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Lorton BM, Warren C, Ilyas H, Nandigrami P, Hegde S, Cahill S, Lehman SM, Shabanowitz J, Hunt DF, Fiser A, Cowburn D, Shechter D. Glutamylation of Npm2 and Nap1 acidic disordered regions increases DNA mimicry and histone chaperone efficiency. iScience 2024; 27:109458. [PMID: 38571760 PMCID: PMC10987829 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Revised: 01/08/2024] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024] Open
Abstract
Histone chaperones-structurally diverse, non-catalytic proteins enriched with acidic intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs)-protect histones from spurious nucleic acid interactions and guide their deposition into and out of nucleosomes. Despite their conservation and ubiquity, the function of the chaperone acidic IDRs remains unclear. Here, we show that the Xenopus laevis Npm2 and Nap1 acidic IDRs are substrates for TTLL4 (Tubulin Tyrosine Ligase Like 4)-catalyzed post-translational glutamate-glutamylation. We demonstrate that to bind, stabilize, and deposit histones into nucleosomes, chaperone acidic IDRs function as DNA mimetics. Our biochemical, computational, and biophysical studies reveal that glutamylation of these chaperone polyelectrolyte acidic stretches functions to enhance DNA electrostatic mimicry, promoting the binding and stabilization of H2A/H2B heterodimers and facilitating nucleosome assembly. This discovery provides insights into both the previously unclear function of the acidic IDRs and the regulatory role of post-translational modifications in chromatin dynamics.
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Affiliation(s)
- Benjamin M. Lorton
- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
- Department of Systems & Computational Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Departments of Chemistry and Pathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
- Department of Systems & Computational Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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Lorton BM, Warren C, Ilyas H, Nandigrami P, Hegde S, Cahill S, Lehman SM, Shabanowitz J, Hunt DF, Fiser A, Cowburn D, Shechter D. Glutamylation of Npm2 and Nap1 acidic disordered regions increases DNA charge mimicry to enhance chaperone efficiency. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.09.18.558337. [PMID: 37790377 PMCID: PMC10542154 DOI: 10.1101/2023.09.18.558337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/05/2023]
Abstract
Histone chaperones-structurally diverse, non-catalytic proteins enriched with acidic intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs)-protect histones from spurious nucleic acid interactions and guide their deposition into and out of nucleosomes. Despite their conservation and ubiquity, the function of the chaperone acidic IDRs remains unclear. Here, we show that the Xenopus laevis Npm2 and Nap1 acidic IDRs are substrates for TTLL4 (Tubulin Tyrosine Ligase Like 4)-catalyzed post-translational glutamate-glutamylation. We demonstrate that, to bind, stabilize, and deposit histones into nucleosomes, chaperone acidic IDRs function as DNA mimetics. Our biochemical, computational, and biophysical studies reveal that glutamylation of these chaperone polyelectrolyte acidic stretches functions to enhance DNA electrostatic mimicry, promoting the binding and stabilization of H2A/H2B heterodimers and facilitating nucleosome assembly. This discovery provides insights into both the previously unclear function of the acidic IDRs and the regulatory role of post-translational modifications in chromatin dynamics.
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- Benjamin M. Lorton
- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
- Current address: Merck & Co., Inc., 2025 E Scott Ave., Rahway, NJ 07065
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
- Department of Systems & Computational Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904
- GSK, Collegeville, Pennsylvania 19426
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904
- Departments of Chemistry and Pathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
- Department of Systems & Computational Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
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Chiliveri SC, Shen Y, Baber JL, Ying J, Sagar V, Wistow G, Anfinrud P, Bax A. Experimental NOE, Chemical Shift, and Proline Isomerization Data Provide Detailed Insights into Amelotin Oligomerization. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:18063-18074. [PMID: 37548612 PMCID: PMC10436275 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c05710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 08/08/2023]
Abstract
Amelotin is an intrinsically disordered protein (IDP) rich in Pro residues and is involved in hydroxyapatite mineralization. It rapidly oligomerizes under physiological conditions of pH and pressure but reverts to its monomeric IDP state at elevated pressure. We identified a 105-residue segment of the protein that becomes ordered upon oligomerization, and we used pressure-jump NMR spectroscopy to measure long-range NOE contacts that exist exclusively in the oligomeric NMR-invisible state. The kinetics of oligomerization and dissociation were probed at the residue-specific level, revealing that the oligomerization process is initiated in the C-terminal half of the segment. Using pressure-jump NMR, the degree of order in the oligomer at the sites of Pro residues was probed by monitoring changes in cis/trans equilibria relative to the IDP state after long-term equilibration under oligomerizing conditions. Whereas most Pro residues revert to trans in the oligomeric state, Pro-49 favors a cis configuration and three Pro residues retain an unchanged cis fraction, pointing to their local lack of order in the oligomeric state. NOE contacts and secondary 13C chemical shifts in the oligomeric state indicate the presence of an 11-residue α-helix, preceded by a small intramolecular antiparallel β-sheet, with slower formation of long-range intermolecular interactions to N-terminal residues. Although none of the models generated by AlphaFold2 for the amelotin monomer was consistent with experimental data, subunits of a hexamer generated by AlphaFold-Multimer satisfied intramolecular NOE and chemical shift data and may provide a starting point for developing atomic models for the oligomeric state.
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- Sai Chaitanya Chiliveri
- Laboratory
of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive
and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes
of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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- Laboratory
of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive
and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes
of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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- Laboratory
of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive
and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes
of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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- Laboratory
of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive
and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes
of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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- Section
on Molecular Structure and Function, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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- Section
on Molecular Structure and Function, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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- Laboratory
of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive
and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes
of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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- Laboratory
of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive
and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes
of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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Saw WG, Le KCM, Shin J, Kwek JHM, Wong CF, Ragunathan P, Fong TC, Müller V, Grüber G. Atomic insights of an up and down conformation of the Acinetobacter baumannii F 1 -ATPase subunit ε and deciphering the residues critical for ATP hydrolysis inhibition and ATP synthesis. FASEB J 2023; 37:e23040. [PMID: 37318822 DOI: 10.1096/fj.202300175rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2023] [Revised: 05/23/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
The Acinetobacter baumannii F1 FO -ATP synthase (α3 :β3 :γ:δ:ε:a:b2 :c10 ), which is essential for this strictly respiratory opportunistic human pathogen, is incapable of ATP-driven proton translocation due to its latent ATPase activity. Here, we generated and purified the first recombinant A. baumannii F1 -ATPase (AbF1 -ATPase) composed of subunits α3 :β3 :γ:ε, showing latent ATP hydrolysis. A 3.0 Å cryo-electron microscopy structure visualizes the architecture and regulatory element of this enzyme, in which the C-terminal domain of subunit ε (Abε) is present in an extended position. An ε-free AbF1 -ɑβγ complex generated showed a 21.5-fold ATP hydrolysis increase, demonstrating that Abε is the major regulator of AbF1 -ATPase's latent ATP hydrolysis. The recombinant system enabled mutational studies of single amino acid substitutions within Abε or its interacting subunits β and γ, respectively, as well as C-terminal truncated mutants of Abε, providing a detailed picture of Abε's main element for the self-inhibition mechanism of ATP hydrolysis. Using a heterologous expression system, the importance of Abε's C-terminus in ATP synthesis of inverted membrane vesicles, including AbF1 FO -ATP synthases, has been explored. In addition, we are presenting the first NMR solution structure of the compact form of Abε, revealing interaction of its N-terminal β-barrel and C-terminal ɑ-hairpin domain. A double mutant of Abε highlights critical residues for Abε's domain-domain formation which is important also for AbF1 -ATPase's stability. Abε does not bind MgATP, which is described to regulate the up and down movements in other bacterial counterparts. The data are compared to regulatory elements of F1 -ATPases in bacteria, chloroplasts, and mitochondria to prevent wasting of ATP.
