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Bhai L, Thomas JK, Conroy DW, Xu Y, Al-Hashimi HM, Jaroniec CP. Hydrogen bonding in duplex DNA probed by DNP enhanced solid-state NMR N-H bond length measurements. Front Mol Biosci 2023; 10:1286172. [PMID: 38111464 PMCID: PMC10726973 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2023.1286172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 12/20/2023] Open
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Numerous biological processes and mechanisms depend on details of base pairing and hydrogen bonding in DNA. Hydrogen bonds are challenging to quantify by X-ray crystallography and cryo-EM due to difficulty of visualizing hydrogen atom locations but can be probed with site specificity by NMR spectroscopy in solution and the solid state with the latter particularly suited to large, slowly tumbling DNA complexes. Recently, we showed that low-temperature dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) enhanced solid-state NMR is a valuable tool for distinguishing Hoogsteen base pairs (bps) from canonical Watson-Crick bps in various DNA systems under native-like conditions. Here, using a model 12-mer DNA duplex containing two central adenine-thymine (A-T) bps in either Watson-Crick or Hoogsteen confirmation, we demonstrate DNP solid-state NMR measurements of thymine N3-H3 bond lengths, which are sensitive to details of N-H···N hydrogen bonding and permit hydrogen bonds for the two bp conformers to be systematically compared within the same DNA sequence context. For this DNA duplex, effectively identical TN3-H3 bond lengths of 1.055 ± 0.011 Å and 1.060 ± 0.011 Å were found for Watson-Crick A-T and Hoogsteen A (syn)-T base pairs, respectively, relative to a reference amide bond length of 1.015 ± 0.010 Å determined for N-acetyl-valine under comparable experimental conditions. Considering that prior quantum chemical calculations which account for zero-point motions predict a somewhat longer effective peptide N-H bond length of 1.041 Å, in agreement with solution and solid-state NMR studies of peptides and proteins at ambient temperature, to facilitate direct comparisons with these earlier studies TN3-H3 bond lengths for the DNA samples can be readily scaled appropriately to yield 1.083 Å and 1.087 Å for Watson-Crick A-T and Hoogsteen A (syn)-T bps, respectively, relative to the 1.041 Å reference peptide N-H bond length. Remarkably, in the context of the model DNA duplex, these results indicate that there are no significant differences in N-H···N A-T hydrogen bonds between Watson-Crick and Hoogsteen bp conformers. More generally, high precision measurements of N-H bond lengths by low-temperature DNP solid-state NMR based methods are expected to facilitate detailed comparative analysis of hydrogen bonding for a range of DNA complexes and base pairing environments.
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- Lakshmi Bhai
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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Southern SA, Liu DJ, Chatterjee P, Li Y, Perras FA. 1H chemical shift anisotropy: a high sensitivity solid-state NMR dynamics probe for surface studies? Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:5348-5360. [PMID: 36399032 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp04406d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Dynamics play significant roles in chemistry and biochemistry-molecular motions impact both large- and small-scale chemical reactions in addition to biochemical processes. In many systems, including heterogeneous catalysts, the characterization of dynamics remains a challenge. The most common approaches involve the solid-state NMR measurement of anisotropic interactions, in particular 2H quadrupolar coupling and 1H-X dipolar coupling, which generally require isotope enrichment. Due to the high sensitivity of 1H NMR, 1H chemical shift anisotropy (CSA) is a particularly enticing, and underexplored, dynamics probe. We carried out 1H CSA and 1H-13C dipolar coupling measurements in a series of model supported complexes to understand how 1H CSA can be leveraged to gain dynamic information for heterogeneous catalysts. Mathematical descriptions are given for the dynamic averaging of the CSA tensor, and its dependence on orientation and asymmetry. The variability of the orientation of the tensor in the molecular frame, in addition to its magnitude and asymmetry, negatively impacts attempts to extract quantitative dynamic information. Nevertheless, 1H CSA measurements can reveal useful qualitative insights into the motions of a particularly dilute site, such as from a surface species.
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- Scott A Southern
- Division of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Ames National Laboratory, Ames, IA 50014, USA.
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- Division of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Ames National Laboratory, Ames, IA 50014, USA.
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- Division of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Ames National Laboratory, Ames, IA 50014, USA. .,Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50014, USA
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- Division of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Ames National Laboratory, Ames, IA 50014, USA.
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- Division of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Ames National Laboratory, Ames, IA 50014, USA.
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Scheiner S. Properties and Stabilities of Cyclic and Open Chains of Halogen Bonds. J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:6443-6455. [PMID: 36084144 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c04967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Open and cyclic chains from two to eight units of ICl and IF are constructed and examined by density functional theory (DFT) calculations. These chains contain either I···I or I···X halogen bonds (XBs) where X refers to Cl or F. The closed rings are more stable than the open chains due to the presence of an additional XB and enhanced cooperativity. This pattern is true even for most trimers where there is sizable geometric distortion in the rings. I···F rings are generally more stable than the corresponding I···I cycles as the I···F bond is stronger than I···I even in the simple dimer. However, I···I rings are comparable in energy to I···Cl. It is possible to construct I···I rings of at least as large as eight units, which are held together exclusively by XBs. On the other hand, the maximum possible size of I···X rings is 6. Red shifts are observed in the I-X stretching frequency bands, which magnify as the chain, both cyclic and open, grows longer. The NMR chemical shielding of the I atoms increases for I···I chains but diminishes when I···Cl bonds are present.
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- Steve Scheiner
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-0300, United States
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Atterberry BA, Carnahan SL, Chen Y, Venkatesh A, Rossini AJ. Double echo symmetry-based REDOR and RESPDOR pulse sequences for proton detected measurements of heteronuclear dipolar coupling constants. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2022; 336:107147. [PMID: 35149335 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2022.107147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Revised: 01/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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1H{X} symmetry-based rotational echo double resonance pulse sequences (S-REDOR) and symmetry-based rotational echo saturation pulse double resonance (S-RESPDOR) solid-state NMR experiments have found widespread application for 1H detected measurements of difference NMR spectra, dipolar coupling constants, and internuclear distances under conditions of fast magic angle spinning (MAS). In these experiments the supercycled R412 (SR412) symmetry-based recoupling pulse sequence is typically applied to the 1H spins to reintroduce heteronuclear dipolar couplings. However, the timing of SR412 and other symmetry-based pulse sequences must be precisely synchronized with the rotation of the sample, otherwise, the evolution of 1H CSA and other interactions will not be properly refocused. For this reason, significant distortions are often observed in experimental dipolar dephasing difference curves obtained with S-REDOR or S-RESPDOR pulse sequences. Here we introduce a family of double echo (DE) S-REDOR/S-RESPDOR pulse sequences that function in an analogous manner to the recently introduced t1-noise eliminated (TONE) family of dipolar heteronuclear multiple quantum coherence (D-HMQC) pulse sequences. Through numerical simulations and experiments the DE S-REDOR/S-RESPDOR sequences are shown to provide dephasing difference curves similar to those obtained with S-REDOR/S-RESPDOR. However, the DE sequences are more robust to the deviations of the MAS frequency from the ideal value that occurs during typical solid-state NMR experiments. The DE sequences are shown to provide more reliable 1H detected dipolar dephasing difference curves for nuclei such as 15N (with isotopic labelling), 183W and 35Cl. The double echo sequences are therefore recommended to be used in place of conventional S-REDOR/S-RESPDOR sequences for measurement of weak dipolar coupling constants and long-range distances.
