107228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Revised: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
The ability to reconstruct non-uniformly sampled (NUS) NMR spectra has mostly been accepted. Still a concern is lingering regarding artifacts from sampling non-uniformly. As experienced, some sampling schedules yield better results than others. Finding a useful schedule is relatively trivial for a low dynamic range spectrum and a conservative sparsity, but not so when the dynamic range is large and/or when extreme sparsity is used. High dynamic range is typically found in NOESY and spectra of metabolites, where quantification of peak heights is desired at high fidelity. Extreme sparsity is desired when high throughput is a goal. In all cases, selecting a poor sampling schedule can create unnecessary artifacts. Effectively, it is important to select a sampling schedule that provides a signal-to-artifact apex ratio (SAAR) value in par or better than the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) value. Notably, by signal-to-artifact apex ratio we consider reconstruction fidelity as the apex intensity likeness, i.e., as the true signal to the tallest artifact. We show that the quality of reconstruction depends on the particular sampling schedule. We evaluate the reconstruction quality in the frequency domain following a matched Lorentz-to-Gauss transform plus common apodization and Fourier Transform. As the Lorentz-to-Gauss transform improves resolution and reduces ridges we include this when defining the Signal-to-Artifact Apex Ratio (SAAR) metric. This metric measures the ratio of simulated reconstructed peak height to the tallest artifact of reconstruction in a spectrum without noise. Once a NUS schedule is found with an optimal SAAR it will be satisfactory for all spectra recorded with the same parameter set. Tables with good seed values are provided in the supplement.
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- Sven G Hyberts
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States.
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States
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Dickson CL, Peat G, Rossetto M, Halse ME, Uhrín D. SHARPER-enhanced benchtop NMR: improving SNR by removing couplings and approaching natural linewidths. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:5534-5537. [PMID: 35421881 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc01325h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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We present a signal enhancement strategy for benchtop NMR that produces SNR increases on the order of 10 to 30 fold by collapsing the target resonance into an extremely narrow singlet. Importantly, the resultant signal is amenable to quantitative interpretation and therefore can be applied to analytical applications such as reaction monitoring.
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- Claire L Dickson
- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
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Maass T, Westermann LT, Creutznacher R, Mallagaray A, Dülfer J, Uetrecht C, Peters T. Assignment of Ala, Ile, Leu proS, Met, and Val proS methyl groups of the protruding domain of murine norovirus capsid protein VP1 using methyl-methyl NOEs, site directed mutagenesis, and pseudocontact shifts. BIOMOLECULAR NMR ASSIGNMENTS 2022; 16:97-107. [PMID: 35050443 PMCID: PMC9068638 DOI: 10.1007/s12104-022-10066-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2021] [Accepted: 01/12/2022] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
Abstract
The protruding domain (P-domain) of the murine norovirus (MNV) capsid protein VP1 is essential for infection. It mediates receptor binding and attachment of neutralizing antibodies. Protein NMR studies into interactions of the P-domain with ligands will yield insights not easily available from other biophysical techniques and will extend our understanding of MNV attachment to host cells. Such studies require at least partial NMR assignments. Here, we describe the assignment of about 70% of the Ala, Ile, LeuproS, Met, and ValproS methyl groups. An unfavorable distribution of methyl group resonance signals prevents complete assignment based exclusively on 4D HMQC-NOESY-HMQC experiments, yielding assignment of only 55 out of 100 methyl groups. Therefore, we created point mutants and measured pseudo contact shifts, extending and validating assignments based on methyl-methyl NOEs. Of note, the P-domains are present in two different forms caused by an approximate equal distribution of trans- and cis-configured proline residues in position 361.
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- Thorben Maass
- Center of Structural and Cell Biology in Medicine (CSCM), Institute of Chemistry and Metabolomics, University of Luebeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562, Luebeck, Germany
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- Center of Structural and Cell Biology in Medicine (CSCM), Institute of Chemistry and Metabolomics, University of Luebeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562, Luebeck, Germany
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- Center of Structural and Cell Biology in Medicine (CSCM), Institute of Chemistry and Metabolomics, University of Luebeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562, Luebeck, Germany
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- Center of Structural and Cell Biology in Medicine (CSCM), Institute of Chemistry and Metabolomics, University of Luebeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562, Luebeck, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology (HPI), 20251, Hamburg, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology (HPI), 20251, Hamburg, Germany
- School of Life Sciences, University of Siegen, 57076 Siegen & Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB), & Deutsches Elektronensynchrotron (DESY), 22607 Hamburg & European XFEL GmbH, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Center of Structural and Cell Biology in Medicine (CSCM), Institute of Chemistry and Metabolomics, University of Luebeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562, Luebeck, Germany.
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Altenhof AR, Jaroszewicz MJ, Frydman L, Schurko R. 3D Relaxation-Assisted Separation of Wideline Solid-State NMR Patterns for Achieving Site Resolution. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:22792-22805. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cp00910b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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There are currently no methods for the acquisition of ultra-wideline (UW) solid-state NMR spectra under static conditions that enable reliable separation and resolution of overlapping powder patterns arising from magnetically...
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Wu YS, Li BX, Long YY. Rapid quantitative 1H–13C two-dimensional NMR with high precision. RSC Adv 2022; 12:5349-5356. [PMID: 35425561 PMCID: PMC8981411 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra08423b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2021] [Accepted: 02/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Two dimensional (2D) 1H–13C heteronuclear single-quantum correlation (HSQC) spectroscopy has recently been proposed for quantitative determination of typical linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) with high accuracy. It requires highly precise measurement to achieve further reliable quantification. In this context, this paper aims at determining conditions that allow the achievement of high precision. On the basis of the optimized parameters, two time-saving strategies, nonuniform sampling (NUS) and band-selective HSQC are evaluated on model polyolefins in terms of repeatability. Precision better than 0.3% and 5% for ethylene content (E mol%) and 1-hexene content (H mol%) of the model poly(ethylene-co-1-hexene)s are obtained with 50% NUS or band-selective HSQC. Moreover, dramatic precision enhancements can be achieved with the combination of band-selective HSQC and 50% NUS, in which repeatabilities better than 0.15% and 2.5% for E mol% and H mol% are observed. The experiment times are reduced to about 0.5 h. These methods open important perspectives for rapid, precise and accurate quantitative analysis of complex polymers. Precision better than 2.5% can be achieved with the combination of band-selective HSQC and 50% NUS in 0.5 h.![]()
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- Yu-Shan Wu
- Jilin Business and Technology College, Changchun 130507, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
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Lin E, Bai Z, Yuan Y, Chen Z, Yang Y, Huang Y, Chen Z. A General Reconstruction Method for Multidimensional Sparse Sampling Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:10622-10630. [PMID: 34699231 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c03063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Multidimensional NMR spectroscopy provides a powerful tool for structure elucidation and dynamic analysis of complex samples, particularly for biological macromolecules. Multidimensional sparse sampling effectively accelerates NMR experiments while an efficient reconstruction method is generally required for unraveling spectra. Various reconstruction methods were proposed for pure Fourier NMR (only involving chemical shifts and J couplings detection). However, reconstruction concerned with Laplace-related NMR (i.e., involving relaxation or diffusion detection) is more challenging due to its ill-posed property. The existing Laplace-related NMR sparse sampling reconstruction methods suffer from poor resolution and possible artifacts in the resulting spectra owing to the pitfalls of the optimization algorithms. Herein, we propose a general approach for fast high-resolution reconstruction of multidimensional sparse sampling NMR, including pure Fourier, mixed Fourier-Laplace, and pure Laplace NMR, benefiting from the comprehensive sparse constraint and effective optimization algorithm and thus showing the promising prospects of multidimensional NMR.