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- Wuan-Geok Saw
- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
- NTU Institute of Structural Biology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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Cullen LE, Marchiori A, Rovnyak D. Revisiting aliasing noise to build more robust sparsity in nonuniform sampling 2D-NMR. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2023; 61:337-344. [PMID: 36852760 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.5340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2023] [Revised: 02/17/2023] [Accepted: 02/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
Abstract
A continuing priority is to better understand and resolve the barriers to using nonuniform sampling (NUS) in challenging small molecule 2D NMR with subsampling of the Nyquist grid (a.k.a. coverage) below 50%. Possible causes for artifacts, often termed sampling noise, in 1D-NUS of 2D-NMR are revisited here, where weak aliasing artifacts are a growing concern as NUS becomes sparser. As NUS schedules become sparser, repeat sequences are shown to occur in the dense sampling regions early in the sampling schedule, causing aliasing artifacts in resulting spectra. An intuitive screening approach that detects patterns in sampling schedules based on a convolutional filter was implemented. Sampling schedules that have low proportions of repeat sequences show significantly reduced artifacts. Another route to remediate early repeat sequences is a short period of uniform sampling at the beginning of the schedule, which also leads to a significant suppression of unwanted sampling noise. Combining the repeat sequence filter with a survey of HSQC and LR-HSQMBC experiments, it is shown that very short initial uniform regions of about 2%-4% of the sampling space can ameliorate repeat sequences in sparser NUS and lead to robust spectral reconstructions by iterative soft thresholding (IST), even when the point spread function is unchanged. Using the principles developed here, a suite of 'one-click' schedules was developed for broader use.
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- Lucille E Cullen
- Department of Chemistry, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 17837, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 17837, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 17837, USA
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Craft DL, Schuyler AD. nus-tool: A unified program for generating and analyzing sample schedules for nonuniformly sampled NMR experiments. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2023; 352:107458. [PMID: 37146525 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2023.107458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2023] [Revised: 04/11/2023] [Accepted: 04/15/2023] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
Abstract
Increases in digital resolution achieved by high-field NMR require increases in spectral width. Additionally, the ability to resolve two overlapping peaks requires a sufficiently long acquisition time. These constraints combine, so that achieving high resolution spectra on high-field magnets requires long experiment times when employing uniform sampling and Fourier Transform processing. These limitations may be addressed by using nonuniform sampling (NUS), but the complexity of the parameter space across the variety of available NUS schemes greatly hinders the establishment of optimal approaches and best practices. We address these challenges with nus-tool, which is a software package for generating and analyzing NUS schedules. The nus-tool software internally implements random sampling and exponentially biased sampling. Through pre-configured plug-ins, it also provides access to quantile sampling and Poisson gap sampling. The software computes the relative sensitivity, mean evolution time, point spread function, and peak-to-sidelobe ratio; all of which can be determined for a candidate sample schedule prior to running an experiment to verify expected sensitivity, resolution, and artifact suppression. The nus-tool package is freely available on the NMRbox platform through an interactive GUI and via the command line, which is especially useful for scripted workflows that investigate the effectiveness of various NUS schemes.
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- D Levi Craft
- UConn Health, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Farmington 06030, CT, USA
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- UConn Health, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Farmington 06030, CT, USA.
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Shin J, Harikishore A, Wong CF, Ragunathan P, Thomas D, Grüber G. Atomic solution structure of Mycobacterium abscessus F-ATP synthase subunit ε and identification of Ep1MabF1 as a targeted inhibitor. FEBS J 2022; 289:6308-6323. [PMID: 35612822 PMCID: PMC10609657 DOI: 10.1111/febs.16536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2021] [Revised: 04/27/2022] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Mycobacterium abscessus (Mab) is a nontuberculous mycobacterium of increasing clinical relevance. The rapidly growing opportunistic pathogen is intrinsically multi-drug-resistant and causes difficult-to-cure lung disease. Adenosine triphosphate, generated by the essential F1 FO ATP synthase, is the major energy currency of the pathogen, bringing this enzyme complex into focus for the discovery of novel antimycobacterial compounds. Coupling of proton translocation through the membrane-embedded FO sector and ATP formation in the F1 headpiece of the bipartite F1 FO ATP synthase occurs via the central stalk subunits γ and ε. Here, we used solution NMR spectroscopy to resolve the first atomic structure of the Mab subunit ε (Mabε), showing that it consists of an N-terminal β-barrel domain (NTD) and a helix-loop-helix motif in its C-terminal domain (CTD). NMR relaxation measurements of Mabε shed light on dynamic epitopes and amino acids relevant for coupling processes within the protein. We describe structural differences between other mycobacterial ε subunits and Mabε's lack of ATP binding. Based on the structural insights, we conducted an in silico inhibitor screen. One hit, Ep1MabF1, was shown to inhibit the growth of Mab and bacterial ATP synthesis. NMR titration experiments and docking studies described the binding epitopes of Ep1MabF1 on Mabε. Together, our data demonstrate the potential to develop inhibitors targeting the ε subunit of Mab F1 FO ATP synthase to interrupt the coupling process.
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- Joon Shin
- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637551, Republic of Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637551, Republic of Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637551, Republic of Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637551, Republic of Singapore
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- Center for Discovery and Innovation, Hackensack Meridian Health, 111 Ideation Way, Nutley, NJ 07110, USA
- Department of Medical Sciences, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, 123 Metro Boulevard, Nutley, NJ 07110, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown University, 3900 Reservoir Road NW Medical-Dental Building, Washington, DC 20007, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637551, Republic of Singapore
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Shin J, Singal B, Grüber A, Wong DMK, Ragunathan P, Grüber G. Atomic structure of the regulatory TGS domain of Rel protein from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its interaction with deacylated tRNA. FEBS Lett 2021; 595:3006-3018. [PMID: 34808002 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14236] [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: 07/07/2021] [Revised: 11/07/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
The stringent response is critical for the survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) under nutrient starvation. The mechanism is mediated by a GTP pyrophosphokinase known as Rel, containing N-terminal synthetase and hydrolase domains and C-terminal regulatory domains, which include the TGS domain (ThrRS, GTPase, and SpoT proteins) that has been proposed to activate the synthetase domain via interaction with deacylated tRNA. Here, we present the NMR solution structure of the Mtb Rel TGS domain (MtRel TGS), consisting of five antiparallel β-strands and one helix-loop-helix motif. The interaction of MtRel TGS with deacylated tRNA is shown, indicating the critical amino acids of MtRel TGS in tRNA binding, and presenting the first structural evidence of MtRel TGS binding to deacylated tRNA in solution in the absence of the translational machinery.
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- Joon Shin
- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
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Robertson A, Ying J, Bax A. Four-dimensional NOE-NOE spectroscopy of SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease to facilitate resonance assignment and structural analysis. MAGNETIC RESONANCE (GOTTINGEN, GERMANY) 2021; 2:129-138. [PMID: 37904772 PMCID: PMC10539749 DOI: 10.5194/mr-2-129-2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2021] [Accepted: 04/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/01/2023]
Abstract
Resonance assignment and structural studies of larger proteins by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) can be challenging when exchange broadening, multiple stable conformations, and 1 H back-exchange of the fully deuterated chain pose problems. These difficulties arise for the SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease, a homodimer of 2 × 306 residues. We demonstrate that the combination of four-dimensional (4D) TROSY-NOESY-TROSY spectroscopy and 4D NOESY-NOESY-TROSY spectroscopy provides an effective tool for delineating the 1 H-1 H dipolar relaxation network. In combination with detailed structural information obtained from prior X-ray crystallography work, such data are particularly useful for extending and validating resonance assignments as well as for probing structural features.