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- Benjamin A Atterberry
- US DOE Ames Laboratory, Ames, IA 50011, USA; Iowa State University, Department of Chemistry, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- US DOE Ames Laboratory, Ames, IA 50011, USA; Iowa State University, Department of Chemistry, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- US DOE Ames Laboratory, Ames, IA 50011, USA; Iowa State University, Department of Chemistry, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- US DOE Ames Laboratory, Ames, IA 50011, USA; Iowa State University, Department of Chemistry, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- US DOE Ames Laboratory, Ames, IA 50011, USA; Iowa State University, Department of Chemistry, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
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Liang L, Ji Y, Chen K, Gao P, Zhao Z, Hou G. Solid-State NMR Dipolar and Chemical Shift Anisotropy Recoupling Techniques for Structural and Dynamical Studies in Biological Systems. Chem Rev 2022; 122:9880-9942. [PMID: 35006680 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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With the development of NMR methodology and technology during the past decades, solid-state NMR (ssNMR) has become a particularly important tool for investigating structure and dynamics at atomic scale in biological systems, where the recoupling techniques play pivotal roles in modern high-resolution MAS NMR. In this review, following a brief introduction on the basic theory of recoupling in ssNMR, we highlight the recent advances in dipolar and chemical shift anisotropy recoupling methods, as well as their applications in structural determination and dynamical characterization at multiple time scales (i.e., fast-, intermediate-, and slow-motion). The performances of these prevalent recoupling techniques are compared and discussed in multiple aspects, together with the representative applications in biomolecules. Given the recent emerging advances in NMR technology, new challenges for recoupling methodology development and potential opportunities for biological systems are also discussed.
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- Lixin Liang
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, National Laboratory for Clean Energy, 2011-Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan Road 457, Dalian 116023, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, National Laboratory for Clean Energy, 2011-Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan Road 457, Dalian 116023, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, National Laboratory for Clean Energy, 2011-Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan Road 457, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, National Laboratory for Clean Energy, 2011-Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan Road 457, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, National Laboratory for Clean Energy, 2011-Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan Road 457, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, National Laboratory for Clean Energy, 2011-Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan Road 457, Dalian 116023, China
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Malär A, Völker LA, Cadalbert R, Lecoq L, Ernst M, Böckmann A, Meier BH, Wiegand T. Temperature-Dependent Solid-State NMR Proton Chemical-Shift Values and Hydrogen Bonding. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:6222-6230. [PMID: 34097409 PMCID: PMC8215646 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c04061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Revised: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Temperature-dependent NMR experiments are often complicated by rather long magnetic-field equilibration times, for example, occurring upon a change of sample temperature. We demonstrate that the fast temporal stabilization of a magnetic field can be achieved by actively stabilizing the temperature of the magnet bore, which allows quantification of the weak temperature dependence of a proton chemical shift, which can be diagnostic for the presence of hydrogen bonds. Hydrogen bonding plays a central role in molecular recognition events from both fields, chemistry and biology. Their direct detection by standard structure-determination techniques, such as X-ray crystallography or cryo-electron microscopy, remains challenging due to the difficulties of approaching the required resolution, on the order of 1 Å. We, herein, explore a spectroscopic approach using solid-state NMR to identify protons engaged in hydrogen bonds and explore the measurement of proton chemical-shift temperature coefficients. Using the examples of a phosphorylated amino acid and the protein ubiquitin, we show that fast magic-angle spinning (MAS) experiments at 100 kHz yield sufficient resolution in proton-detected spectra to quantify the rather small chemical-shift changes upon temperature variations.
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- Molecular
Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, Labex Ecofect, UMR 5086 CNRS/Université de Lyon, 69367 Lyon, France
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- Physical
Chemistry, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Molecular
Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, Labex Ecofect, UMR 5086 CNRS/Université de Lyon, 69367 Lyon, France
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- Physical
Chemistry, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physical
Chemistry, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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Duong NT, Gan Z, Nishiyama Y. Selective 1H- 14N Distance Measurements by 14N Overtone Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy at Fast MAS. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 8:645347. [PMID: 33898521 PMCID: PMC8061749 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.645347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Accurate distance measurements between proton and nitrogen can provide detailed information on the structures and dynamics of various molecules. The combination of broadband phase-modulated (PM) pulse and rotational-echo saturation-pulse double-resonance (RESPDOR) sequence at fast magic-angle spinning (MAS) has enabled the measurement of multiple 1H-14N distances with high accuracy. However, complications may arise when applying this sequence to systems with multiple inequivalent 14N nuclei, especially a single 1H sitting close to multiple 14N atoms. Due to its broadband characteristics, the PM pulse saturates all 14N atoms; hence, the single 1H simultaneously experiences the RESPDOR effect from multiple 1H-14N couplings. Consequently, no reliable H-N distances are obtained. To overcome the problem, selective 14N saturation is desired, but it is difficult because 14N is an integer quadrupolar nucleus. Alternatively, 14N overtone (OT) NMR spectroscopy can be employed owing to its narrow bandwidth for selectivity. Moreover, owing to the sole presence of two energy levels (m = ± 1), the 14N OT spin dynamics behaves similarly to that of spin-1/2. This allows the interchangeability between RESPDOR and rotational-echo double-resonance (REDOR) since their principles are the same except the degree of 14N OT population transfer; saturation for the former whereas inversion for the latter. As the ideal saturation/inversion is impractical due to the slow and orientation-dependent effective nutation of 14N OT, the working condition is usually an intermediate between REDOR and RESPDOR. The degree of 14N OT population transfer can be determined from the results of protons with short distances to 14N and then can be used to obtain long-distance determination of other protons to the same 14N site. Herein, we combine the 14N OT and REDOR/RESPDOR to explore the feasibility of selective 1H-14N distance measurements. Experimental demonstrations on simple biological compounds of L-tyrosine.HCl, N-acetyl-L-alanine, and L-alanyl-L-alanine were performed at 14.1 T and MAS frequency of 62.5 kHz. The former two consist of a single 14N site, whereas the latter consists of two 14N sites. The experimental optimizations and reliable fittings by the universal curves are described. The extracted 1H-14N distances by OT-REDOR are in good agreement with those determined by PM-RESPDOR and diffraction techniques.
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- Nghia Tuan Duong
- NMR Science and Development Division, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Nano-Crystallography Unit, RIKEN-JEOL Collaboration Center, Yokohama, Japan
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- Centre of Interdisciplinary Magnetic Resonance, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, FL, United States
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- NMR Science and Development Division, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Nano-Crystallography Unit, RIKEN-JEOL Collaboration Center, Yokohama, Japan
- JEOL RESONANCE Inc., Tokyo, Japan
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Perras FA, Paterson AL, Kobayashi T. Phase-sensitive γ-encoded recoupling of heteronuclear dipolar interactions and 1H chemical shift anisotropy. SOLID STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE 2021; 111:101712. [PMID: 33450713 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssnmr.2020.101712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2020] [Revised: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 12/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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γ-encoded recoupling sequences are known to produce strong amplitude modulations that lead to sharp doublets when Fourier transformed. These doublets depend very little on the recoupled tensor asymmetry and thus enable for the straightforward determination of dynamic order parameters. It can, however, be difficult to measure small anisotropies, or small order parameters, using such sequences; the resonances from the doublet may overlap with each other, or with the zero-frequency glitch. This limitation has prevented the widespread use of 1H chemical shift anisotropy (CSA) for the measurement of dynamics, particularly for CH protons which typically have CSAs of only a few ppm when immobile. Here, we introduce a simple modification to the traditional 1H CSA and proton-detected local field pulse sequences that enables the acquisition of a hypercomplex dataset and the removal of the uncorrelated magnetization that results in the zero-frequency glitch. These new sequences then yield a frequency shift in the indirect dimension, rather than a splitting, which is easily identifiable even in cases of weak interactions.