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- Enping Lin
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Electronic Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Electronic Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Electronic Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Electronic Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Electronic Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Electronic Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Electronic Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China
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Ji Y, Sasmal A, Li W, Oh L, Srivastava S, Hargett AA, Wasik BR, Yu H, Diaz S, Choudhury B, Parrish CR, Freedberg DI, Wang LP, Varki A, Chen X. Reversible O-Acetyl Migration within the Sialic Acid Side Chain and Its Influence on Protein Recognition. ACS Chem Biol 2021; 16:1951-1960. [PMID: 33769035 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.0c00998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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O-Acetylation is a common naturally occurring modification of carbohydrates and is especially widespread in sialic acids, a family of nine-carbon acidic monosaccharides. O-Acetyl migration within the exocyclic glycerol-like side chain of mono-O-acetylated sialic acid reported previously was from the C7- to C9-hydroxyl group with or without an 8-O-acetyl intermediate, which resulted in an equilibrium that favors the formation of the 9-O-acetyl sialic acid. Herein, we provide direct experimental evidence demonstrating that O-acetyl migration is bidirectional, and the rate of equilibration is influenced predominantly by the pH of the sample. While the O-acetyl group on sialic acids and sialoglycans is stable under mildly acidic conditions (pH < 5, the rate of O-acetyl migration is extremely low), reversible O-acetyl migration is observed readily at neutral pH and becomes more significant when the pH increases to slightly basic. Sialoglycan microarray studies showed that esterase-inactivated porcine torovirus hemagglutinin-esterase bound strongly to sialoglycans containing a more stable 9-N-acetylated sialic acid analog, but these compounds were less resistant to periodate oxidation treatment compared to their 9-O-acetyl counterparts. Together with prior studies, the results support the possible influence of sialic acid O-acetylation and O-acetyl migration to host-microbe interactions and potential application of the more stable synthetic N-acetyl mimics.
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- Yang Ji
- Glycobiology Research and Training Center, Departments of Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, United States
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- Glycobiology Research and Training Center, Departments of Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Glycobiology Research and Training Center, Departments of Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, United States
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- Laboratory of Bacterial Polysaccharides, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Silver Spring, Maryland 20993, United States
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- Baker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Glycobiology Research and Training Center, Departments of Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, United States
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- Glycobiology Research and Training Center, Departments of Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, United States
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- Baker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Laboratory of Bacterial Polysaccharides, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Silver Spring, Maryland 20993, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Glycobiology Research and Training Center, Departments of Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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Cabello-Lobato MJ, Schmidt CK, Cliff MJ. 1H, 13C, 15N backbone resonance assignment for the 1-164 construct of human XRCC4. BIOMOLECULAR NMR ASSIGNMENTS 2021; 15:389-395. [PMID: 34173222 PMCID: PMC8481219 DOI: 10.1007/s12104-021-10035-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2021] [Accepted: 06/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) represent the most cytotoxic DNA lesions, as-if mis- or unrepaired-they can cause cell death or lead to genome instability, which in turn can cause cancer. DSBs are repaired by two major pathways termed homologous recombination and non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ). NHEJ is responsible for repairing the vast majority of DSBs arising in human cells. Defects in NHEJ factors are also associated with microcephaly, primordial dwarfism and immune deficiencies. One of the key proteins important for mediating NHEJ is XRCC4. XRCC4 is a dimer, with the dimer interface mediated by an extended coiled-coil. The N-terminal head domain forms a mixed alpha-beta globular structure. Numerous factors interact with the C-terminus of the coiled-coil domain, which is also associated with significant self-association between XRCC4 dimers. A range of construct lengths of human XRCC4 were expressed and purified, and the 1-164 variant had the best NMR properties, as judged by consistent linewidths, and chemical shift dispersion. In this work we report the 1H, 15 N and 13C backbone resonance assignments of human XRCC4 in the solution form of the 1-164 construct. Assignments were obtained by heteronuclear multidimensional NMR spectroscopy. In total, 156 of 161 assignable residues of XRCC4 were assigned to resonances in the TROSY spectrum, with an additional 11 resonances assigned to His-Tag residues. Prediction of solution secondary structure from a chemical shift analysis using the TALOS + webserver is in good agreement with the published X-ray crystal structures of this protein.
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- Maria Jose Cabello-Lobato
- Manchester Cancer Research Centre, Division of Cancer Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, 555 Wilmslow Road, Manchester, M20 4GJ, UK
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- Manchester Cancer Research Centre, Division of Cancer Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, 555 Wilmslow Road, Manchester, M20 4GJ, UK.
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB), University of Manchester, 131 Princess St, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK.
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Long YY, Lv J, Li BX, Liu YG. Speedy quantitative microstructure determination of Poly(ethylene-co-1-hexene) at triads by 1H–13C two-dimensional NMR. POLYMER 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2021.123993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Cheng R, Wang S, Moslova K, Mäkilä E, Salonen J, Li J, Hirvonen J, Xia B, Santos HA. Quantitative Analysis of Porous Silicon Nanoparticles Functionalization by 1H NMR. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2021; 8:4132-4139. [PMID: 34292713 PMCID: PMC9554871 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.1c00440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Porous silicon (PSi)
nanoparticles have been applied in various
fields, such as catalysis, imaging, and biomedical applications, because
of their large specific surface area, easily modifiable surface chemistry,
biocompatibility, and biodegradability. For biomedical applications,
it is important to precisely control the surface modification of PSi-based
materials and quantify the functionalization density, which determines
the nanoparticle’s behavior in the biological system. Therefore,
we propose here an optimized solution to quantify the functionalization
groups on PSi, based on the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) method
by combining the hydrolysis with standard 1H NMR experiments.
We optimized the hydrolysis conditions to degrade the PSi, providing
mobility to the molecules for NMR detection. The NMR parameters were
also optimized by relaxation delay and the number of scans to provide
reliable NMR spectra. With an internal standard, we quantitatively
analyzed the surficial amine groups and their sequential modification
of polyethylene glycol. Our investigation provides a reliable, fast,
and straightforward method in quantitative analysis of the surficial
modification characterization of PSi requiring a small amount of sample.
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- Ruoyu Cheng
- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland
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- Laboratory of Industrial Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku, Turku FI-20014, Finland
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- Laboratory of Industrial Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku, Turku FI-20014, Finland
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland.,College of Science Key Laboratory of Forest Genetics & Biotechnology (Ministry of Education of China), Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, P. R. China
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland
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- College of Science Key Laboratory of Forest Genetics & Biotechnology (Ministry of Education of China), Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, P. R. China
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland.,Helsinki Insititute of Life Science, HiLIFE, University of Helsinki, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland
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Pedersen CP, Prestel A, Teilum K. Software for reconstruction of nonuniformly sampled NMR data. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2021; 59:315-323. [PMID: 32516838 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.5060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2020] [Revised: 06/03/2020] [Accepted: 06/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Nonuniform sampling (NUS) of multidimensional NMR experiments is a powerful tool to obtain high-resolution spectra with less instrument time. With NUS, only a subset of the points needed for conventional Fourier transformation is recorded, and sophisticated algorithms are needed to reconstruct the missing data points. During the last decade, several software packages implementing the reconstruction algorithms have emerged and been refined and now result in spectra of almost similar quality as spectra from conventionally recorded and processed data. However, from the number of literature references to the reconstruction methods, many more multidimensional NMR spectra could presumably be recorded with NUS. To help researchers considering to start using NUS for their NMR experiments, we here review 13 different reconstruction methods found in five software packages (CambridgeCS, hmsIST, MddNMR, NESTA-NMR, and SMILE). We have compared how the methods run with the provided example scripts for reconstructing a nonuniform sampled three-dimensional 15 N-NOESY-HSQC at sampling densities from 5% to 50%. Overall, the spectra are all of similar quality above 20% sampling density. Thus, without any particular knowledge about the details of the reconstruction algorithms, significant reduction in the experiment time can be achieved. Below 20% sampling density, the intensities of particular weak peaks start being affected. MddNMR's IST with virtual echo and the SMILE algorithms still reproduced the spectra with the highest accuracy of peak intensities.