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- Angus J. Robertson
- 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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Steimers E, Matviychuk Y, Friebel A, Münnemann K, von Harbou E, Holland DJ. A comparison of non-uniform sampling and model-based analysis of NMR spectra for reaction monitoring. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2021; 59:221-236. [PMID: 32892425 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.5095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Revised: 08/27/2020] [Accepted: 08/28/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is widely used for applications in the field of reaction and process monitoring. When complex reaction mixtures are studied, NMR spectra often suffer from low resolution and overlapping peaks, which places high demands on the method used to acquire or to analyse the NMR spectra. This work presents two NMR methods that help overcome these challenges: 2D non-uniform sampling (NUS) and a recently proposed model-based fitting approach for the analysis of 1D NMR spectra. We use the reaction of glycerol with acetic acid as it produces five reaction products that are all chemically similar and, hence, challenging to distinguish. The reaction was measured on a high-field 400 MHz NMR spectrometer with a 2D NUS-heteronuclear single quantum coherence (HSQC) and a conventional 1D 1 H NMR sequence. We show that comparable results can be obtained using both 2D and 1D methods, if the 2D volume integrals of the 2D NUS-HSQC NMR spectra are calibrated. Further, we monitor the same reaction on a low-field 43 MHz benchtop NMR spectrometer and analyse the acquired 1D 1 H NMR spectra with the model-based approach and with partial least-squares regression (PLS-R), both trained using a single, calibrated data set. Both methods achieve results that are in good quantitative agreement with the high-field data. However, the model-based method was found to be less sensitive to the training data set used than PLS-R and, hence, was more robust when the reaction conditions differed from that of the training data.
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- Ellen Steimers
- Laboratory of Engineering Thermodynamics (LTD), Technische Universität Kaiserslautern (TUK), Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Laboratory of Engineering Thermodynamics (LTD), Technische Universität Kaiserslautern (TUK), Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Laboratory of Engineering Thermodynamics (LTD), Technische Universität Kaiserslautern (TUK), Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Laboratory of Engineering Thermodynamics (LTD), Technische Universität Kaiserslautern (TUK), Kaiserslautern, Germany
- BASF SE, Research and Development, Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Kakeshpour T, Ramanujam V, Barnes CA, Shen Y, Ying J, Bax A. A lowly populated, transient β-sheet structure in monomeric Aβ 1-42 identified by multinuclear NMR of chemical denaturation. Biophys Chem 2020; 270:106531. [PMID: 33453683 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2020.106531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Revised: 12/08/2020] [Accepted: 12/13/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Chemical denaturation is a well-established approach for probing the equilibrium between folded and unfolded states of proteins. We demonstrate applicability of this method to the detection of a small population of a transiently folded structural element in a system that is often considered to be intrinsically fully disordered. The 1HN, 15N, 13Cα, and 13C' chemical shifts of Aβ1-40 and Aβ1-42 peptides and their M35-oxidized variants were monitored as a function of urea concentration and compared to analogous urea titrations of synthetic pentapeptides of homologous sequence. Fitting of the chemical shift titrations yields a 10 ± 1% population for a structured element at the C-terminus of Aβ1-42 that folds with a cooperativity of m = 0.06 kcal/mol·M. The fit also yields the chemical shifts of the folded state and, using a database search, for Aβ1-42 these shifts identified an antiparallel intramolecular β-sheet for residues I32-A42, linked by a type I' β-turn at G37 and G38. The structure is destabilized by oxidation of M35. Paramagnetic relaxation rates and two previously reported weak, medium-range NOE interactions are consistent with this transient β-sheet. Introduction of the requisite A42C mutation and tagging with MTSL resulted in a small stabilization of this β-sheet. Chemical shift analysis suggests a C-terminal β-sheet may be present in Aβ1-40 too, but the turn type at G37 is not type I'. The approach to derive Transient Structure from chemical Denaturation by NMR (TSD-NMR), demonstrated here for Aβ peptides, provides a sensitive tool for identifying the presence of lowly populated, transiently ordered elements in proteins that are considered to be intrinsically disordered, and permits extraction of structural data for such elements.
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- Tayeb Kakeshpour
- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Shin J, Singal B, Sony Subramanian Manimekalai M, Wei Chen M, Ragunathan P, Grüber G. Atomic structure of, and valine binding to the regulatory ACT domain of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rel protein. FEBS J 2020; 288:2377-2397. [PMID: 33067840 DOI: 10.1111/febs.15600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2020] [Revised: 09/14/2020] [Accepted: 10/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The stringent response, regulated by the bifunctional (p)ppGpp synthetase/hydrolase Rel in mycobacteria, is critical for long-term survival of the drug-tolerant dormant state of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. During amino acid starvation, MtRel senses a drop in amino acid concentration and synthesizes the messengers pppGpp and ppGpp, collectively called (p)ppGpp. Here, we investigate the role of the regulatory 'Aspartokinase, Chorismate mutase and TyrA' (ACT) domain in MtRel. Using NMR spectroscopy approaches, we report the high-resolution structure of dimeric MtRel ACT which selectively binds to valine out of all other branched-chain amino acids tested. A set of MtRel ACT mutants were generated to identify the residues required for maintaining the head-to-tail dimer. Through NMR titrations, we determined the crucial residues for binding of valine and show structural rearrangement of the MtRel ACT dimer in the presence of valine. This study suggests the direct involvement of amino acids in (p)ppGpp accumulation mediated by MtRel independent to interactions with stalled ribosomes. Database Structural data are available in the PDB database under the accession number 6LXG.
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- Joon Shin
- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore City, Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore City, Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore City, Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore City, Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore City, Singapore
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Becette OB, Zong G, Chen B, Taiwo KM, Case DA, Dayie TK. Solution NMR readily reveals distinct structural folds and interactions in doubly 13C- and 19F-labeled RNAs. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2020; 6:6/41/eabc6572. [PMID: 33028531 PMCID: PMC7541061 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abc6572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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RNAs form critical components of biological processes implicated in human diseases, making them attractive for small-molecule therapeutics. Expanding the sites accessible to nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy will provide atomic-level insights into RNA interactions. Here, we present an efficient strategy to introduce 19F-13C spin pairs into RNA by using a 5-fluorouridine-5'-triphosphate and T7 RNA polymerase-based in vitro transcription. Incorporating the 19F-13C label in two model RNAs produces linewidths that are twice as sharp as the commonly used 1H-13C spin pair. Furthermore, the high sensitivity of the 19F nucleus allows for clear delineation of helical and nonhelical regions as well as GU wobble and Watson-Crick base pairs. Last, the 19F-13C label enables rapid identification of a small-molecule binding pocket within human hepatitis B virus encapsidation signal epsilon (hHBV ε) RNA. We anticipate that the methods described herein will expand the size limitations of RNA NMR and aid with RNA-drug discovery efforts.
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- Owen B Becette
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20782, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20782, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20782, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20782, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20782, USA.
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Long Z, Opella SJ. 1H detection of heteronuclear dipolar oscillations with water suppression in single crystal peptide and oriented protein samples. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2020; 318:106793. [PMID: 32827996 PMCID: PMC8132951 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2020.106793] [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: 04/20/2020] [Revised: 07/02/2020] [Accepted: 07/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Oriented sample solid-state NMR is a complementary approach to protein structure determination with the distinct advantage that it can be applied to supramolecular assemblies, such as viruses and membrane proteins, under near-native conditions, which generally include high levels of hydration as found in living systems. Thus, in order to perform 1H detected versions of multi-dimensional experiments water suppression techniques must be integrated into the pulse sequences. For example, 1H-windowed detection of 1H-15N dipolar couplings enable multi-dimensional NMR experiments to be performed. Here we show that the addition of a solvent suppression pulse during the z-filter interval greatly improves the sensitivity of the experiments by suppressing the 1H signals from water present. This is demonstrated here with a crystal sample submerged in water and then extended to proteins. The combination of solvent-suppressed 1H detected PISEMO and the use of a strip shield-solenoid coil probe configuration provides a two-fold sensitivity enhancement in both the crystal sample and Pf1 coat protein sample compared to the 15N direct detection method. Here we also examine protein NMR line-widths and sensitivity enhancements in the context of window detected separated local field experiments for protein samples.