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Hodgkinson P. NMR crystallography of molecular organics. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2020; 118-119:10-53. [PMID: 32883448 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2020.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2019] [Revised: 02/25/2020] [Accepted: 03/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Developments of NMR methodology to characterise the structures of molecular organic structures are reviewed, concentrating on the previous decade of research in which density functional theory-based calculations of NMR parameters in periodic solids have become widespread. With a focus on demonstrating the new structural insights provided, it is shown how "NMR crystallography" has been used in a spectrum of applications from resolving ambiguities in diffraction-derived structures (such as hydrogen atom positioning) to deriving complete structures in the absence of diffraction data. As well as comprehensively reviewing applications, the different aspects of the experimental and computational techniques used in NMR crystallography are surveyed. NMR crystallography is seen to be a rapidly maturing subject area that is increasingly appreciated by the wider crystallographic community.
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- Paul Hodgkinson
- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, Stockton Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK.
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Wijesekara AV, Venkatesh A, Lampkin BJ, VanVeller B, Lubach JW, Nagapudi K, Hung I, Gor'kov PL, Gan Z, Rossini AJ. Fast Acquisition of Proton-Detected HETCOR Solid-State NMR Spectra of Quadrupolar Nuclei and Rapid Measurement of NH Bond Lengths by Frequency Selective HMQC and RESPDOR Pulse Sequences. Chemistry 2020; 26:7881-7888. [PMID: 32315472 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202000390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2020] [Revised: 04/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Fast magic-angle spinning (MAS), frequency selective (FS) heteronuclear multiple quantum coherence (HMQC) experiments which function in an analogous manner to solution SOFAST HMQC NMR experiments, are demonstrated. Fast MAS enables efficient FS excitation of 1 H solid-state NMR signals. Selective excitation and observation preserves 1 H magnetization, leading to a significant shortening of the optimal inter-scan delay. Dipolar and scalar 1 H{14 N} FS HMQC solid-state NMR experiments routinely provide 4- to 9-fold reductions in experiment times as compared to conventional 1 H{14 N} HMQC solid-state NMR experiments. 1 H{14 N} FS resonance-echo saturation-pulse double-resonance (RESPDOR) allowed dipolar dephasing curves to be obtained in minutes, enabling the rapid determination of NH dipolar coupling constants and internuclear distances. 1 H{14 N} FS RESPDOR was used to assign multicomponent active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) as salts or cocrystals. FS HMQC also provided enhanced sensitivity for 1 H{17 O} and 1 H{35 Cl} HMQC experiments on 17 O-labeled Fmoc-alanine and histidine hydrochloride monohydrate, respectively. FS HMQC and FS RESPDOR experiments will provide access to valuable structural constraints from materials that are challenging to study due to unfavorable relaxation times or dilution of the nuclei of interest.
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- Anuradha V Wijesekara
- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA.,US DOE Ames Laboratory, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA.,US DOE Ames Laboratory, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Center of Interdisciplinary Magnetic Resonance (CIMAR), National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL), Tallahassee, FL, 32310, USA
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- Center of Interdisciplinary Magnetic Resonance (CIMAR), National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL), Tallahassee, FL, 32310, USA
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- Center of Interdisciplinary Magnetic Resonance (CIMAR), National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL), Tallahassee, FL, 32310, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA.,US DOE Ames Laboratory, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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Duong NT, Rossi F, Makrinich M, Goldbourt A, Chierotti MR, Gobetto R, Nishiyama Y. Accurate 1H- 14N distance measurements by phase-modulated RESPDOR at ultra-fast MAS. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2019; 308:106559. [PMID: 31345769 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2019.07.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2019] [Revised: 07/12/2019] [Accepted: 07/12/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The combination of a phase-modulated (PM) saturation pulse and symmetry-based dipolar recoupling into a rotational-echo saturation-pulse double-resonance (RESPDOR) sequence has been employed to measure 1H-14N distances. Such a measurement is challenging owing to the quadrupolar interaction of 14N nucleus and the intense 1H-1H homonuclear dipolar interactions. Thanks to the recent advances in probe technology, the homonuclear dipolar interaction can be sufficiently suppressed at a fast MAS frequency (νR ≥ 60 kHz). PM pulse is robust to large variations of parameters on quadrupolar spins, but it has not been demonstrated under very fast MAS conditions. On the other hand, the RESPDOR sequence is applicable to such condition when it employs symmetry-based pulses during the recoupling period, but a prior knowledge on the system is required. In this article, we demonstrated the PM-RESPDOR combination for providing accurate 1H-14N distances at a very fast MAS frequency of 70 kHz on two samples, namely L-tyrosine⋅HCl and N-acetyl-L-alanine. This sequence, supported by simulations and experiments, has shown its feasibility at νR = 70 kHz as well as the robustness to the 14N quadrupolar interaction. It is applicable to a wide range of 1H-14N dipolar coupling constants when a radio frequency field on the 14N channel is approximately 80 kHz or more, while the PM pulse length lasts 10 rotor periods. For the first time, multiple 1H-14N heteronuclear dipolar couplings, thus multiple quantitative distances, are simultaneously and reliably extracted by fitting the experimental fraction curves with the analytical expression. The size of the 1H-14N dipolar interaction is solely used as a fitting parameter. These determined distances are in excellent agreement with those derived from diffraction techniques.
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- Nghia Tuan Duong
- NMR Science and Development Division, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, and Nano-Crystallography Unit, RIKEN-JEOL Collaboration Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University of Torino, V.P. Giuria 7, 10125, Italy
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- School of Chemistry, Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- School of Chemistry, Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University of Torino, V.P. Giuria 7, 10125, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and NIS Centre, University of Torino, V.P. Giuria 7, 10125, Italy
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- NMR Science and Development Division, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, and Nano-Crystallography Unit, RIKEN-JEOL Collaboration Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan; JEOL RESONANCE Inc., Musashino, Akishima, Tokyo 196-8558, Japan.
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Perras FA, Wang Z, Kobayashi T, Baiker A, Huang J, Pruski M. Shedding light on the atomic-scale structure of amorphous silica–alumina and its Brønsted acid sites. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:19529-19537. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp04099d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Advanced solid-state NMR methods, using dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP), are applied to probe the atomic-scale bulk structure of amorphous silica–alumina catalysts prepared by flame-spray pyrolysis, and the structure of their Brønsted acid sites.