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- Christian Parsbaek Pedersen
- Structural Biology and NMR Laboratory and the Linderstrøm-Lang Centre for Protein Science, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Structural Biology and NMR Laboratory and the Linderstrøm-Lang Centre for Protein Science, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Structural Biology and NMR Laboratory and the Linderstrøm-Lang Centre for Protein Science, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Nichols PJ, Born A, Henen MA, Strotz D, Jones DN, Delaglio F, Vögeli B. Reducing the measurement time of exact NOEs by non-uniform sampling. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2020; 74:717-739. [PMID: 32880802 PMCID: PMC9204832 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-020-00344-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2020] [Accepted: 08/23/2020] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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We have previously reported on the measurement of exact NOEs (eNOEs), which yield a wealth of additional information in comparison to conventional NOEs. We have used these eNOEs in a variety of applications, including calculating high-resolution structures of proteins and RNA molecules. The collection of eNOEs is challenging, however, due to the need to measure a NOESY buildup series consisting of typically four NOESY spectra with varying mixing times in a single measurement session. While the 2D version can be completed in a few days, a fully sampled 3D-NOESY buildup series can take 10 days or more to acquire. This can be both expensive as well as problematic in the case of samples that are not stable over such a long period of time. One potential method to significantly decrease the required measurement time of eNOEs is to use non-uniform sampling (NUS) to decrease the number of points measured in the indirect dimensions. The effect of NUS on the extremely tight distance restraints extracted from eNOEs may be very pronounced. Therefore, we investigated the fidelity of eNOEs measured from three test cases at decreasing NUS densities: the 18.4 kDa protein human Pin1, the 4.1 kDa WW domain of Pin1 (both in 3D), and a 4.6 kDa 14mer RNA UUCG tetraloop (2D). Our results show that NUS imparted negligible error on the eNOE distances derived from good quality data down to 10% sampling for all three cases, but there is a noticeable decrease in the eNOE yield that is dependent upon the underlying sparsity, and thus complexity, of the sample. For Pin1, this transition occurred at roughly 40% while for the WW domain and the UUCG tetraloop it occurred at lower NUS densities of 20% and 10%, respectively. We rationalized these numbers through reconstruction simulations under various conditions. The extent of this loss depends upon the number of scans taken as well as the number of peaks to be reconstructed. Based on these findings, we have created guidelines for choosing an optimal NUS density depending on the number of peaks needed to be reconstructed in the densest region of a 2D or 3D NOESY spectrum.
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- Parker J Nichols
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, 12801 East 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, 12801 East 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, 12801 East 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, 35516, Egypt
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, ETH-Hönggerberg, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, 12801 East 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Maryland, 9600 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, ML, 20850, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, 12801 East 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA.
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Minkler MJ, Kim JM, Shinde VV, Beckingham BS. Low-field 1 H NMR spectroscopy: Factors impacting signal-to-noise ratio and experimental time in the context of mixed microstructure polyisoprenes. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2020; 58:1168-1176. [PMID: 32266728 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.5022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2019] [Revised: 03/17/2020] [Accepted: 03/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Low-cost, high-accuracy characterization of polymeric materials is critical for satisfying societal demand for high-quality materials with ultra-specific requirements. Low-field nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy presents an opportunity to replace costlier or destructive methods while utilizing nondeuterated solvents. Many factors play key roles in the ability of low-field NMR spectroscopy to accurately analyze polymer systems. Sample characteristics such as polymer concentration, composition, and molecular weight all directly affect the capability of low-field spectrometers to accurately determine polymer microstructure compositions. In addition to inherent sample properties affecting instrumental accuracy, many choices concerning instrumental parameters (including number of scans, relaxation delay, spectral width, and points per scan) must be made that impact the quality of the resulting NMR spectra. In this work, we benchmark the capability of a 60-MHz low-field NMR spectrometer for analyzing polymer materials using mixed microstructure polyisoprenes as a model polymer system of interest. The aforementioned critical sample and instrumental variables are varied, and we report on the ability to quantitatively characterize polyisoprene microstructure to within 1-2% of a higher field NMR spectrometer (400 MHz). We anticipate our findings to be generally applicable to other low-field spectrometers of similar field strength and other polymer systems.
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- Michael J Minkler
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA
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Allomorphy as a mechanism of post-translational control of enzyme activity. Nat Commun 2020; 11:5538. [PMID: 33139716 PMCID: PMC7608592 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19215-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2020] [Accepted: 09/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
Abstract
Enzyme regulation is vital for metabolic adaptability in living systems. Fine control of enzyme activity is often delivered through post-translational mechanisms, such as allostery or allokairy. β-phosphoglucomutase (βPGM) from Lactococcus lactis is a phosphoryl transfer enzyme required for complete catabolism of trehalose and maltose, through the isomerisation of β-glucose 1-phosphate to glucose 6-phosphate via β-glucose 1,6-bisphosphate. Surprisingly for a gatekeeper of glycolysis, no fine control mechanism of βPGM has yet been reported. Herein, we describe allomorphy, a post-translational control mechanism of enzyme activity. In βPGM, isomerisation of the K145-P146 peptide bond results in the population of two conformers that have different activities owing to repositioning of the K145 sidechain. In vivo phosphorylating agents, such as fructose 1,6-bisphosphate, generate phosphorylated forms of both conformers, leading to a lag phase in activity until the more active phosphorylated conformer dominates. In contrast, the reaction intermediate β-glucose 1,6-bisphosphate, whose concentration depends on the β-glucose 1-phosphate concentration, couples the conformational switch and the phosphorylation step, resulting in the rapid generation of the more active phosphorylated conformer. In enabling different behaviours for different allomorphic activators, allomorphy allows an organism to maximise its responsiveness to environmental changes while minimising the diversion of valuable metabolites. β-phosphoglucomutase (βPGM) from Lactococcus lactis is a phosphoryl transfer enzyme required for catabolism of trehalose and maltose. Coupled analyses of multiple βPGM structures and enzymatic activity lead to the proposal of allomorphy — a post-translational mechanism controlling enzyme activity.
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Kaur M, Lewis CM, Chronister A, Phun GS, Mueller LJ. Non-Uniform Sampling in NMR Spectroscopy and the Preservation of Spectral Knowledge in the Time and Frequency Domains. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:5474-5486. [PMID: 32496067 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c02930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The increased sensitivity under weighted non-uniform sampling (NUS) is demonstrated and quantified using Monte Carlo simulations of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) time- and frequency-domain signals. The concept of spectral knowledge is introduced and shown to be superior to the frequency-domain signal-to-noise ratio for assessing the quality of NMR data. Two methods for rigorously preserving spectral knowledge and the time-domain NUS knowledge enhancement upon transformation to the frequency domain are demonstrated, both theoretically and numerically. The first, non-uniform weighted sampling using consistent root-mean-square noise, is applicable to data sampled on the Nyquist grid, whereas the second, the block Fourier transform using consistent root-mean-square noise, can be used to transform time-domain data acquired with arbitrary, off-grid NUS.
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- Manpreet Kaur
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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Delhommel F, Gabel F, Sattler M. Current approaches for integrating solution NMR spectroscopy and small-angle scattering to study the structure and dynamics of biomolecular complexes. J Mol Biol 2020; 432:2890-2912. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2020.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2019] [Revised: 02/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Zambrello MA, Craft DL, Hoch JC, Rovnyak D, Schuyler AD. The influence of the probability density function on spectral quality in nonuniformly sampled multidimensional NMR. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2020; 311:106671. [PMID: 31951863 PMCID: PMC7781205 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2019.106671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2018] [Revised: 12/13/2019] [Accepted: 12/14/2019] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The goal of nonuniform sampling (NUS) is to select a subset of free induction decays (FIDs) from the conventional, uniform grid in a manner that sufficiently samples short evolution times needed for improved sensitivity and long evolution times needed for enhanced resolution. In addition to specifying the number of FIDs to be collected from a uniform grid, NUS schemes also specify the distribution of the selected FIDs, which directly impacts sampling-induced artifacts. Sampling schemes typically address these heuristic guidelines by utilizing a probability density function (PDF) to bias the distribution of sampled evolution times. Given this common approach, schemes differentiate themselves by how the evolution times are distributed within the envelope of the PDF. Here, we employ maximum entropy reconstruction and utilize in situ receiver operating characteristic (IROC) to conduct a critical comparison of the sensitivity and resolution that can be achieved by three types of biased sampling schemes: exponential (PDF is exponentially decaying), Poisson-gap (PDF derived from a sine function), and quantile-directed (PDF defined by simple polynomial decay). This methodology reveals practical insights and trends regarding how the sampling schemes and bias can provide the highest sensitivity and resolution for two nonuniformly sampled dimensions in a three-dimensional biomolecular NMR experiment. The IROC analysis circumvents the limitations of common metrics when used with nonlinear spectral estimation (a characteristic of all methods used with NUS) by quantifying the spectral quality via synthetic signals that are added to the empirical dataset. Recovery of these synthetic signals provides a proxy for the quality of the empirical portion of the spectrum. The central finding is that differences in spectral quality are primarily driven by the strength of bias in the PDF. In addition, a sampling coverage threshold is observed that appears to be connected to the dependence of each NUS method on its random seed. The differences between sampling schemes and biases are most relevant below 20% coverage where seed-dependence is high, whereas at higher coverages, the performance metrics for all of the sampling schemes begin to converge and approach a seed-independent regime. The results presented here show that aggressive sampling at low coverage can produce high-quality spectra by employing a sampling scheme that adheres to a decaying PDF with a bias to a broad range of short evolution times and includes relatively few FIDs at long evolution times.