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- Zheng Long
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0307, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0307, United States.
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Roginkin MS, Ndukwe IE, Craft DL, Williamson RT, Reibarkh M, Martin GE, Rovnyak D. Developing nonuniform sampling strategies to improve sensitivity and resolution in 1,1-ADEQUATE experiments. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2020; 58:625-640. [PMID: 31912914 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.4995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2019] [Revised: 12/10/2019] [Accepted: 12/11/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Nonuniform sampling (NUS) strategies are developed for acquiring highly resolved 1,1-ADEQUATE spectra, in both conventional and homodecoupled (HD) variants with improved sensitivity. Specifically, the quantile-directed and Poisson gap methods were critically compared for distributing the samples nonuniformly, and the quantile schedules were further optimized for weighting. Both maximum entropy and iterative soft thresholding spectral estimation algorithms were evaluated. All NUS approaches were robust when the degree of data reduction is moderate, on the order of a 50% reduction of sampling points. Further sampling reduction by NUS is facilitated by using weighted schedules designed by the quantile method, which also suppresses sampling noise well. Seed independence and the ability to specify the sample weighting in quantile scheduling are important in optimizing NUS for 1,1-ADEQUATE data acquisition. Using NUS yields an improvement in sensitivity, while also making longer evolution times accessible that would be difficult or impractical to attain by uniform sampling. Theoretical predictions for the sensitivity enhancements in these experiments are in the range of 5-20%; NUS is shown to disambiguate weak signals, reveal some n JCC correlations obscured by noise, and improve signal strength relative to uniform sampling in the same experimental time. This work presents sample schedule development for applying NUS to challenging experiments. The schedules developed here are made available for general use and should facilitate the broader utilization of ADEQUATE experiments (including 1,1-, 1,n-, and HD- variants) for challenging structure elucidation problems.
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- Mark S Roginkin
- Department of Chemistry, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA
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- Merck Research Laboratories, Analytical Research and Development, Merck and Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA
- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA
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- Merck Research Laboratories, Analytical Research and Development, Merck and Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, USA
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- Merck Research Laboratories, Analytical Research and Development, Merck and Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA
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- Merck Research Laboratories, Analytical Research and Development, Merck and Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA
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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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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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Toh YK, Shin J, Balakrishna AM, Kamariah N, Grüber A, Eisenhaber F, Eisenhaber B, Grüber G. Effect of the additional cysteine 503 of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis (V583) alkylhydroperoxide reductase subunit F (AhpF) and the mechanism of AhpF and subunit C assembling. Free Radic Biol Med 2019; 138:10-22. [PMID: 31047989 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2019.04.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2018] [Revised: 04/17/2019] [Accepted: 04/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis alkyl hydroperoxide reductase complex (AhpR) with its subunits AhpC (EfAhpC) and AhpF (EfAhpF) is of paramount importance to restore redox homeostasis. Therefore, knowledge about this defense system is essential to understand its antibiotic-resistance and survival in hosts. Recently, we described the crystallographic structures of EfAhpC, the two-fold thioredoxin-like domain of EfAhpF, the novel phenomenon of swapping of the catalytic domains of EfAhpF as well as the unique linker length, connecting the catalytically active N-and C-terminal domains of EfAhpF. Here, using mutagenesis and enzymatic studies, we reveal the effect of an additional third cysteine (C503) in EfAhpF, which might optimize the functional adaptation of the E. faecalis enzyme under various physiological conditions. The crystal structure and solution NMR data of the engineered C503A mutant of the thioredoxin-like domain of EfAhpF were used to describe alterations in the environment of the additional cysteine residue during modulation of the redox-state. To glean insight into the epitope and mechanism of EfAhpF and -AhpC interaction as well as the electron transfer from the thioredoxin-like domain of EfAhpF to AhpC, NMR-titration experiments were performed, showing a coordinated disappearance of peaks in the thioredoxin-like domain of EfAhpF in the presence of full length EfAhpC, and indicating a stable EfAhpF-AhpC-complex. Combined with docking studies, the interacting residues of EfAhpF were identified and a mechanism of electron transfer of the EfAhpF donor to the electron acceptor EfAhpC is described.
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- Yew Kwang Toh
- Bioinformatics Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 30 Biopolis Street, #07-01 Matrix, Singapore, 138671, Republic of Singapore
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- Nanyang Technological University, School of Biological Sciences, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637551, Republic of Singapore
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- Nanyang Technological University, School of Biological Sciences, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637551, Republic of Singapore
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- Nanyang Technological University, School of Biological Sciences, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637551, Republic of Singapore
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- Nanyang Technological University, School of Biological Sciences, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637551, Republic of Singapore
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- Bioinformatics Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 30 Biopolis Street, #07-01 Matrix, Singapore, 138671, Republic of Singapore; School of Computer Science Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), 50 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637553, Republic of Singapore
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- Bioinformatics Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 30 Biopolis Street, #07-01 Matrix, Singapore, 138671, Republic of Singapore
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- Bioinformatics Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 30 Biopolis Street, #07-01 Matrix, Singapore, 138671, Republic of Singapore; Nanyang Technological University, School of Biological Sciences, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637551, Republic of Singapore.
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Nishida N, Ito Y, Shimada I. In situ structural biology using in-cell NMR. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2019; 1864:129364. [PMID: 31103749 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2019.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2019] [Revised: 05/10/2019] [Accepted: 05/13/2019] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND Accumulating evidence from the experimental and computational studies indicated that the functional properties of proteins are different between in vitro and living cells, raising the necessity to examine the protein structure under the native intracellular milieu. To gain structural information of the proteins inside the living cells at an atomic resolution, in-cell NMR method has been developed for the past two decades. SCOPE OF REVIEW In this review, we will overview the recent progress in the methodological developments and the biological applications of in-cell NMR, and discuss the advances and challenges in this filed. MAJOR CONCLUSIONS A number of methods were developed to enrich the isotope-labeled proteins inside the cells, enabling the in-cell NMR observation of bacterial cells as well as eukaryotic cells. In-cell NMR has been applied to various biological systems, including de novo structure determinations, protein/protein or protein/drug interactions, and monitoring of chemical reactions exerted by the endogenous enzymes. The bioreactor system, in which the cells in the NMR tube are perfused by fresh culture medium, enabled the long-term in-cell NMR measurements, and the real-time observations of intracellular responses upon external stimuli. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE In-cell NMR has become a unique technology for its ability to obtain the function-related structural information of the target proteins under the physiological or pathological cellular environments, which cannot be reconstituted in vitro.
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- Noritaka Nishida
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minamiosawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0373, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
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Simon B, Köstler H. Improving the sensitivity of FT-NMR spectroscopy by apodization weighted sampling. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2019; 73:155-165. [PMID: 31049777 PMCID: PMC6525709 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-019-00243-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2019] [Accepted: 03/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Apodization weighted acquisition is a simple approach to enhance the sensitivity of multidimensional NMR spectra by scaling the number of scans during acquisition of the indirect dimension(s). The signal content of the resulting spectra is identical to conventionally sampled data, yet the spectra show improved signal-to-noise ratios. There are no special requirements for data acquisition and processing: the time-domain data can be transformed with the same schemes used for conventionally recorded spectra, including Fourier transformation. The method is of general use in multidimensional liquid and solid state NMR experiments if the number of recorded transients per sampling point is bigger than the minimum required phase cycle of the pulse sequence.