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- Laboratory for Catalysis Engineering
- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering & Sydney Nano Institute
- University of Sydney
- Sydney
- Australia
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering
- Department of Chemistry and Applied Bioscience
- ETH Zürich
- HCI
- Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Catalysis Engineering
- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering & Sydney Nano Institute
- University of Sydney
- Sydney
- Australia
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- US DOE
- Ames Laboratory
- Ames
- USA
- Department of Chemistry
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Perras FA, Pruski M. Reducing t 1 noise through rapid scanning. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2019; 298:31-34. [PMID: 30513456 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2018.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2018] [Revised: 11/21/2018] [Accepted: 11/26/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The so-called t1 noise, which arises due to random instabilities in the spectrometer hardware, remains the primary source of noise that limits the sensitivity of most 2D NMR experiments, particularly in the expanding group of solid-state NMR methods that utilize dipolar-recoupling. In this communication we revisit the relationship between the signal intensity and the t1 noise produced. It is shown that since the latter scales linearly with the signal strength, the use of a conventional relaxation delay of 1.3T1 may prove far from optimal. In cases where the fluctuations occur on a shorter timescale than the recycle delay, a considerably faster repetition rate should be used to maximize the time sensitivity in a 2D experiment than what is used to maximize the sensitivity in 1D. This is demonstrated with the acquisition of 1H{13C} Dipolar-mediated Heteronuclear Multiple-Quantum Correlation (D-HMQC) type spectra in which the sensitivity could be nearly doubled by choosing a very short relaxation delay corresponding to 0.2T1.
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- US DOE, Ames Laboratory, Ames, IA 50011, USA; Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
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Carnahan SL, Lampkin BJ, Naik P, Hanrahan MP, Slowing II, VanVeller B, Wu G, Rossini AJ. Probing O–H Bonding through Proton Detected 1H–17O Double Resonance Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 141:441-450. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b10878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Scott L. Carnahan
- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
- U.S. DOE Ames Laboratory, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
- U.S. DOE Ames Laboratory, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
- U.S. DOE Ames Laboratory, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
- U.S. DOE Ames Laboratory, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
- U.S. DOE Ames Laboratory, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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Liang L, Hou G, Bao X. Measurement of proton chemical shift anisotropy in solid-state NMR spectroscopy. SOLID STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE 2018; 93:16-28. [PMID: 29803915 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssnmr.2018.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2018] [Revised: 04/12/2018] [Accepted: 04/12/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Proton chemical shift anisotropy (CSA) is significantly important as it provides the information of the dynamics and local environmental structure of the proton. The measurement of proton CSA keeps drawing the attention of NMR researchers, and great efforts have been expended. In the early years, measuring proton CSA in solid-state NMR, especially with the strong 1H-1H dipolar network, was hampered by ineffective decoupling or selectively recoupling techniques, and the applications were only limited to those with sparse proton sites or single crystals. Till the latest decades, the dramatic progress on NMR methodology and magic-angle spinning (MAS) technology enable accurate detection of proton CSA in complicated powder samples even proteins. In this review, following a brief description of the measurement of proton CSA in solution and LCs NMR, a retrospect of the experimental development of proton CSA measurement in solid state NMR is presented, from the continuous wave (CW) and multiple pulse sequences for static solid samples, to combined rotation and multiple pulse spectroscopy (CRAMPS), then to the latest methods including rotary resonance, CSA amplification and R-symmetry pulse sequences under MAS conditions.
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- Lixin Liang
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, China; Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, China
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Paramasivam S, Gronenborn AM, Polenova T. Backbone amide 15N chemical shift tensors report on hydrogen bonding interactions in proteins: A magic angle spinning NMR study. SOLID STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE 2018; 92:1-6. [PMID: 29579703 PMCID: PMC6261280 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssnmr.2018.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2018] [Revised: 03/08/2018] [Accepted: 03/09/2018] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Chemical shift tensors (CSTs) are an exquisite probe of local geometric and electronic structure. 15N CST are very sensitive to hydrogen bonding, yet they have been reported for very few proteins to date. Here we present experimental results and statistical analysis of backbone amide 15N CSTs for 100 residues of four proteins, two E. coli thioredoxin reassemblies (1-73-(U-13C,15N)/74-108-(U-15N) and 1-73-(U-15N)/74-108-(U-13C,15N)), dynein light chain 8 LC8, and CAP-Gly domain of the mammalian dynactin. The 15N CSTs were measured by a symmetry-based CSA recoupling method, ROCSA. Our results show that the principal component δ11 is very sensitive to the presence of hydrogen bonding interactions due to its unique orientation in the molecular frame. The downfield chemical shift change of backbone amide nitrogen nuclei with increasing hydrogen bond strength is manifested in the negative correlation of the principal components with hydrogen bond distance for both α-helical and β-sheet secondary structure elements. Our findings highlight the potential for the use of 15N CSTs in protein structure refinement.
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- Sivakumar Paramasivam
- Department of Physics and Nanotechnology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai 603 203, India; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States.
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- Department of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, United States; Pittsburgh Center for HIV Protein Interactions, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States; Pittsburgh Center for HIV Protein Interactions, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, United States.
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Optimal sample formulations for DNP SENS: The importance of radical-surface interactions. Curr Opin Colloid Interface Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2017.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Asami S, Reif B. Comparative Study of REDOR and CPPI Derived Order Parameters by 1H-Detected MAS NMR and MD Simulations. J Phys Chem B 2017; 121:8719-8730. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b06812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Sam Asami
- Munich
Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPS-M) at Department Chemie, Technische Universität München (TUM), Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747 Garching, Germany
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- Munich
Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPS-M) at Department Chemie, Technische Universität München (TUM), Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747 Garching, Germany
- Helmholtz-Zentrum München (HMGU), Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt, Ingolstädter
Landstr. 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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Rajput L, Banik M, Yarava JR, Joseph S, Pandey MK, Nishiyama Y, Desiraju GR. Exploring the salt-cocrystal continuum with solid-state NMR using natural-abundance samples: implications for crystal engineering. IUCRJ 2017; 4:466-475. [PMID: 28875033 PMCID: PMC5571809 DOI: 10.1107/s205225251700687x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2017] [Accepted: 05/08/2017] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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There has been significant recent interest in differentiating multicomponent solid forms, such as salts and cocrystals, and, where appropriate, in determining the position of the proton in the X-H⋯A-YX-⋯H-A+-Y continuum in these systems, owing to the direct relationship of this property to the clinical, regulatory and legal requirements for an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API). In the present study, solid forms of simple cocrystals/salts were investigated by high-field (700 MHz) solid-state NMR (ssNMR) using samples with naturally abundant 15N nuclei. Four model compounds in a series of prototypical salt/cocrystal/continuum systems exhibiting {PyN⋯H-O-}/{PyN+-H⋯O-} hydrogen bonds (Py is pyridine) were selected and prepared. The crystal structures were determined at both low and room temperature using X-ray diffraction. The H-atom positions were determined by measuring the 15N-1H distances through 15N-1H dipolar interactions using two-dimensional inversely proton-detected cross polarization with variable contact-time (invCP-VC) 1H→15N→1H experiments at ultrafast (νR ≥ 60-70 kHz) magic angle spinning (MAS) frequency. It is observed that this method is sensitive enough to determine the proton position even in a continuum where an ambiguity of terminology for the solid form often arises. This work, while carried out on simple systems, has implications in the pharmaceutical industry where the salt/cocrystal/continuum condition of APIs is considered seriously.