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- Matthew A Zambrello
- UConn Health, Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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- Bucknell University, Department of Chemistry, Lewisburg, PA 17837, USA
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- UConn Health, Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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- Bucknell University, Department of Chemistry, Lewisburg, PA 17837, USA
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- UConn Health, Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Farmington, CT 06030, USA.
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Burakova E, Vasa SK, Klein A, Linser R. Non-uniform sampling in quantitative assessment of heterogeneous solid-state NMR line shapes. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2020; 74:71-82. [PMID: 31834579 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-019-00291-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Non-uniform sampling has been successfully used for solution and solid-state NMR of homogeneous samples. In the solid state, protein samples are often dominated by inhomogeneous contributions to the homogeneous line widths. In spite of different technical strategies for peak reconstruction by different methods, we validate that NUS can generally be used also for such situations where spectra are made up of complex peak shapes rather than Lorentian lines. Using the RMSD between subsampled and reconstructed data and those spectra obtained with uniform sampling for a sample comprising a wide conformational distribution, we quantitatively evaluate the identity of inhomogeneous peak patterns. The evaluation comprises Iterative Soft Thresholding (hmsIST implementation) as a method explicitly not assuming Lorentian lineshapes, as well as Sparse Multidimensional Iterative Lineshape Enhanced (SMILE) algorithm and Signal Separation Algorithm (SSA) reconstruction, which do work on the basis of Lorentian lineshape models, with different sampling densities. Even though individual peculiarities are apparent, all methods turn out principally viable to reconstruct the heterogeneously broadened peak shapes.
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- Ekaterina Burakova
- Faculty for Chemistry and Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Butenandtstr. 5-13, 81377, Munich, Germany
- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Technical University Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Straße 4a, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
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- Faculty for Chemistry and Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Butenandtstr. 5-13, 81377, Munich, Germany
- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Technical University Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Straße 4a, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
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- Faculty for Chemistry and Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Butenandtstr. 5-13, 81377, Munich, Germany
- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Technical University Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Straße 4a, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
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- Faculty for Chemistry and Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Butenandtstr. 5-13, 81377, Munich, Germany.
- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Technical University Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Straße 4a, 44227, Dortmund, Germany.
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Porat G, Goldbourt A. Assessment of Non‐Uniform Sampling Schemes in Solid State NMR of Bacteriophage Viruses. Isr J Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ijch.201900058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Gal Porat
- School of ChemistryTel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 6997801 Tel Aviv Israel
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- School of ChemistryTel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 6997801 Tel Aviv Israel
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Arthanari H, Takeuchi K, Dubey A, Wagner G. Emerging solution NMR methods to illuminate the structural and dynamic properties of proteins. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2019; 58:294-304. [PMID: 31327528 PMCID: PMC6778509 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2019.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2018] [Revised: 06/03/2019] [Accepted: 06/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The first recognition of protein breathing was more than 50 years ago. Today, we are able to detect the multitude of interaction modes, structural polymorphisms, and binding-induced changes in protein structure that direct function. Solution-state NMR spectroscopy has proved to be a powerful technique, not only to obtain high-resolution structures of proteins, but also to provide unique insights into the functional dynamics of proteins. Here, we summarize recent technical landmarks in solution NMR that have enabled characterization of key biological macromolecular systems. These methods have been fundamental to atomic resolution structure determination and quantitative analysis of dynamics over a wide range of time scales by NMR. The ability of NMR to detect lowly populated protein conformations and transiently formed complexes plays a critical role in its ability to elucidate functionally important structural features of proteins and their dynamics.
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- Haribabu Arthanari
- Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, United States; Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States.
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- Molecular Profiling Research Center for Drug Discovery, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 135-0064 Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, United States; Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States.
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Ying J, Barnes CA, Louis JM, Bax A. Importance of time-ordered non-uniform sampling of multi-dimensional NMR spectra of Aβ 1-42 peptide under aggregating conditions. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2019; 73:429-441. [PMID: 31407200 PMCID: PMC6819256 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-019-00235-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2018] [Accepted: 02/09/2019] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Although the order of the time steps in which the non-uniform sampling (NUS) schedule is implemented when acquiring multi-dimensional NMR spectra is of limited importance when sample conditions remain unchanged over the course of the experiment, it is shown to have major impact when samples are unstable. In the latter case, time-ordering of the NUS data points by the normalized radial length yields a reduction of sampling artifacts, regardless of the spectral reconstruction algorithm. The disadvantage of time-ordered NUS sampling is that halting the experiment prior to its completion will result in lower spectral resolution, rather than a sparser data matrix. Alternatively, digitally correcting for sample decay prior to reconstruction of randomly ordered NUS data points can mitigate reconstruction artifacts, at the cost of somewhat lower sensitivity. Application of these sampling schemes to the Alzheimer's amyloid beta (Aβ1-42) peptide at an elevated concentration, low temperature, and 3 kbar of pressure, where approximately 75% of the peptide reverts to an NMR-invisible state during the collection of a 3D 15N-separated NOESY spectrum, highlights the improvement in artifact suppression and reveals weak medium-range NOE contacts in several regions, including the C-terminal region of the peptide.
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- Jinfa Ying
- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
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Studies of the oligomerisation mechanism of a cystatin-based engineered protein scaffold. Sci Rep 2019; 9:9067. [PMID: 31227800 PMCID: PMC6588553 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-45565-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Accepted: 06/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Engineered protein scaffolds are an alternative to monoclonal antibodies in research and drug design due to their small size, ease of production, versatility, and specificity for chosen targets. One key consideration when engineering such proteins is retaining the original scaffold structure and stability upon insertion of target-binding loops. SQT is a stefin A derived scaffold protein that was used as a model to study possible problems associated with solution behaviour of such aptamers. We used an SQT variant with AU1 and Myc insertion peptides (SQT-1C) to study the effect of peptide insertions on protein structure and oligomerisation. The X-ray structure of monomeric SQT-1C revealed a cystatin-like fold. Furthermore, we show that SQT-1C readily forms dimers and tetramers in solution. NMR revealed that these oligomers are symmetrical, with inserted loops comprising the interaction interface. Two possible mechanisms of oligomerisation are compared using molecular dynamics simulations, with domain swap oligomerisation being thermodynamically favoured. We show that retained secondary structure upon peptide insertion is not indicative of unaltered 3D structure and solution behaviour. Therefore, additional methods should be employed to comprehensively assess the consequences of peptide insertions in all aptamers, particularly as uncharacterized oligomerisation may alter binding epitope presentation and affect functional efficiency.