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- Bernd Simon
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Structural and Computational Biology Unit, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital of Würzburg, Oberdürrbacher Str. 6, 97080, Würzburg, 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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Higman VA. Solid-state MAS NMR resonance assignment methods for proteins. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2018; 106-107:37-65. [PMID: 31047601 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2018.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2018] [Revised: 04/19/2018] [Accepted: 04/24/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The prerequisite to structural or functional studies of proteins by NMR is generally the assignment of resonances. Since the first assignment of proteins by solid-state MAS NMR was conducted almost two decades ago, a wide variety of different pulse sequences and methods have been proposed and continue to be developed. Traditionally, a variety of 2D and 3D 13C-detected experiments have been used for the assignment of backbone and side-chain 13C and 15N resonances. These methods have found widespread use across the field. But as the hardware has changed and higher spinning frequencies and magnetic fields are becoming available, the ability to use direct proton detection is opening up a new set of assignment methods based on triple-resonance experiments. This review describes solid-state MAS NMR assignment methods using carbon detection and proton detection at different deuteration levels. The use of different isotopic labelling schemes as an aid to assignment in difficult cases is discussed as well as the increasing number of software packages that support manual and automated resonance assignment.
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- Victoria A Higman
- Department of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TU, UK.
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Methyl NMR spectroscopy: Measurement of dynamics in viral RNA-directed RNA polymerases. Methods 2018; 148:100-114. [PMID: 29857193 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2018.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2018] [Revised: 05/22/2018] [Accepted: 05/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Measurement of nuclear spin relaxation provides a powerful approach to access information about biomolecular conformational dynamics over several orders of magnitude in timescale. In several cases this knowledge in combination with spatial information from three-dimensional structures yields unique insight into protein stability and the kinetics and thermodynamics of their interactions and function. However, due to intrinsic difficulties in studying large systems using solution state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) approaches, until recently these measurements were limited to small-to-medium-sized systems. However, the development of a wide range of novel strategies that allow the selective isotope labeling of methyl groups in proteins have allowed the exploitation of the unique relaxation properties of this spin-system. This has in turn enabled the extension of NMR approaches to high molecular weight proteins including a variety of enzymes and their complexes. Here, we recount our experiences in obtaining assignments of the methyl resonances for two representative members of a class of RNA-directed RNA polymerases (RdRps) encoded by bacteriophages of the Cystoviridae family. We demonstrate the utility of these methyl probes, limited in number for one case and more numerous for the other, to investigate the conformational dynamics of RdRps on the fast (ps-ns) and slow (μs-ms) timescales.
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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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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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Joon S, Ragunathan P, Sundararaman L, Nartey W, Kundu S, Manimekalai MSS, Bogdanović N, Dick T, Grüber G. The NMR solution structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis F-ATP synthase subunit ε provides new insight into energy coupling inside the rotary engine. FEBS J 2018; 285:1111-1128. [PMID: 29360236 DOI: 10.1111/febs.14392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2017] [Revised: 11/30/2017] [Accepted: 01/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mt) F1 F0 ATP synthase (α3 :β3 :γ:δ:ε:a:b:b':c9 ) is essential for the viability of growing and nongrowing persister cells of the pathogen. Here, we present the first NMR solution structure of Mtε, revealing an N-terminal β-barrel domain (NTD) and a C-terminal domain (CTD) composed of a helix-loop-helix with helix 1 and -2 being shorter compared to their counterparts in other bacteria. The C-terminal amino acids are oriented toward the NTD, forming a domain-domain interface between the NTD and CTD. The Mtε structure provides a novel mechanistic model of coupling c-ring- and ε rotation via a patch of hydrophobic residues in the NTD and residues of the CTD to the bottom of the catalytic α3 β3 -headpiece. To test our model, genome site-directed mutagenesis was employed to introduce amino acid changes in these two parts of the epsilon subunit. Inverted vesicle assays show that these mutations caused an increase in ATP hydrolysis activity and a reduction in ATP synthesis. The structural and enzymatic data are discussed in light of the transition mechanism of a compact and extended state of Mtε, which provides the inhibitory effects of this coupling subunit inside the rotary engine. Finally, the employment of these data with molecular docking shed light into the second binding site of the drug Bedaquiline. DATABASE Structural data are available in the PDB under the accession number 5YIO.
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- Shin Joon
- Nanyang Technological University, School of Biological Sciences, Singapore, Singapore
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- Nanyang Technological University, School of Biological Sciences, Singapore, Singapore
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- Nanyang Technological University, School of Biological Sciences, Singapore, Singapore
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- Nanyang Technological University, School of Biological Sciences, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Nanyang Technological University, School of Biological Sciences, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.,Public Health Research Institute, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA
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- Nanyang Technological University, School of Biological Sciences, Singapore, Singapore
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Accelerating NMR-Based Structural Studies of Proteins by Combining Amino Acid Selective Unlabeling and Fast NMR Methods. MAGNETOCHEMISTRY 2017. [DOI: 10.3390/magnetochemistry4010002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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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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Frostig H, Bayer T, Eldar YC, Silberberg Y. Revealing true coupling strengths in two-dimensional spectroscopy with sparsity-based signal recovery. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2017; 6:e17115. [PMID: 30167224 PMCID: PMC6062022 DOI: 10.1038/lsa.2017.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2016] [Revised: 07/28/2017] [Accepted: 08/04/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Two-dimensional (2D) spectroscopy is used to study the interactions between energy levels in both the field of optics and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Conventionally, the strength of interaction between two levels is inferred from the value of their common off-diagonal peak in the 2D spectrum, which is termed the cross peak. However, stronger diagonal peaks often have long tails that extend into the locations of the cross peaks and alter their values. Here, we introduce a method for retrieving the true interaction strengths by using sparse signal recovery techniques and apply our method in 2D Raman spectroscopy experiments.
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- Hadas Frostig
- Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
- Institut für Physik, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Oldenburg 26129, Germany
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Technion, Haifa 32000, Israel
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- Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Structural and mechanistic insights into Mycothiol Disulphide Reductase and the Mycoredoxin-1-alkylhydroperoxide reductase E assembly of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2017; 1861:2354-2366. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2017.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2017] [Revised: 05/04/2017] [Accepted: 05/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Li C, Zhao J, Cheng K, Ge Y, Wu Q, Ye Y, Xu G, Zhang Z, Zheng W, Zhang X, Zhou X, Pielak G, Liu M. Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy as a Tool for Assessing Macromolecular Structure and Function in Living Cells. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (PALO ALTO, CALIF.) 2017; 10:157-182. [PMID: 28301750 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anchem-061516-045237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Investigating the structure, modification, interaction, and function of biomolecules in their native cellular environment leads to physiologically relevant knowledge about their mechanisms, which will benefit drug discovery and design. In recent years, nuclear and electron magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy has emerged as a useful tool for elucidating the structure and function of biomacromolecules, including proteins, nucleic acids, and carbohydrates in living cells at atomic resolution. In this review, we summarize the progress and future of in-cell NMR as it is applied to proteins, nucleic acids, and carbohydrates.
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- Conggang Li
- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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Bostock MJ, Holland DJ, Nietlispach D. Improving resolution in multidimensional NMR using random quadrature detection with compressed sensing reconstruction. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2017; 68:67-77. [PMID: 27650957 PMCID: PMC5504140 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-016-0062-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2016] [Accepted: 09/14/2016] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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NMR spectroscopy is central to atomic resolution studies in biology and chemistry. Key to this approach are multidimensional experiments. Obtaining such experiments with sufficient resolution, however, is a slow process, in part since each time increment in every indirect dimension needs to be recorded twice, in quadrature. We introduce a modified compressed sensing (CS) algorithm enabling reconstruction of data acquired with random acquisition of quadrature components in gradient-selection NMR. We name this approach random quadrature detection (RQD). Gradient-selection experiments are essential to the success of modern NMR and with RQD, a 50 % reduction in the number of data points per indirect dimension is possible, by only acquiring one quadrature component per time point. Using our algorithm (CSRQD), high quality reconstructions are achieved. RQD is modular and combined with non-uniform sampling we show that this provides increased flexibility in designing sampling schedules leading to improved resolution with increasing benefits as dimensionality of experiments increases, with particular advantages for 4- and higher dimensional experiments.