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- Lalit Rajput
- Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560 012, India
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- Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560 012, India
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- Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560 012, India
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- RIKEN CLST–JEOL Collaboration Center, RIKEN, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
- JEOL RESONANCE Inc., Musashino, Akishima, Tokyo 196-8558, Japan
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, India
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- RIKEN CLST–JEOL Collaboration Center, RIKEN, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
- JEOL RESONANCE Inc., Musashino, Akishima, Tokyo 196-8558, Japan
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- Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560 012, India
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Perras FA, Wang Z, Naik P, Slowing II, Pruski M. Natural Abundance
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O DNP NMR Provides Precise O−H Distances and Insights into the Brønsted Acidity of Heterogeneous Catalysts. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:9165-9169. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201704032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Frédéric A. Perras
- U.S. DOE Ames Laboratory, and Department of Chemistry Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 USA
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- U.S. DOE Ames Laboratory, and Department of Chemistry Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 USA
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- U.S. DOE Ames Laboratory, and Department of Chemistry Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 USA
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- U.S. DOE Ames Laboratory, and Department of Chemistry Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 USA
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- U.S. DOE Ames Laboratory, and Department of Chemistry Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 USA
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Perras FA, Wang Z, Naik P, Slowing II, Pruski M. Natural Abundance
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O DNP NMR Provides Precise O−H Distances and Insights into the Brønsted Acidity of Heterogeneous Catalysts. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201704032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Frédéric A. Perras
- U.S. DOE Ames Laboratory, and Department of Chemistry Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 USA
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- U.S. DOE Ames Laboratory, and Department of Chemistry Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 USA
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- U.S. DOE Ames Laboratory, and Department of Chemistry Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 USA
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- U.S. DOE Ames Laboratory, and Department of Chemistry Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 USA
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- U.S. DOE Ames Laboratory, and Department of Chemistry Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 USA
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Siskos MG, Choudhary MI, Gerothanassis IP. Hydrogen Atomic Positions of O-H···O Hydrogen Bonds in Solution and in the Solid State: The Synergy of Quantum Chemical Calculations with ¹H-NMR Chemical Shifts and X-ray Diffraction Methods. Molecules 2017; 22:E415. [PMID: 28272366 PMCID: PMC6155303 DOI: 10.3390/molecules22030415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2017] [Revised: 02/27/2017] [Accepted: 03/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The exact knowledge of hydrogen atomic positions of O-H···O hydrogen bonds in solution and in the solid state has been a major challenge in structural and physical organic chemistry. The objective of this review article is to summarize recent developments in the refinement of labile hydrogen positions with the use of: (i) density functional theory (DFT) calculations after a structure has been determined by X-ray from single crystals or from powders; (ii) ¹H-NMR chemical shifts as constraints in DFT calculations, and (iii) use of root-mean-square deviation between experimentally determined and DFT calculated ¹H-NMR chemical shifts considering the great sensitivity of ¹H-NMR shielding to hydrogen bonding properties.
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- Michael G Siskos
- Section of Organic Chemistry & Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Ioannina, Ioannina GR-45110, Greece.
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- H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, International Center for Biological and Chemical Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi 75270, Pakistan.
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- Section of Organic Chemistry & Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Ioannina, Ioannina GR-45110, Greece.
- H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, International Center for Biological and Chemical Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi 75270, Pakistan.
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Schanda P, Ernst M. Studying Dynamics by Magic-Angle Spinning Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy: Principles and Applications to Biomolecules. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2016; 96:1-46. [PMID: 27110043 PMCID: PMC4836562 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2016.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Magic-angle spinning solid-state NMR spectroscopy is an important technique to study molecular structure, dynamics and interactions, and is rapidly gaining importance in biomolecular sciences. Here we provide an overview of experimental approaches to study molecular dynamics by MAS solid-state NMR, with an emphasis on the underlying theoretical concepts and differences of MAS solid-state NMR compared to solution-state NMR. The theoretical foundations of nuclear spin relaxation are revisited, focusing on the particularities of spin relaxation in solid samples under magic-angle spinning. We discuss the range of validity of Redfield theory, as well as the inherent multi-exponential behavior of relaxation in solids. Experimental challenges for measuring relaxation parameters in MAS solid-state NMR and a few recently proposed relaxation approaches are discussed, which provide information about time scales and amplitudes of motions ranging from picoseconds to milliseconds. We also discuss the theoretical basis and experimental measurements of anisotropic interactions (chemical-shift anisotropies, dipolar and quadrupolar couplings), which give direct information about the amplitude of motions. The potential of combining relaxation data with such measurements of dynamically-averaged anisotropic interactions is discussed. Although the focus of this review is on the theoretical foundations of dynamics studies rather than their application, we close by discussing a small number of recent dynamics studies, where the dynamic properties of proteins in crystals are compared to those in solution.
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- Paul Schanda
- CEA, Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS), 38027 Grenoble, France ; CNRS, Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS), 38027 Grenoble, France ; Université Grenoble Alpes, IBS, 38027 Grenoble, France
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- ETH Zürich, Physical Chemistry, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Shi X, Rienstra CM. Site-Specific Internal Motions in GB1 Protein Microcrystals Revealed by 3D ²H-¹³C-¹³C Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:4105-19. [PMID: 26849428 PMCID: PMC4819898 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b12974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2015] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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(2)H quadrupolar line shapes deliver rich information about protein dynamics. A newly designed 3D (2)H-(13)C-(13)C solid-state NMR magic angle spinning (MAS) experiment is presented and demonstrated on the microcrystalline β1 immunoglobulin binding domain of protein G (GB1). The implementation of (2)H-(13)C adiabatic rotor-echo-short-pulse-irradiation cross-polarization (RESPIRATION CP) ensures the accuracy of the extracted line shapes and provides enhanced sensitivity relative to conventional CP methods. The 3D (2)H-(13)C-(13)C spectrum reveals (2)H line shapes for 140 resolved aliphatic deuterium sites. Motional-averaged (2)H quadrupolar parameters obtained from the line-shape fitting identify side-chain motions. Restricted side-chain dynamics are observed for a number of polar residues including K13, D22, E27, K31, D36, N37, D46, D47, K50, and E56, which we attribute to the effects of salt bridges and hydrogen bonds. In contrast, we observe significantly enhanced side-chain flexibility for Q2, K4, K10, E15, E19, N35, N40, and E42, due to solvent exposure and low packing density. T11, T16, and T17 side chains exhibit motions with larger amplitudes than other Thr residues due to solvent interactions. The side chains of L5, V54, and V29 are highly rigid because they are packed in the core of the protein. High correlations were demonstrated between GB1 side-chain dynamics and its biological function. Large-amplitude side-chain motions are observed for regions contacting and interacting with immunoglobulin G (IgG). In contrast, rigid side chains are primarily found for residues in the structural core of the protein that are absent from protein binding and interactions.