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Microstructure determination of ethylene-styrene-1-hexene terpolymers with fast 2D NMR by nonuniform sampling. POLYMER 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2019.02.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Jouda M, Fuhrer E, Silva P, Korvink JG, MacKinnon N. Automatic Adaptive Gain for Magnetic Resonance Sensitivity Enhancement. Anal Chem 2019; 91:2376-2383. [PMID: 30608654 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b05148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The decaying nature of magnetic resonance (MR) signals results in a decreasing signal-to-quantization noise ratio (SQNR) over the acquisition time. Here we describe a method to enhance the SQNR, and thus the overall signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), by dynamically adapting the gain of the receiver before analog-to-digital conversion (ADC). This is in contrast to a standard experiment in which the gain is fixed for a single data acquisition and is thus adjusted only for the first points of the signal. The gain adjustment in our method is done automatically in a closed loop fashion by using the envelope of the MR signal as the control signal. Moreover, the method incorporates a robust mechanism that runs along with signal acquisition to monitor the gain modulation, enabling precise recovery of the signals. The automatic adaptive gain (AGAIN) method requires minimal additional hardware and is thus general and can be implemented in the signal path of any commercial spectrometer system. We demonstrate an SNR enhancement factor of 2.64 when applied to a custom spectrometer, while a factor of 1.4 was observed when applied to a commercial spectrometer.
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- Mazin Jouda
- Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT) , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) , Karlsruhe , Baden-Württemberg 76131 , Germany
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- Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT) , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) , Karlsruhe , Baden-Württemberg 76131 , Germany
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- Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT) , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) , Karlsruhe , Baden-Württemberg 76131 , Germany
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- Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT) , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) , Karlsruhe , Baden-Württemberg 76131 , Germany
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- Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT) , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) , Karlsruhe , Baden-Württemberg 76131 , Germany
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Robson S, Arthanari H, Hyberts SG, Wagner G. Nonuniform Sampling for NMR Spectroscopy. Methods Enzymol 2019; 614:263-291. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2018.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Stetz MA, Caro JA, Kotaru S, Yao X, Marques BS, Valentine KG, Wand AJ. Characterization of Internal Protein Dynamics and Conformational Entropy by NMR Relaxation. Methods Enzymol 2018; 615:237-284. [PMID: 30638531 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2018.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Recent studies suggest that the fast timescale motion of methyl-bearing side chains may play an important role in mediating protein activity. These motions have been shown to encapsulate the residual conformational entropy of the folded state that can potentially contribute to the energetics of protein function. Here, we provide an overview of how to characterize these motions using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spin relaxation methods. The strengths and limitations of several techniques are highlighted in order to assist with experimental design. Particular emphasis is placed on the practical aspects of sample preparation, data collection, data fitting, and statistical analysis. Additionally, discussion of the recently refined "entropy meter" is presented and its use in converting NMR observables to conformational entropy is illustrated. Taken together, these methods should yield new insights into the complex interplay between structure and dynamics in protein function.
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- Matthew A Stetz
- Johnson Research Foundation and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Johnson Research Foundation and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Graduate Group in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Johnson Research Foundation and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Graduate Group in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Johnson Research Foundation and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Johnson Research Foundation and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Graduate Group in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
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Jorge C, Marques BS, Valentine KG, Wand AJ. Characterizing Protein Hydration Dynamics Using Solution NMR Spectroscopy. Methods Enzymol 2018; 615:77-101. [PMID: 30638541 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2018.09.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Protein hydration is a critical aspect of protein stability, folding, and function and yet remains difficult to characterize experimentally. Solution NMR offers a route to a site-resolved view of the dynamics of protein-water interactions through the nuclear Overhauser effects between hydration water and the protein in the laboratory (NOE) and rotating (ROE) frames of reference. However, several artifacts and limitations including contaminating contributions from bulk water potentially plague this general approach and the corruption of measured NOEs and ROEs by hydrogen exchange-relayed magnetization. Fortunately, encapsulation of single protein molecules within the water core of a reverse micelle overcomes these limitations. The main advantages are the suppression hydrogen exchange and elimination of bulk water. Here we detail guidelines for the preparation solutions of encapsulated proteins that are suitable for characterization by NOE and ROE spectroscopy. Emphasis is placed on understanding the contribution of detected NOE intensity arising from magnetization relayed by hydrogen exchange. Various aspects of fitting obtained NOE, selectively decoupled NOE, and ROE time courses are illustrated.
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- Christine Jorge
- Graduate Group in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Graduate Group in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Johnson Research Foundation and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Graduate Group in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Johnson Research Foundation and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
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Osborne MJ, Coutinho de Oliveira L, Volpon L, Zahreddine HA, Borden KLB. Overcoming Drug Resistance through the Development of Selective Inhibitors of UDP-Glucuronosyltransferase Enzymes. J Mol Biol 2018; 431:258-272. [PMID: 30428301 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2018.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2018] [Revised: 10/18/2018] [Accepted: 11/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Drug resistance is a major cause of cancer-related mortality. Glucuronidation of drugs via elevation of UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGT1As) correlates with clinical resistance. The nine UGT1A family members have broad substrate specificities attributed to their variable N-terminal domains and share a common C-terminal domain. Development of UGT1As as pharmacological targets has been hampered by toxicity of pan-UGT inhibitors and by difficulty in isolating pure N-terminal domains or full-length proteins. Here, we developed a strategy to target selected UGT1As which exploited the biochemical tractability of the C-domain and its ability to allosterically communicate with the catalytic site. By combining NMR fragment screening with in vitro glucuronidation assays, we identified inhibitors selective for UGT1A4. Significantly, these compounds selectively restored sensitivity in resistant cancer cells only for substrates of the targeted UGT1A. This strategy represents a crucial first step toward developing compounds to overcome unwanted glucuronidation thereby reversing resistance in patients.
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- Michael J Osborne
- Institute of Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC), Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Université de Montréal, Pavilion Marcelle-Coutu, Chemin Polytechnique, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Institute of Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC), Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Université de Montréal, Pavilion Marcelle-Coutu, Chemin Polytechnique, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Institute of Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC), Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Université de Montréal, Pavilion Marcelle-Coutu, Chemin Polytechnique, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Institute of Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC), Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Université de Montréal, Pavilion Marcelle-Coutu, Chemin Polytechnique, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Institute of Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC), Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Université de Montréal, Pavilion Marcelle-Coutu, Chemin Polytechnique, Montreal, QC, Canada.
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Asami S, Kallies W, Günther JC, Stavropoulou M, Glaser SJ, Sattler M. Ultrashort Broadband Cooperative Pulses for Multidimensional Biomolecular NMR Experiments. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201800220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Sam Asami
- Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM) at Department of Chemistry; Technical University of Munich (TUM); Lichtenbergstr. 4 85747 Garching Germany
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- Department of Chemistry; Technical University of Munich (TUM); Lichtenbergstr. 4 85747 Garching Germany
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- Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM) at Department of Chemistry; Technical University of Munich (TUM); Lichtenbergstr. 4 85747 Garching Germany
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- Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM) at Department of Chemistry; Technical University of Munich (TUM); Lichtenbergstr. 4 85747 Garching Germany
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- Department of Chemistry; Technical University of Munich (TUM); Lichtenbergstr. 4 85747 Garching Germany
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- Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM) at Department of Chemistry; Technical University of Munich (TUM); Lichtenbergstr. 4 85747 Garching Germany
- Institute of Structural Biology; Helmholtz-Zentrum München; Ingolstädter Landstr. 1 85764 Neuherberg Germany
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Osborne MJ, Coutinho de Oliveira L, Volpon L, Borden KLB. Backbone assignment of the apo-form of the human C-terminal domain of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A (UGT1A). BIOMOLECULAR NMR ASSIGNMENTS 2018; 12:315-318. [PMID: 29934866 PMCID: PMC6309593 DOI: 10.1007/s12104-018-9830-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2018] [Accepted: 06/20/2018] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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A major component of phase II drug metabolism is the covalent addition of glucuronic acid to metabolites and xenobiotics. This activity is carried out by UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGT) which bind the UDP-glucuronic acid donor and catalyze the covalent addition of glucuronic acid sugar moieties onto a wide variety of substrates. UGTs play important roles in drug detoxification and were recently shown to act in an inducible form of multi-drug resistance in cancer patients. Despite their biological importance, structural understanding of these enzymes is limited. The C-terminal domain is identical for all UGT1A family members and required for binding to UDP-glucuronic acid as well as involved in contacts with substrates. Here, we report the backbone assignments for the C-terminal domain of UGT1A. These assignments are a critical tool for the development of a deeper biochemical understanding of substrate specificity and enzymatic activity.