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- M J Bostock
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Old Addenbrooke's Site, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, UK
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- Chemical and Process Engineering Department, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Old Addenbrooke's Site, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, UK.
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Miljenović T, Jia X, Lavrencic P, Kobe B, Mobli M. A non-uniform sampling approach enables studies of dilute and unstable proteins. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2017; 68:119-127. [PMID: 28188517 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-017-0091-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2016] [Accepted: 01/23/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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NMR spectroscopy is a powerful method in structural and functional analysis of macromolecules and has become particularly prevalent in studies of protein structure, function and dynamics. Unique to NMR spectroscopy is the relatively low constraints on sample preparation and the high level of control of sample conditions. Proteins can be studied in a wide range of buffer conditions, e.g. different pHs and variable temperatures, allowing studies of proteins under conditions that are closer to their native environment compared to other structural methods such as X-ray crystallography and electron microscopy. The key disadvantage of NMR is the relatively low sensitivity of the method, requiring either concentrated samples or very lengthy data-acquisition times. Thus, proteins that are unstable or can only be studied in dilute solutions are often considered practically unfeasible for NMR studies. Here, we describe a general method, where non-uniform sampling (NUS) allows for signal averaging to be monitored in an iterative manner, enabling efficient use of spectrometer time, ultimately leading to savings in costs associated with instrument and isotope-labelled protein use. The method requires preparation of multiple aliquots of the protein sample that are flash-frozen and thawed just before acquisition of a short NMR experiments carried out while the protein is stable (12 h in the presented case). Non-uniform sampling enables sufficient resolution to be acquired for each short experiment. Identical NMR datasets are acquired and sensitivity is monitored after each co-added spectrum is reconstructed. The procedure is repeated until sufficient signal-to-noise is obtained. We discuss how maximum entropy reconstruction is used to process the data, and propose a variation on the previously described method of automated parameter selection. We conclude that combining NUS with iterative co-addition is a general approach, and particularly powerful when applied to unstable proteins.
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- Tomas Miljenović
- Centre for Advanced Imaging, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- Centre for Advanced Imaging, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- Centre for Advanced Imaging, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
- Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- Centre for Advanced Imaging, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia.
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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: 196] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.0] [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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Hein C, Löhr F, Schwarz D, Dötsch V. Acceleration of protein backbone NMR assignment by combinatorial labeling: Application to a small molecule binding study. Biopolymers 2017; 107. [PMID: 28035667 DOI: 10.1002/bip.23013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2016] [Revised: 12/15/2016] [Accepted: 12/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Selective labeling with stable isotopes has long been recognized as a valuable tool in protein NMR to alleviate signal overlap and sensitivity limitations. In this study, combinatorial 15 N-, 13 Cα -, and 13 C'-selective labeling has been used during the backbone assignment of human cyclophilin D to explore binding of an inhibitor molecule. Using a cell-free expression system, a scheme that involves 15 N, 1-13 C, 2-13 C, fully 15 N/13 C, and unlabeled amino acids was optimized to gain a maximum of assignment information from three samples. This scheme was combined with time-shared triple-resonance NMR experiments, which allows a fast and efficient backbone assignment by giving the unambiguous assignment of unique amino acid pairs in the protein, the identity of ambiguous pairs and information about all 19 non-proline amino acid types. It is therefore well suited for binding studies where de novo assignments of amide 1 H and 15 N resonances need to be obtained, even in cases where sensitivity is the limiting factor.
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- Christopher Hein
- Institute of Biophysical Chemistry and Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance, Goethe University, Frankfurt, 60438, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysical Chemistry and Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance, Goethe University, Frankfurt, 60438, Germany
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- Merck KGaA, Discovery Pharmacology, Global Research and Development, Darmstadt, 64293, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysical Chemistry and Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance, Goethe University, Frankfurt, 60438, Germany
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Towards understanding cellular structure biology: In-cell NMR. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2017; 1865:547-557. [PMID: 28257994 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2017.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2016] [Revised: 02/22/2017] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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To watch biological macromolecules perform their functions inside the living cells is the dream of any biologists. In-cell nuclear magnetic resonance is a branch of biomolecular NMR spectroscopy that can be used to observe the structures, interactions and dynamics of these molecules in the living cells at atomic level. In principle, in-cell NMR can be applied to different cellular systems to achieve biologically relevant structural and functional information. In this review, we summarize the existing approaches in this field and discuss its applications in protein interactions, folding, stability and post-translational modifications. We hope this review will emphasize the effectiveness of in-cell NMR for studies of intricate biological processes and for structural analysis in cellular environments.
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Mohanty B, Williams ML, Doak BC, Vazirani M, Ilyichova O, Wang G, Bermel W, Simpson JS, Chalmers DK, King GF, Mobli M, Scanlon MJ. Determination of ligand binding modes in weak protein-ligand complexes using sparse NMR data. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2016; 66:195-208. [PMID: 27778134 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-016-0067-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2016] [Accepted: 09/29/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We describe a general approach to determine the binding pose of small molecules in weakly bound protein-ligand complexes by deriving distance constraints between the ligand and methyl groups from all methyl-containing residues of the protein. We demonstrate that using a single sample, which can be prepared without the use of expensive precursors, it is possible to generate high-resolution data rapidly and obtain the resonance assignments of Ile, Leu, Val, Ala and Thr methyl groups using triple resonance scalar correlation data. The same sample may be used to obtain Met εCH3 assignments using NOESY-based methods, although the superior sensitivity of NOESY using [U-13C,15N]-labeled protein makes the use of this second sample more efficient. We describe a structural model for a weakly binding ligand bound to its target protein, DsbA, derived from intermolecular methyl-to-ligand nuclear Overhauser enhancements, and demonstrate that the ability to assign all methyl resonances in the spectrum is essential to derive an accurate model of the structure. Once the methyl assignments have been obtained, this approach provides a rapid means to generate structural models for weakly bound protein-ligand complexes. Such weak complexes are often found at the beginning of programs of fragment based drug design and can be challenging to characterize using X-ray crystallography.
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- Biswaranjan Mohanty
- Medicinal Chemistry, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
- La Trobe Institute for Molecular Bioscience, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, 3083, Australia
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- Bruker Biospin GmbH, Silberstreifen, 76287, Rheinstetten, Germany
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Advanced Imaging, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia.
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia.
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Hikone Y, Hirai G, Mishima M, Inomata K, Ikeya T, Arai S, Shirakawa M, Sodeoka M, Ito Y. A new carbamidemethyl-linked lanthanoid chelating tag for PCS NMR spectroscopy of proteins in living HeLa cells. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2016; 66:99-110. [PMID: 27631409 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-016-0059-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2016] [Accepted: 09/02/2016] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Structural analyses of proteins under macromolecular crowding inside human cultured cells by in-cell NMR spectroscopy are crucial not only for explicit understanding of their cellular functions but also for applications in medical and pharmaceutical sciences. In-cell NMR experiments using human cultured cells however suffer from low sensitivity, thus pseudocontact shifts from protein-tagged paramagnetic lanthanoid ions, analysed using sensitive heteronuclear two-dimensional correlation NMR spectra, offer huge potential advantage in obtaining structural information over conventional NOE-based approaches. We synthesised a new lanthanoid-chelating tag (M8-CAM-I), in which the eight-fold, stereospecifically methylated DOTA (M8) scaffold was retained, while a stable carbamidemethyl (CAM) group was introduced as the functional group connecting to proteins. M8-CAM-I successfully fulfilled the requirements for in-cell NMR: high-affinity to lanthanoid, low cytotoxicity and the stability under reducing condition inside cells. Large PCSs for backbone N-H resonances observed for M8-CAM-tagged human ubiquitin mutant proteins, which were introduced into HeLa cells by electroporation, demonstrated that this approach readily provides the useful information enabling the determination of protein structures, relative orientations of domains and protein complexes within human cultured cells.