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- Xiangyan Shi
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Perras FA, Kobayashi T, Pruski M. Natural Abundance (17)O DNP Two-Dimensional and Surface-Enhanced NMR Spectroscopy. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:8336-9. [PMID: 26098846 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b03905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Due to its extremely low natural abundance and quadrupolar nature, the (17)O nuclide is very rarely used for spectroscopic investigation of solids by NMR without isotope enrichment. Additionally, the applicability of dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP), which leads to sensitivity enhancements of 2 orders of magnitude, to (17)O is wrought with challenges due to the lack of spin diffusion and low polarization transfer efficiency from (1)H. Here, we demonstrate new DNP-based measurements that extend (17)O solid-state NMR beyond its current capabilities. The use of the PRESTO technique instead of conventional (1)H-(17)O cross-polarization greatly improves the sensitivity and enables the facile measurement of undistorted line shapes and two-dimensional (1)H-(17)O HETCOR NMR spectra as well as accurate internuclear distance measurements at natural abundance. This was applied for distinguishing hydrogen-bonded and lone (17)O sites on the surface of silica gel; the one-dimensional spectrum of which could not be used to extract such detail. Lastly, this greatly enhanced sensitivity has enabled, for the first time, the detection of surface hydroxyl sites on mesoporous silica at natural abundance, thereby extending the concept of DNP surface-enhanced NMR spectroscopy to the (17)O nuclide.
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- †U.S. DOE Ames Laboratory, Ames, Iowa 50011-3020, United States.,‡Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-3020, United States
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Perras FA, Kobayashi T, Pruski M. PRESTO polarization transfer to quadrupolar nuclei: implications for dynamic nuclear polarization. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:22616-22. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cp04145g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We show both experimentally and numerically that in experiments involving transfer of magnetization from 1H to the quadrupolar nuclei under MAS, the PRESTO technique consistently outperforms the traditionally used CP method, affording more quantitative intensities, improved lineshapes, better sensitivity, and easier optimization.
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- U.S. DOE Ames Laboratory
- Ames
- USA
- Department of Chemistry
- Iowa State University
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Hou G, Gupta R, Polenova T, Vega AJ. A Magic-Angle Spinning NMR Method for the Site-Specific Measurement of Proton Chemical-Shift Anisotropy in Biological and Organic Solids. Isr J Chem 2014; 54:171-183. [PMID: 25484446 DOI: 10.1002/ijch.201300099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Proton chemical shifts are a rich probe of structure and hydrogen bonding environments in organic and biological molecules. Until recently, measurements of 1H chemical shift tensors have been restricted to either solid systems with sparse proton sites or were based on the indirect determination of anisotropic tensor components from cross-relaxation and liquid-crystal experiments. We have introduced an MAS approach that permits site-resolved determination of CSA tensors of protons forming chemical bonds with labeled spin-1/2 nuclei in fully protonated solids with multiple sites, including organic molecules and proteins. This approach, originally introduced for the measurements of chemical shift tensors of amide protons, is based on three RN-symmetry based experiments, from which the principal components of the 1H CS tensor can be reliably extracted by simultaneous triple fit of the data. In this article, we expand our approach to a much more challenging system involving aliphatic and aromatic protons. We start with a review of the prior work on experimental-NMR and computational-quantum-chemical approaches for the measurements of 1H chemical shift tensors and for relating these to the electronic structures. We then present our experimental results on U-13C,15N-labeled histdine demonstrating that 1H chemical shift tensors can be reliably determined for the 1H15N and 1H13C spin pairs in cationic and neutral forms of histidine. Finally, we demonstrate that the experimental 1H(C) and 1H(N) chemical shift tensors are in agreement with Density Functional Theory calculations, therefore establishing the usefulness of our method for characterization of structure and hydrogen bonding environment in organic and biological solids.
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- Guangjin Hou
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States ; Pittsburgh Center for HIV Protein Interactions, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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Gansmüller A, Simorre JP, Hediger S. Windowed R-PDLF recoupling: a flexible and reliable tool to characterize molecular dynamics. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2013; 234:154-64. [PMID: 23880256 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2013.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2013] [Revised: 06/21/2013] [Accepted: 06/24/2013] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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This work focuses on the improvement of the R-PDLF heteronuclear recoupling scheme, a method that allows quantification of molecular dynamics up to the microsecond timescale in heterogeneous materials. We show how the stability of the sequence towards rf-imperfections, one of the main sources of error of this technique, can be improved by the insertion of windows without irradiation into the basic elements of the symmetry-based recoupling sequence. The impact of this modification on the overall performance of the sequence in terms of scaling factor and homonuclear decoupling efficiency is evaluated. This study indicates the experimental conditions for which precise and reliable measurement of dipolar couplings can be obtained using the popular R18(1)(7) recoupling sequence, as well as alternative symmetry-based R sequences suited for fast MAS conditions. An analytical expression for the recoupled dipolar modulation has been derived that applies to a whole class of sequences with similar recoupling properties as R18(1)(7). This analytical expression provides an efficient and precise way to extract dipolar couplings from the experimental dipolar modulation curves. We hereby provide helpful tools and information for tailoring R-PDLF recoupling schemes to specific sample properties and hardware capabilities. This approach is particularly well suited for the study of materials with strong and heterogeneous molecular dynamics where a precise measurement of dipolar couplings is crucial.
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- Axel Gansmüller
- Institut de Biologie Structurale, UMR5075 (CEA/CNRS/UJF), 38027 Grenoble, France.
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Hou G, Paramasivam S, Yan S, Polenova T, Vega AJ. Multidimensional magic angle spinning NMR spectroscopy for site-resolved measurement of proton chemical shift anisotropy in biological solids. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 135:1358-68. [PMID: 23286322 PMCID: PMC3586542 DOI: 10.1021/ja3084972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The proton chemical shift (CS) tensor is a sensitive probe of structure and hydrogen bonding. Highly accurate quantum-chemical protocols exist for computation of (1)H magnetic shieldings in the various contexts, making proton chemical shifts potentially a powerful predictor of structural and electronic properties. However, (1)H CS tensors are not yet widely used in protein structure calculation due to scarcity of experimental data. While isotropic proton shifts can be readily measured in proteins even in the solid state, determination of the (1)H chemical shift anisotropy (CSA) tensors remains challenging, particularly in molecules containing multiple proton sites. We present a method for site-resolved measurement of amide proton CSAs in fully protonated solids under magic angle spinning. The approach consists of three concomitant 3D experiments yielding spectra determined by either mainly (1)H CSA, mainly (1)H–(15)N dipolar, or combined (1)H CSA and (1)H–(15)N dipolar interactions. The anisotropic interactions are recoupled using RN-sequences of appropriate symmetry, such as R12(1)(4), and (15)N/(13)C isotropic CS dimensions are introduced via a short selective (1)H–(15)N cross-polarization step. Accurate (1)H chemical shift tensor parameters are extracted by simultaneous fit of the lineshapes recorded in the three spectra. An application of this method is presented for an 89-residue protein, U-(13)C,(15)N-CAP-Gly domain of dynactin. The CSA parameters determined from the triple fits correlate with the hydrogen-bonding distances, and the trends are in excellent agreement with the prior solution NMR results. This approach is generally suited for recording proton CSA parameters in various biological and organic systems, including protein assemblies and nucleic acids.