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- Michael J Osborne
- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Institute of Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC), Université de Montréal, Pavilion Marcelle-Coutu, Chemin Polytechnique, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Institute of Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC), Université de Montréal, Pavilion Marcelle-Coutu, Chemin Polytechnique, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Institute of Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC), Université de Montréal, Pavilion Marcelle-Coutu, Chemin Polytechnique, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Institute of Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC), Université de Montréal, Pavilion Marcelle-Coutu, Chemin Polytechnique, Montreal, QC, Canada.
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Johnson LA, Robertson AJ, Baxter NJ, Trevitt CR, Bisson C, Jin Y, Wood HP, Hounslow AM, Cliff MJ, Blackburn GM, Bowler MW, Waltho JP. van der Waals Contact between Nucleophile and Transferring Phosphorus Is Insufficient To Achieve Enzyme Transition-State Architecture. ACS Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b01612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Luke A. Johnson
- Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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- Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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- Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS 90181, F-38042 Grenoble, France
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- Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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Gorman SD, Sahu D, O'Rourke KF, Boehr DD. Assigning methyl resonances for protein solution-state NMR studies. Methods 2018; 148:88-99. [PMID: 29958930 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2018.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Revised: 06/16/2018] [Accepted: 06/18/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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Solution-state NMR is an important tool for studying protein structure and function. The ability to probe methyl groups has substantially expanded the scope of proteins accessible by NMR spectroscopy, including facilitating study of proteins and complexes greater than 100 kDa in size. While the toolset for studying protein structure and dynamics by NMR continues to grow, a major rate-limiting step in these studies is the initial resonance assignments, especially for larger (>50 kDa) proteins. In this practical review, we present strategies to efficiently isotopically label proteins, delineate NMR pulse sequences that can be used to determine methyl resonance assignments in the presence and absence of backbone assignments, and outline computational methods for NMR data analysis. We use our experiences from assigning methyl resonances for the aromatic biosynthetic enzymes tryptophan synthase and chorismate mutase to provide advice for all stages of experimental set-up and data analysis.
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- Scott D Gorman
- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
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Asami S, Kallies W, Günther JC, Stavropoulou M, Glaser SJ, Sattler M. Ultrashort Broadband Cooperative Pulses for Multidimensional Biomolecular NMR Experiments. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:14498-14502. [PMID: 29508496 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201800220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2018] [Revised: 02/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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NMR spectroscopy at ultra-high magnetic fields requires improved radiofrequency (rf) pulses to cover the increased spectral bandwidth. Optimized 90° pulse pairs were introduced as Ramsey-type cooperative (Ram-COOP) pulses for biomolecular NMR applications. The Ram-COOP element provides broadband excitation with enhanced sensitivity and reduced artifacts even at magnetic fields >1.0 GHz 1 H Larmor frequency (23 T). A pair of 30 μs Ram-COOP pulses achieves an excitation bandwidth of 100 kHz with a maximum rf field of 20 kHz, more than three-fold improved compared to excitation by rectangular pulses. Ram-COOP pulses exhibit little offset-dependent phase errors and are robust to rf inhomogeneity. The performance of the Ram-COOP element is experimentally confirmed with heteronuclear multidimensional NMR experiments, applied to proteins and nucleic acids. Ram-COOP provides broadband excitation at low rf field strength suitable for application at current magnetic fields and beyond 23 T.
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- Sam Asami
- Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM) at Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747, Garching, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747, Garching, Germany
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- Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM) at Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747, Garching, Germany
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- Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM) at Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747, Garching, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747, Garching, Germany
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- Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM) at Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747, Garching, Germany.,Institute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz-Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
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Iorgu AI, Baxter NJ, Cliff MJ, Waltho JP, Hay S, Scrutton NS. 1H, 15N and 13C backbone resonance assignments of pentaerythritol tetranitrate reductase from Enterobacter cloacae PB2. BIOMOLECULAR NMR ASSIGNMENTS 2018; 12:79-83. [PMID: 29168057 PMCID: PMC5869876 DOI: 10.1007/s12104-017-9791-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2017] [Accepted: 09/29/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Pentaerythritol tetranitrate reductase (PETNR) is a flavoenzyme possessing a broad substrate specificity and is a member of the Old Yellow Enzyme family of oxidoreductases. As well as having high potential as an industrial biocatalyst, PETNR is an excellent model system for studying hydrogen transfer reactions. Mechanistic studies performed with PETNR using stopped-flow methods have shown that tunneling contributes towards hydride transfer from the NAD(P)H coenzyme to the flavin mononucleotide (FMN) cofactor and fast protein dynamics have been inferred to facilitate this catalytic step. Herein, we report the near-complete 1H, 15N and 13C backbone resonance assignments of PETNR in a stoichiometric complex with the FMN cofactor in its native oxidized form, which were obtained using heteronuclear multidimensional NMR spectroscopy. A total of 97% of all backbone resonances were assigned, with 333 out of a possible 344 residues assigned in the 1H-15N TROSY spectrum. This is the first report of an NMR structural study of a flavoenzyme from the Old Yellow Enzyme family and it lays the foundation for future investigations of functional dynamics in hydride transfer catalytic mechanism.
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- Andreea I Iorgu
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK
- Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK
- Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK.
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Schlippenbach TV, Oefner PJ, Gronwald W. Systematic Evaluation of Non-Uniform Sampling Parameters in the Targeted Analysis of Urine Metabolites by 1H, 1H 2D NMR Spectroscopy. Sci Rep 2018; 8:4249. [PMID: 29523811 PMCID: PMC5844889 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-22541-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2017] [Accepted: 02/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Non-uniform sampling (NUS) allows the accelerated acquisition of multidimensional NMR spectra. The aim of this contribution was the systematic evaluation of the impact of various quantitative NUS parameters on the accuracy and precision of 2D NMR measurements of urinary metabolites. Urine aliquots spiked with varying concentrations (15.6-500.0 µM) of tryptophan, tyrosine, glutamine, glutamic acid, lactic acid, and threonine, which can only be resolved fully by 2D NMR, were used to assess the influence of the sampling scheme, reconstruction algorithm, amount of omitted data points, and seed value on the quantitative performance of NUS in 1H,1H-TOCSY and 1H,1H-COSY45 NMR spectroscopy. Sinusoidal Poisson-gap sampling and a compressed sensing approach employing the iterative re-weighted least squares method for spectral reconstruction allowed a 50% reduction in measurement time while maintaining sufficient quantitative accuracy and precision for both types of homonuclear 2D NMR spectroscopy. Together with other advances in instrument design, such as state-of-the-art cryogenic probes, use of 2D NMR spectroscopy in large biomedical cohort studies seems feasible.
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- Trixi von Schlippenbach
- Institute of Functional Genomics, University of Regensburg, Am BioPark 9, 93053, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Functional Genomics, University of Regensburg, Am BioPark 9, 93053, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Functional Genomics, University of Regensburg, Am BioPark 9, 93053, Regensburg, Germany.
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Zambrello MA, Schuyler AD, Maciejewski MW, Delaglio F, Bezsonova I, Hoch JC. Nonuniform sampling in multidimensional NMR for improving spectral sensitivity. Methods 2018. [PMID: 29522805 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2018.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The development of multidimensional NMR spectroscopy enabled an explosion of structural and dynamical investigations on proteins and other biomacromolecules. Practical limitations on data sampling, based on the Jeener paradigm of parametric sampling of indirect time domains, have long placed limits on resolution in the corresponding frequency dimensions. The emergence of nonuniform sampling (NUS) in indirect time dimensions circumvents those limitations, affording high resolution spectra from short data records collected in practically realized measurement times. In addition to substantially improved resolution, NUS can also be exploited to improve sensitivity, with gains comparable to those obtained using cryogenically cooled probes. We describe a general approach for acquiring and processing multidimensional NUS NMR data for improving sensitivity.