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- Yuya Hikone
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0397, Japan
- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
- AMED-CREST, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, 1-7-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0004, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0397, Japan
- CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan
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- Quantitative Biology Center, RIKEN, 1-7-22 Suehirocho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, 230-0045, Japan
- PRESTO/Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0397, Japan
- CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0397, Japan
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- AMED-CREST, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, 1-7-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0004, Japan
- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan
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- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
- AMED-CREST, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, 1-7-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0004, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0397, Japan.
- CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan.
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Malik N, Kumar A. Resonance assignment of disordered protein with repetitive and overlapping sequence using combinatorial approach reveals initial structural propensities and local restrictions in the denatured state. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2016; 66:21-35. [PMID: 27586017 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-016-0054-9] [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: 06/25/2016] [Accepted: 08/16/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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NMR resonance assignment of intrinsically disordered proteins poses a challenge because of the limited dispersion of amide proton chemical shifts. This becomes even more complex with the increase in the size of the system. Residue specific selective labeling/unlabeling experiments have been used to resolve the overlap, but require multiple sample preparations. Here, we demonstrate an assignment strategy requiring only a single sample of uniformly labeled (13)C,(15)N-protein. We have used a combinatorial approach, involving 3D-HNN, CC(CO)NH and 2D-MUSIC, which allowed us to assign a denatured centromeric protein Cse4 of 229 residues. Further, we show that even the less sensitive experiments, when used in an efficient manner can lead to the complete assignment of a complex system without the use of specialized probes in a relatively short time frame. The assignment of the amino acids discloses the presence of local structural propensities even in the denatured state accompanied by restricted motion in certain regions that provides insights into the early folding events of the protein.
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- Nikita Malik
- Department of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India
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- Department of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India.
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Worley B. Subrandom methods for multidimensional nonuniform sampling. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2016; 269:128-137. [PMID: 27301071 PMCID: PMC4958578 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2016.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2016] [Revised: 05/17/2016] [Accepted: 06/08/2016] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Methods of nonuniform sampling that utilize pseudorandom number sequences to select points from a weighted Nyquist grid are commonplace in biomolecular NMR studies, due to the beneficial incoherence introduced by pseudorandom sampling. However, these methods require the specification of a non-arbitrary seed number in order to initialize a pseudorandom number generator. Because the performance of pseudorandom sampling schedules can substantially vary based on seed number, this can complicate the task of routine data collection. Approaches such as jittered sampling and stochastic gap sampling are effective at reducing random seed dependence of nonuniform sampling schedules, but still require the specification of a seed number. This work formalizes the use of subrandom number sequences in nonuniform sampling as a means of seed-independent sampling, and compares the performance of three subrandom methods to their pseudorandom counterparts using commonly applied schedule performance metrics. Reconstruction results using experimental datasets are also provided to validate claims made using these performance metrics.
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- Bradley Worley
- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 826 Hamilton Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0304, United States.
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Kakita VMR, Hosur RV. Non-Uniform-Sampling Ultrahigh Resolution TOCSY NMR: Analysis of Complex Mixtures at Microgram Levels. Chemphyschem 2016; 17:2304-8. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201600255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Veera M. R. Kakita
- UM-DAE Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences; Mumbai University Campus, Kalina, Santa Cruz Mumbai 400 098 India
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- UM-DAE Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences; Mumbai University Campus, Kalina, Santa Cruz Mumbai 400 098 India
- Department of Chemical Sciences; Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR); 1-Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba Mumbai 400 005 India
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Zhang Y, Xiao Y, Zhou D, Cai D. Granger causality analysis with nonuniform sampling and its application to pulse-coupled nonlinear dynamics. Phys Rev E 2016; 93:042217. [PMID: 27176303 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.93.042217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The Granger causality (GC) analysis is an effective approach to infer causal relations for time series. However, for data obtained by uniform sampling (i.e., with an equal sampling time interval), it is known that GC can yield unreliable causal inference due to aliasing if the sampling rate is not sufficiently high. To solve this unreliability issue, we consider the nonuniform sampling scheme as it can mitigate against aliasing. By developing an unbiased estimation of power spectral density of nonuniformly sampled time series, we establish a framework of spectrum-based nonparametric GC analysis. Applying this framework to a general class of pulse-coupled nonlinear networks and utilizing some particular spectral structure possessed by these nonlinear network data, we demonstrate that, for such nonlinear networks with nonuniformly sampled data, reliable GC inference can be achieved at a low nonuniform mean sampling rate at which the traditional uniform sampling GC may lead to spurious causal inference.
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- Yaoyu Zhang
- Department of Mathematics, MOE-LSC, and Institute of Natural Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Mathematics, MOE-LSC, and Institute of Natural Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Mathematics, MOE-LSC, and Institute of Natural Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Mathematics, MOE-LSC, and Institute of Natural Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, New York 10012, USA.,NYUAD Institute, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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Lin Y, Lupulescu A, Frydman L. Multidimensional J-driven NMR correlations by single-scan offset-encoded recoupling. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2016; 265:33-44. [PMID: 26852416 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2015.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2015] [Revised: 11/16/2015] [Accepted: 11/18/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Two-dimensional (2D) correlations between bonded heteroatoms, lie at the cornerstone of many uses given to contemporary nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Improving the efficiency with which these correlations are established is an important topic in modern NMR, with potential applications in rapid chemical analysis and dynamic biophysical studies. Alternatives have been developed over the last decade to speed up these experiments, based among others on reducing the number of data points that need to be sampled, and/or shortening the inter-scan delays. Approaches have also been proposed to forfeit multi-scan schemes altogether, and complete full 2D correlations in a single shot. Here we explore and discuss a new alternative enabling the collection of such very fast - in principle, single-scan - acquisitions of 2D heteronuclear correlations among bonded species, which operates on the basis of a partial reintroduction of J couplings. Similar approaches had been proposed in the past based on collecting coupled spectra for arrays of off-resonance decoupling values; the proposal that is here introduced operates on the basis of suitably incorporating frequency-swept pulses, into spin-echo sequences. Thanks to the offset-dependent amplitude modulations of the in- and anti-phase components that such sequences impart, chemical shifts of coupled but otherwise unobserved nuclear species, can be extracted from the relative intensities and phases of J-coupled multiplets observed in one-dimensional acquisitions. A description of the steps needed to implement this rapid acquisition approach in a quantitative fashion, as well as applications of the ensuing sequences, are presented.
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- Yulan Lin
- Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel; Department of Electronic Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
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Worley B. Convex accelerated maximum entropy reconstruction. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2016; 265:90-8. [PMID: 26894476 PMCID: PMC4818692 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2016.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2015] [Revised: 01/23/2016] [Accepted: 02/05/2016] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Maximum entropy (MaxEnt) spectral reconstruction methods provide a powerful framework for spectral estimation of nonuniformly sampled datasets. Many methods exist within this framework, usually defined based on the magnitude of a Lagrange multiplier in the MaxEnt objective function. An algorithm is presented here that utilizes accelerated first-order convex optimization techniques to rapidly and reliably reconstruct nonuniformly sampled NMR datasets using the principle of maximum entropy. This algorithm - called CAMERA for Convex Accelerated Maximum Entropy Reconstruction Algorithm - is a new approach to spectral reconstruction that exhibits fast, tunable convergence in both constant-aim and constant-lambda modes. A high-performance, open source NMR data processing tool is described that implements CAMERA, and brief comparisons to existing reconstruction methods are made on several example spectra.