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- Guangjin Hou
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716
- Pittsburgh Center for HIV Protein Interactions, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716
- Pittsburgh Center for HIV Protein Interactions, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716
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Tatton AS, Bradley JP, Iuga D, Brown SP. 14N–1H Heteronuclear Multiple-Quantum Correlation Magic-Angle Spinning NMR Spectroscopy of Organic Solids. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1524/zpch.2012.0308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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14N–1H heteronuclear multiple-quantum correlation (HMQC) solid-state magic-angle spinning (MAS) NMR spectra recorded at a 1H Larmor frequency of 850 MHz are presented for the dipeptide β-AspAla. A modified version of the pulse sequence presented by Gan et al. (Chem. Phys. Lett. 435 (2007) 163) that utilises rotary resonance recoupling (R3) at the n = 2 condition (ν
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- Andrew S. Tatton
- University of Warwick, Department of Physics, Coventry, CV4 7AL, Großbritannien
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- University of Warwick, Department of Physics, Coventry, CV4 7AL, Großbritannien
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- University of Warwick, Department of Physics, Coventry, CV4 7AL, Großbritannien
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Hou G, Byeon IJL, Ahn J, Gronenborn AM, Polenova T. 1H-13C/1H-15N heteronuclear dipolar recoupling by R-symmetry sequences under fast magic angle spinning for dynamics analysis of biological and organic solids. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:18646-55. [PMID: 21995349 DOI: 10.1021/ja203771a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Fast magic angle spinning (MAS) NMR spectroscopy is becoming increasingly important in structural and dynamics studies of biological systems and inorganic materials. Superior spectral resolution due to the efficient averaging of the dipolar couplings can be attained at MAS frequencies of 40 kHz and higher with appropriate decoupling techniques, while proton detection gives rise to significant sensitivity gains, therefore making fast MAS conditions advantageous across the board compared with the conventional slow- and moderate-MAS approaches. At the same time, many of the dipolar recoupling approaches that currently constitute the basis for structural and dynamics studies of solid materials and that are designed for MAS frequencies of 20 kHz and below, fail above 30 kHz. In this report, we present an approach for (1)H-(13)C/(1)H-(15)N heteronuclear dipolar recoupling under fast MAS conditions using R-type symmetry sequences, which is suitable even for fully protonated systems. A series of rotor-synchronized R-type symmetry pulse schemes are explored for the determination of structure and dynamics in biological and organic systems. The investigations of the performance of the various RN(n)(v)-symmetry sequences at the MAS frequency of 40 kHz experimentally and by numerical simulations on [U-(13)C,(15)N]-alanine and [U-(13)C,(15)N]-N-acetyl-valine, revealed excellent performance for sequences with high symmetry number ratio (N/2n > 2.5). Further applications of this approach are presented for two proteins, sparsely (13)C/uniformly (15)N-enriched CAP-Gly domain of dynactin and U-(13)C,(15)N-Tyr enriched C-terminal domain of HIV-1 CA protein. Two-dimensional (2D) and 3D R16(3)(2)-based DIPSHIFT experiments carried out at the MAS frequency of 40 kHz, yielded site-specific (1)H-(13)C/(1)H-(15)N heteronuclear dipolar coupling constants for CAP-Gly and CTD CA, reporting on the dynamic behavior of these proteins on time scales of nano- to microseconds. The R-symmetry-based dipolar recoupling under fast MAS is expected to find numerous applications in studies of protein assemblies and organic solids by MAS NMR spectroscopy.
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- Guangjin Hou
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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Schanda P, Meier BH, Ernst M. Accurate measurement of one-bond H-X heteronuclear dipolar couplings in MAS solid-state NMR. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2011; 210:246-59. [PMID: 21482161 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2011.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2011] [Revised: 03/08/2011] [Accepted: 03/14/2011] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The accurate experimental determination of dipolar-coupling constants for one-bond heteronuclear dipolar couplings in solids is a key for the quantification of the amplitudes of motional processes. Averaging of the dipolar coupling reports on motions on time scales up to the inverse of the coupling constant, in our case tens of microseconds. Combining dipolar-coupling derived order parameters that characterize the amplitudes of the motion with relaxation data leads to a more precise characterization of the dynamical parameters and helps to disentangle the amplitudes and the time scales of the motional processes, which impact relaxation rates in a highly correlated way. Here. we describe and characterize an improved experimental protocol--based on REDOR--to measure these couplings in perdeuterated proteins with a reduced sensitivity to experimental missettings. Because such effects are presently the dominant source of systematic errors in experimental dipolar-coupling measurements, these compensated experiments should help to significantly improve the precision of such data. A detailed comparison with other commonly used pulse sequences (T-MREV, phase-inverted CP, R18(2)(5), and R18(1)(7)) is provided.
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- Paul Schanda
- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Chan JCC. Solid-state NMR techniques for the structural determination of amyloid fibrils. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2011; 306:47-88. [PMID: 21630137 DOI: 10.1007/128_2011_154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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This review discusses the solid-state NMR techniques developed for the study of amyloid fibrils. Literature up to the end of 2010 has been surveyed and the materials are organized according to five categories, viz. homonuclear dipolar recoupling and polarization transfer via J-coupling, heteronuclear dipolar recoupling, correlation spectroscopy, recoupling of chemical shift anisotropy, and tensor correlation. Our emphasis is on the NMR techniques and their practical aspects. The biological implications of the results obtained for amyloid fibrils are only briefly discussed. Our main objective is to showcase the power of NMR in the study of biological unoriented solids.
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- Jerry C C Chan
- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Schanda P, Meier BH, Ernst M. Quantitative Analysis of Protein Backbone Dynamics in Microcrystalline Ubiquitin by Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy. J Am Chem Soc 2010; 132:15957-67. [PMID: 20977205 DOI: 10.1021/ja100726a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Paul Schanda
- ETH Zürich, Physical Chemistry, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- ETH Zürich, Physical Chemistry, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- ETH Zürich, Physical Chemistry, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Chen L, Wang Q, Hu B, Lafon O, Trébosc J, Deng F, Amoureux JP. Measurement of hetero-nuclear distances using a symmetry-based pulse sequence in solid-state NMR. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2010; 12:9395-405. [PMID: 20577687 DOI: 10.1039/b926546e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A Symmetry-based Resonance-Echo DOuble-Resonance (S-REDOR) method is proposed for measuring hetero-nuclear dipolar couplings between two different spin-1/2 nuclei, under fast magic-angle spinning. The hetero-nuclear dipolar couplings are restored by employing the SR4 sequence, which requires the rf-field strength to be only twice the spinning frequency. The S-REDOR experiment is extended to S-RESPDOR (Symmetry-based Resonance-Echo Saturation-Pulse DOuble-Resonance) for determining dipolar coupling between a spin-1/2 nucleus (e.g.(13)C) and (14)N. It is demonstrated that S-REDOR and S-RESPDOR methods suppress efficiently the homo-nuclear dipolar interaction of the irradiated nucleus and benefit from high robustness to the rf-field inhomogeneity, chemical shielding and dipolar truncation. Therefore, these methods allow the measurement of (13)C/(14,15)N distances, with (13)C observation, in uniformly (13)C-labeled samples. Furthermore, we provide analytical solutions for the S-REDOR and S-RESPDOR dephasing curves. These solutions facilitate the measurement of hetero-nuclear distances from experimental data.