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- Matthew A Zambrello
- UConn Health, Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030-3305, USA
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- UConn Health, Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030-3305, USA
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- UConn Health, Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030-3305, USA
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- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Maryland, 9600 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- UConn Health, Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030-3305, USA
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- UConn Health, Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030-3305, USA.
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Craft DL, Sonstrom RE, Rovnyak VG, Rovnyak D. Nonuniform sampling by quantiles. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2018; 288:109-121. [PMID: 29453083 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2018.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2017] [Revised: 01/24/2018] [Accepted: 01/24/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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A flexible strategy for choosing samples nonuniformly from a Nyquist grid using the concept of statistical quantiles is presented for broad classes of NMR experimentation. Quantile-directed scheduling is intuitive and flexible for any weighting function, promotes reproducibility and seed independence, and is generalizable to multiple dimensions. In brief, weighting functions are divided into regions of equal probability, which define the samples to be acquired. Quantile scheduling therefore achieves close adherence to a probability distribution function, thereby minimizing gaps for any given degree of subsampling of the Nyquist grid. A characteristic of quantile scheduling is that one-dimensional, weighted NUS schedules are deterministic, however higher dimensional schedules are similar within a user-specified jittering parameter. To develop unweighted sampling, we investigated the minimum jitter needed to disrupt subharmonic tracts, and show that this criterion can be met in many cases by jittering within 25-50% of the subharmonic gap. For nD-NUS, three supplemental components to choosing samples by quantiles are proposed in this work: (i) forcing the corner samples to ensure sampling to specified maximum values in indirect evolution times, (ii) providing an option to triangular backfill sampling schedules to promote dense/uniform tracts at the beginning of signal evolution periods, and (iii) providing an option to force the edges of nD-NUS schedules to be identical to the 1D quantiles. Quantile-directed scheduling meets the diverse needs of current NUS experimentation, but can also be used for future NUS implementations such as off-grid NUS and more. A computer program implementing these principles (a.k.a. QSched) in 1D- and 2D-NUS is available under the general public license.
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- D Levi Craft
- Department of Chemistry, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837, United States
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- University of Virginia School of Nursing, Charlottesville, VA 22908, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837, United States.
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Assembly of phospholipid nanodiscs of controlled size for structural studies of membrane proteins by NMR. Nat Protoc 2017; 13:79-98. [PMID: 29215632 DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2017.094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Suitable membrane mimetics are crucial to the performance of structural and functional studies of membrane proteins. Phospholipid nanodiscs (formed when a membrane scaffold protein encircles a small portion of a lipid bilayer) have native-like membrane properties. These have been used for a variety of functional studies, but structural studies by high-resolution solution-state NMR spectroscopy of membrane proteins in commonly used nanodiscs of 10-nm diameter were limited by the high molecular weight of these particles, which caused unfavorably large NMR line widths. We have recently constructed truncated versions of the membrane scaffold protein, allowing the preparation of a range of stepwise-smaller nanodiscs (6- to 8-nm diameter) to overcome this limitation. Here, we present a protocol on the assembly of phospholipid nanodiscs of various sizes for structural studies of membrane proteins with solution-state NMR spectroscopy. We describe specific isotope-labeling schemes required for working with large membrane protein systems in nanodiscs, and provide guidelines on the setup of NMR non-uniform sampling (NUS) data acquisition and high-resolution NMR spectra reconstruction. We discuss critical points and pitfalls relating to optimization of nanodiscs for NMR spectroscopy and outline a strategy for the high-resolution structure determination and positioning of isotope-labeled membrane proteins in nanodiscs using nuclear Overhauser enhancement spectroscopy (NOESY) spectroscopy, residual dipolar couplings (RDCs) and paramagnetic relaxation enhancements (PREs). Depending on the target protein of interest, nanodisc assembly and purification can be achieved within 12-24 h. Although the focus of this protocol is on protein NMR, these nanodiscs can also be used for (cryo-) electron microscopy (EM) and small-angle X-ray and neutron-scattering studies.
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Zambrello MA, Maciejewski MW, Schuyler AD, Weatherby G, Hoch JC. Robust and transferable quantification of NMR spectral quality using IROC analysis. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2017; 285:37-46. [PMID: 29102819 PMCID: PMC5731825 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2017.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2017] [Revised: 10/12/2017] [Accepted: 10/13/2017] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Non-Fourier methods are increasingly utilized in NMR spectroscopy because of their ability to handle nonuniformly-sampled data. However, non-Fourier methods present unique challenges due to their nonlinearity, which can produce nonrandom noise and render conventional metrics for spectral quality such as signal-to-noise ratio unreliable. The lack of robust and transferable metrics (i.e. applicable to methods exhibiting different nonlinearities) has hampered comparison of non-Fourier methods and nonuniform sampling schemes, preventing the identification of best practices. We describe a novel method, in situ receiver operating characteristic analysis (IROC), for characterizing spectral quality based on the Receiver Operating Characteristic curve. IROC utilizes synthetic signals added to empirical data as "ground truth", and provides several robust scalar-valued metrics for spectral quality. This approach avoids problems posed by nonlinear spectral estimates, and provides a versatile quantitative means of characterizing many aspects of spectral quality. We demonstrate applications to parameter optimization in Fourier and non-Fourier spectral estimation, critical comparison of different methods for spectrum analysis, and optimization of nonuniform sampling schemes. The approach will accelerate the discovery of optimal approaches to nonuniform sampling experiment design and non-Fourier spectrum analysis for multidimensional NMR.
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- Matthew A Zambrello
- UConn Health, Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, 263 Farmington Ave., Farmington, CT 06030-3305, USA
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- UConn Health, Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, 263 Farmington Ave., Farmington, CT 06030-3305, USA
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- UConn Health, Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, 263 Farmington Ave., Farmington, CT 06030-3305, USA
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- UConn Health, Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, 263 Farmington Ave., Farmington, CT 06030-3305, USA
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- UConn Health, Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, 263 Farmington Ave., Farmington, CT 06030-3305, USA.
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Schulte M, Stoldt M, Neudecker P, Pietruszka J, Willbold D, Panwalkar V. 1H, 13C, and 15N backbone and sidechain resonance assignments of a monomeric variant of E. coli deoxyribose-5-phosphate aldolase. BIOMOLECULAR NMR ASSIGNMENTS 2017; 11:197-201. [PMID: 28560616 DOI: 10.1007/s12104-017-9747-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2017] [Accepted: 05/29/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Deoxyribose-5-phosphate aldolase (DERA) catalyses the reversible conversion of 2-deoxyribose-5-phosphate (dR5P) into glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate (G3P) and acetaldehyde. For industrial applications, this enzyme is used in organic synthesis for aldol reactions between acetaldehyde as a donor and a wide range of aldehydes as acceptors. Here, we present a near complete set of sequence-specific 1H, 13C and 15N resonance assignments of a 28 kDa monomeric variant of the Escherichia coli DERA. These assignments provide the basis for ongoing structural and dynamic analysis of DERA substrate specificity.
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- Marianne Schulte
- ICS-6 (Strukturbiochemie), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany
- Institut für Physikalische Biologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- ICS-6 (Strukturbiochemie), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany
- Institut für Physikalische Biologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- ICS-6 (Strukturbiochemie), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany
- Institut für Physikalische Biologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Heinrich-Heine-Universität im Forschungszentrum Jülich, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences IBG-1: Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- ICS-6 (Strukturbiochemie), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany
- Institut für Physikalische Biologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- ICS-6 (Strukturbiochemie), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany.