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- Bradley Worley
- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0304, United States.
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Lee JH, Ying J, Bax A. Quantitative evaluation of positive ϕ angle propensity in flexible regions of proteins from three-bond J couplings. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:5759-70. [PMID: 26415896 PMCID: PMC4758885 DOI: 10.1039/c5cp04542h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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(3)JHNHα and (3)JC'C' couplings can be readily measured in isotopically enriched proteins and were shown to contain precise information on the backbone torsion angles, ϕ, sampled in disordered regions of proteins. However, quantitative interpretation of these couplings required the population of conformers with positive ϕ angles to be very small. Here, we demonstrate that this restriction can be removed by measurement of (3)JC'Hα values. Even though the functional forms of the (3)JC'Hα and (3)JHNHα Karplus equations are the same, large differences in their coefficients enable accurate determination of the fraction of time that positive ϕ angles are sampled. A four-dimensional triple resonance HACANH[C'] E.COSY experiment is introduced to simultaneously measure (3)JC'Hα and (3)JHNC' in the typically very congested spectra of disordered proteins. High resolution in these spectra is obtained by non-uniform sampling (in the 0.1-0.5% range). Application to the intrinsically disordered protein α-synuclein shows that while most residues have close-to-zero positive ϕ angle populations, up to 16% positive ϕ population is observed for Asn residues. Positive ϕ angle populations determined with the new approach agree closely with consensus values from protein coil libraries and prior analysis of a large set of other NMR parameters. The combination of (3)JHNC' and (3)JC'C' provides information about the amplitude of ϕ angle dynamics.
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- Jung Ho Lee
- 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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Worley B, Powers R. Deterministic multidimensional nonuniform gap sampling. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2015; 261:19-26. [PMID: 26524650 PMCID: PMC4970466 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2015.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2015] [Revised: 09/14/2015] [Accepted: 09/28/2015] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Born from empirical observations in nonuniformly sampled multidimensional NMR data relating to gaps between sampled points, the Poisson-gap sampling method has enjoyed widespread use in biomolecular NMR. While the majority of nonuniform sampling schemes are fully randomly drawn from probability densities that vary over a Nyquist grid, the Poisson-gap scheme employs constrained random deviates to minimize the gaps between sampled grid points. We describe a deterministic gap sampling method, based on the average behavior of Poisson-gap sampling, which performs comparably to its random counterpart with the additional benefit of completely deterministic behavior. We also introduce a general algorithm for multidimensional nonuniform sampling based on a gap equation, and apply it to yield a deterministic sampling scheme that combines burst-mode sampling features with those of Poisson-gap schemes. Finally, we derive a relationship between stochastic gap equations and the expectation value of their sampling probability densities.
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- Bradley Worley
- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0304, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0304, United States.
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Zhang Z, Smith PES, Frydman L. Reducing acquisition times in multidimensional NMR with a time-optimized Fourier encoding algorithm. J Chem Phys 2015; 141:194201. [PMID: 25416883 DOI: 10.1063/1.4901561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Speeding up the acquisition of multidimensional nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra is an important topic in contemporary NMR, with central roles in high-throughput investigations and analyses of marginally stable samples. A variety of fast NMR techniques have been developed, including methods based on non-uniform sampling and Hadamard encoding, that overcome the long sampling times inherent to schemes based on fast-Fourier-transform (FFT) methods. Here, we explore the potential of an alternative fast acquisition method that leverages a priori knowledge, to tailor polychromatic pulses and customized time delays for an efficient Fourier encoding of the indirect domain of an NMR experiment. By porting the encoding of the indirect-domain to the excitation process, this strategy avoids potential artifacts associated with non-uniform sampling schemes and uses a minimum number of scans equal to the number of resonances present in the indirect dimension. An added convenience is afforded by the fact that a usual 2D FFT can be used to process the generated data. Acquisitions of 2D heteronuclear correlation NMR spectra on quinine and on the anti-inflammatory drug isobutyl propionic phenolic acid illustrate the new method's performance. This method can be readily automated to deal with complex samples such as those occurring in metabolomics, in in-cell as well as in in vivo NMR applications, where speed and temporal stability are often primary concerns.
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- Zhiyong Zhang
- Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Nartey W, Basak S, Kamariah N, Manimekalai MSS, Robson S, Wagner G, Eisenhaber B, Eisenhaber F, Grüber G. NMR studies reveal a novel grab and release mechanism for efficient catalysis of the bacterial 2-Cys peroxiredoxin machinery. FEBS J 2015; 282:4620-38. [DOI: 10.1111/febs.13522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2015] [Revised: 08/28/2015] [Accepted: 09/21/2015] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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- Wilson Nartey
- School of Biological Sciences; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore City Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore City Singapore
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- Bioinformatics Institute; Agency for Science; Technology and Research (A*STAR); Singapore City Singapore
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology; Harvard Medical School; Boston MA USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology; Harvard Medical School; Boston MA USA
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- Bioinformatics Institute; Agency for Science; Technology and Research (A*STAR); Singapore City Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore City Singapore
- School of Computer Engineering; Nanyang Technological University (NTU); Singapore City Singapore
- Department of Biological Sciences; National University of Singapore; Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore City Singapore
- Bioinformatics Institute; Agency for Science; Technology and Research (A*STAR); Singapore City Singapore
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Didenko T, Proudfoot A, Dutta SK, Serrano P, Wüthrich K. Non-Uniform Sampling and J-UNIO Automation for Efficient Protein NMR Structure Determination. Chemistry 2015; 21:12363-9. [PMID: 26227870 PMCID: PMC4576834 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201502544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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High-resolution structure determination of small proteins in solution is one of the big assets of NMR spectroscopy in structural biology. Improvements in the efficiency of NMR structure determination by advances in NMR experiments and automation of data handling therefore attracts continued interest. Here, non-uniform sampling (NUS) of 3D heteronuclear-resolved [(1)H,(1)H]-NOESY data yielded two- to three-fold savings of instrument time for structure determinations of soluble proteins. With the 152-residue protein NP_372339.1 from Staphylococcus aureus and the 71-residue protein NP_346341.1 from Streptococcus pneumonia we show that high-quality structures can be obtained with NUS NMR data, which are equally well amenable to robust automated analysis as the corresponding uniformly sampled data.
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- Tatiana Didenko
- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037 (USA) http://www.jcsg.org
- Joint Center for Structural Genomics, La Jolla, CA 92037 (USA), Fax: (+1) 858-784-8014
- GPCR-Network, 3430 S. Vermont Ave., TRF 105, Los Angeles, CA 90089-3301 (USA), Fax: (+1) 858-784-8014 http://gpcr.usc.edu
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037 (USA) http://www.jcsg.org
- Joint Center for Structural Genomics, La Jolla, CA 92037 (USA), Fax: (+1) 858-784-8014
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037 (USA) http://www.jcsg.org
- Joint Center for Structural Genomics, La Jolla, CA 92037 (USA), Fax: (+1) 858-784-8014
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037 (USA) http://www.jcsg.org
- Joint Center for Structural Genomics, La Jolla, CA 92037 (USA), Fax: (+1) 858-784-8014
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037 (USA) http://www.jcsg.org. , ,
- Joint Center for Structural Genomics, La Jolla, CA 92037 (USA), Fax: (+1) 858-784-8014. , ,
- GPCR-Network, 3430 S. Vermont Ave., TRF 105, Los Angeles, CA 90089-3301 (USA), Fax: (+1) 858-784-8014 http://gpcr.usc.edu. , ,
- Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037 (USA), Fax: (+1) 858-784-8014. , ,
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Simultaneous acquisition of three NMR spectra in a single experiment for rapid resonance assignments in metabolomics. J CHEM SCI 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s12039-015-0868-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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