- Institut für Physikalische Biologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Serimbetov Z, Baxter NJ, Cliff MJ, Waltho JP. 1H, 15N, 13C backbone resonance assignments of human phosphoglycerate kinase in a transition state analogue complex with ADP, 3-phosphoglycerate and magnesium trifluoride. BIOMOLECULAR NMR ASSIGNMENTS 2017; 11:251-256. [PMID: 28866776 PMCID: PMC5594045 DOI: 10.1007/s12104-017-9758-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2017] [Accepted: 08/05/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Human phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) is an energy generating glycolytic enzyme that catalyses the transfer of a phosphoryl group from 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate (BPG) to ADP producing 3-phosphoglycerate (3PG) and ATP. PGK is composed of two α/β Rossmann-fold domains linked by a central α-helix and the active site is located in the cleft formed between the N-domain which binds BPG or 3PG, and the C-domain which binds the nucleotides ADP or ATP. Domain closure is required to bring the two substrates into close proximity for phosphoryl transfer to occur, however previous structural studies involving a range of native substrates and substrate analogues only yielded open or partly closed PGK complexes. X-ray crystallography using magnesium trifluoride (MgF3-) as a isoelectronic and near-isosteric mimic of the transferring phosphoryl group (PO3-), together with 3PG and ADP has been successful in trapping human PGK in a fully closed transition state analogue (TSA) complex. In this work we report the 1H, 15N and 13C backbone resonance assignments of human PGK in the solution conformation of the fully closed PGK:3PG:MgF3:ADP TSA complex. Assignments were obtained by heteronuclear multidimensional NMR spectroscopy. In total, 97% of all backbone resonances were assigned in the complex, with 385 out of a possible 399 residues assigned in the 1H-15N TROSY spectrum. Prediction of solution secondary structure from a chemical shift analysis using the TALOS-N webserver is in good agreement with the published X-ray crystal structure of this complex.
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- Zhalgas Serimbetov
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK.
- Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK.
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK.
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK.
- Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK.
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Sugitani N, Voehler MW, Roh MS, Topolska-Woś AM, Chazin WJ. Analysis of DNA binding by human factor xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group A (XPA) provides insight into its interactions with nucleotide excision repair substrates. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:16847-16857. [PMID: 28860187 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.800078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2017] [Revised: 08/31/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) complementation group A (XPA) is an essential scaffolding protein in the multiprotein nucleotide excision repair (NER) machinery. The interaction of XPA with DNA is a core function of this protein; a number of mutations in the DNA-binding domain (DBD) are associated with XP disease. Although structures of the central globular domain of human XPA and data on binding of DNA substrates have been reported, the structural basis for XPA's DNA-binding activity remains unknown. X-ray crystal structures of the central globular domain of yeast XPA (Rad14) with lesion-containing DNA duplexes have provided valuable insights, but the DNA substrates used for this study do not correspond to the substrates of XPA as it functions within the NER machinery. To better understand the DNA-binding activity of human XPA in NER, we used NMR to investigate the interaction of its DBD with a range of DNA substrates. We found that XPA binds different single-stranded/double-stranded junction DNA substrates with a common surface. Comparisons of our NMR-based mapping of binding residues with the previously reported Rad14-DNA crystal structures revealed similarities and differences in substrate binding between XPA and Rad14. This includes direct evidence for DNA contacts to the residues extending C-terminally from the globular core, which are lacking in the Rad14 construct. Moreover, mutation of the XPA residue corresponding to Phe-262 in Rad14, previously reported as being critical for DNA binding, had only a moderate effect on the DNA-binding activity of XPA. The DNA-binding properties of several disease-associated mutations in the DBD were investigated. These results suggest that for XPA mutants exhibiting altered DNA-binding properties, a correlation exists between the extent of reduction in DNA-binding affinity and the severity of symptoms in XP patients.
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- Norie Sugitani
- From the Departments of Chemistry and.,the Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-7917
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- From the Departments of Chemistry and.,the Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-7917
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- the Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-7917.,Biochemistry and
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- From the Departments of Chemistry and .,the Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-7917.,Biochemistry and
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Hyberts SG, Robson SA, Wagner G. Interpolating and extrapolating with hmsIST: seeking a t max for optimal sensitivity, resolution and frequency accuracy. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2017; 68:139-154. [PMID: 28332026 PMCID: PMC5614452 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-017-0103-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2017] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Non-Uniform Sampling has the potential to exploit the optimal resolution of high-field NMR instruments. This is not possible in 3D and 4D NMR experiments when using traditional uniform sampling due to the long overall measurement time. Nominally, uniformly sampled time domain data acquired to a maximum evolution time tmax can be extended to high resolution via a virtual maximum evolution time t*max while extrapolating with linear prediction or iterative soft thresholding (IST). At the high resolution obtainable with extrapolation of US data, however, the accuracy of peak positions is compromised as observed when comparing inter- and intra-residue peaks in a 3D HNCA experiment. However, the accuracy of peak positions is largely improved by spreading the same number of acquired time domain data points non-uniformly over a larger evolution time to an optimal tmax followed by extrapolation to a total t*max and processing the data with an appropriate reconstruction method, such as hmsIST. To explore the optimum value of experimentally measured tmax to be reached non-uniformly with a given number of sampling points we have created test situations of time-equivalent experiments and evaluate sensitivity and accuracy of peak positions. Here we use signal-to-maximum-noise ratio as the decisive measure of sensitivity. We find that both sensitivity and resolution are optimal when PoissonGap sampling to a tmax of about ½*T2*. Digital resolution is further enhanced by extrapolating the range of acquired time domain data to 2*T2* but without measuring experimental points beyond ½*T2*.
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- Sven G Hyberts
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
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Ying J, Delaglio F, Torchia DA, Bax A. Sparse multidimensional iterative lineshape-enhanced (SMILE) reconstruction of both non-uniformly sampled and conventional NMR data. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2017; 68:101-118. [PMID: 27866371 PMCID: PMC5438302 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-016-0072-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 186] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2016] [Accepted: 10/25/2016] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Implementation of a new algorithm, SMILE, is described for reconstruction of non-uniformly sampled two-, three- and four-dimensional NMR data, which takes advantage of the known phases of the NMR spectrum and the exponential decay of underlying time domain signals. The method is very robust with respect to the chosen sampling protocol and, in its default mode, also extends the truncated time domain signals by a modest amount of non-sampled zeros. SMILE can likewise be used to extend conventional uniformly sampled data, as an effective multidimensional alternative to linear prediction. The program is provided as a plug-in to the widely used NMRPipe software suite, and can be used with default parameters for mainstream application, or with user control over the iterative process to possibly further improve reconstruction quality and to lower the demand on computational resources. For large data sets, the method is robust and demonstrated for sparsities down to ca 1%, and final all-real spectral sizes as large as 300 Gb. Comparison between fully sampled, conventionally processed spectra and randomly selected NUS subsets of this data shows that the reconstruction quality approaches the theoretical limit in terms of peak position fidelity and intensity. SMILE essentially removes the noise-like appearance associated with the point-spread function of signals that are a default of five-fold above the noise level, but impacts the actual thermal noise in the NMR spectra only minimally. Therefore, the appearance and interpretation of SMILE-reconstructed spectra is very similar to that of fully sampled spectra generated by Fourier transformation.
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- Jinfa Ying
- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Digestive and Diabetic and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
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- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Maryland, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA
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- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Digestive and Diabetic and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
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Panwalkar V, Neudecker P, Willbold D, Dingley AJ. Multiple WW domains of Nedd4-1 undergo conformational exchange that is quenched upon peptide binding. FEBS Lett 2017; 591:1573-1583. [DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.12664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2017] [Revised: 04/26/2017] [Accepted: 04/26/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Vineet Panwalkar
- ICS-6 (Strukturbiochemie); Forschungszentrum Jülich; Germany
- Institut für Physikalische Biologie; Heinrich-Heine-Universität; Düsseldorf Germany
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- ICS-6 (Strukturbiochemie); Forschungszentrum Jülich; Germany
- Institut für Physikalische Biologie; Heinrich-Heine-Universität; Düsseldorf Germany
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- ICS-6 (Strukturbiochemie); Forschungszentrum Jülich; Germany
- Institut für Physikalische Biologie; Heinrich-Heine-Universität; Düsseldorf Germany
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- ICS-6 (Strukturbiochemie); Forschungszentrum Jülich; Germany
- Institut für Physikalische Biologie; Heinrich-Heine-Universität; Düsseldorf Germany
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