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- Lei Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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Chevelkov V, Fink U, Reif B. Accurate determination of order parameters from 1H,15N dipolar couplings in MAS solid-state NMR experiments. J Am Chem Soc 2009; 131:14018-22. [PMID: 19743845 DOI: 10.1021/ja902649u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A reliable site-specific estimate of the individual N-H bond lengths in the protein backbone is the fundamental basis of any relaxation experiment in solution and in the solid-state NMR. The N-H bond length can in principle be influenced by hydrogen bonding, which would result in an increased N-H distance. At the same time, dynamics in the backbone induces a reduction of the experimental dipolar coupling due to motional averaging. We present a 3D dipolar recoupling experiment in which the (1)H,(15)N dipolar coupling is reintroduced in the indirect dimension using phase-inverted CP to eliminate effects from rf inhomogeneity. We find no variation of the N-H dipolar coupling as a function of hydrogen bonding. Instead, variations in the (1)H,(15)N dipolar coupling seem to be due to dynamics of the protein backbone. This is supported by the observed correlation between the H(N)-N dipolar coupling and the amide proton chemical shift. The experiment is demonstrated for a perdeuterated sample of the alpha-spectrin SH3 domain. Perdeuteration is a prerequisite to achieve high accuracy. The average error in the analysis of the H-N dipolar couplings is on the order of +/-370 Hz (+/-0.012 A) and can be as small as 150 Hz, corresponding to a variation of the bond length of +/-0.005 A.
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- Veniamin Chevelkov
- Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie, D-13125 Berlin, Germany
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Yang J, Tasayco ML, Polenova T. Dynamics of reassembled thioredoxin studied by magic angle spinning NMR: snapshots from different time scales. J Am Chem Soc 2009; 131:13690-702. [PMID: 19736935 DOI: 10.1021/ja9037802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Solid-state NMR spectroscopy can be used to probe internal protein dynamics in the absence of the overall molecular tumbling. In this study, we report (15)N backbone dynamics in differentially enriched 1-73(U-(13)C,(15)N)/74-108(U-(15)N) reassembled thioredoxin on multiple time scales using a series of 2D and 3D MAS NMR experiments probing the backbone amide (15)N longitudinal relaxation, (1)H-(15)N dipolar order parameters, (15)N chemical shift anisotropy (CSA), and signal intensities in the temperature-dependent and (1)H T(2)'-filtered NCA experiments. The spin-lattice relaxation rates R(1) (R(1) = 1/T(1)) were observed in the range from 0.012 to 0.64 s(-1), indicating large site-to-site variations in dynamics on pico- to nanosecond time scales. The (1)H-(15)N dipolar order parameters, <S>, and (15)N CSA anisotropies, delta(sigma), reveal the backbone mobilities in reassembled thioredoxin, as reflected in the average <S> = 0.89 +/- 0.06 and delta(sigma) = 92.3 +/- 5.2 ppm, respectively. From the aggregate of experimental data from different dynamics methods, some degree of correlation between the motions on the different time scales has been suggested. Analysis of the dynamics parameters derived from these solid-state NMR experiments indicates higher mobilities for the residues constituting irregular secondary structure elements than for those located in the alpha-helices and beta-sheets, with no apparent systematic differences in dynamics between the alpha-helical and beta-sheet residues. Remarkably, the dipolar order parameters derived from the solid-state NMR measurements and the corresponding solution NMR generalized order parameters display similar qualitative trends as a function of the residue number. The comparison of the solid-state dynamics parameters to the crystallographic B-factors has identified the contribution of static disorder to the B-factors. The combination of longitudinal relaxation, dipolar order parameter, and CSA line shape analyses employed in this study provides snapshots of dynamics and a new insight on the correlation of these motions on multiple time scales.
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- Jun Yang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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Dvinskikh SV, Castro V, Sandström D. Efficient solid-state NMR methods for measuring heteronuclear dipolar couplings in unoriented lipid membrane systems. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2009; 7:607-13. [PMID: 19787876 DOI: 10.1039/b418131j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Recently (Dvinskikh et al., J. Magn. Reson., 2003, 164, 165 and Dvinskikh et al., J. Magn. Reson., 2004, 168, 194), some of us introduced two efficient solid-state NMR techniques for the determination of heteronuclear dipolar couplings under magic-angle spinning (MAS). These two-dimensional (2D) recoupling methods have been applied previously to simple amino acids, and to columnar systems with high positional and orientational order. In this work, we show that the 2D MAS sequences produce unparalleled 1H-13C dipolar resolution in unoriented lipid membranes. The recoupling experiments were applied to hydrated dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) in the liquid-crystalline Lalpha phase, and the results agreed well with previous NMR investigations using specifically deuterated phospholipids.
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- Sergey V Dvinskikh
- Division of Physical Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Brown SP. Recent Advances in Solid-State MAS NMR Methodology for Probing Structure and Dynamics in Polymeric and Supramolecular Systems. Macromol Rapid Commun 2009; 30:688-716. [DOI: 10.1002/marc.200800816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2008] [Accepted: 02/06/2009] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Seyfarth L, Senker J. An NMR crystallographic approach for the determination of the hydrogen substructure of nitrogen bonded protons. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2009; 11:3522-31. [DOI: 10.1039/b819319c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Seyfarth L, Sehnert J, El-Gamel N, Milius W, Kroke E, Breu J, Senker J. Structure elucidation of cyameluric acid by combining solid-state NMR spectroscopy, molecular modeling and direct-space methods. J Mol Struct 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2008.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Yaghmaei S, Khodagholian S, Kaiser JM, Tham FS, Mueller LJ, Morton TH. Chelation of a Proton by an Aliphatic Tertiary Diamine. J Am Chem Soc 2008; 130:7836-8. [DOI: 10.1021/ja8018725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Sepideh Yaghmaei
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521-0403
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521-0403
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521-0403
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521-0403
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521-0403
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Brinkmann A, Litvinov VM, Kentgens APM. Environmentally friendly flame retardants. A detailed solid-state NMR study of melamine orthophosphate. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2007; 45 Suppl 1:S231-S246. [PMID: 18157843 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.2159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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We used solid-state NMR spectroscopy to gain detailed information about the proton positions, proximities and the hydrogen-bonding network in the environmentally friendly flame retardant melamine orthophosphate (MP). High-resolution proton one- and two-dimensional solid-state NMR spectra were obtained at high external magnetic field in combination with fast magic angle spinning of the sample. Furthermore, we recorded homo- and heteronuclear correlation spectra of types (15)N–(15)N, (1)H–(13)C, (1)H–(15)N and (1)H–(31)P. In addition, we determined the geometry of the NH and NH(2) groups in MP by (15)N–(1)H heteronuclear recoupling experiments.We were able to completely assign the different isotropic chemical shifts in MP. Furthermore, we could identify the protonation of the melamine and orthophosphate moieties. The experimental results are discussed in connection with the structural model obtained by powder X-ray diffraction together with a combined molecular modeling-Rietveld refinement approach (De Ridder et al. Helv. Chim. Acta 2004; 87: 1894). We show that the geometry of the NH2 groups can only be successfully estimated by solid-state NMR.
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- Andreas Brinkmann
- Physical Chemistry/Solid State NMR, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Zhao X, Harbison GS. Deuterium quadrupolar tensors of L-histidine hydrochloride monohydrate-d7. J Phys Chem B 2007; 110:25059-65. [PMID: 17149930 DOI: 10.1021/jp0600965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A deuterium NMR study at 14 T of a single crystal of L-histidine hydrochloride monohydrate has determined the deuteron quadrupole coupling constants CQ, asymmetry parameters eta, and electric field gradient orientation for the imidazolium and primary ammonium groups and for a water of crystallization. The imidazolium deuterons, which have very long relaxation times, have quite different coupling constants, reflecting different hydrogen bonding but nearly identical orientations, with the most distinct principal axis in both cases nearly parallel to the N-D vector. The -ND3 groups undergo 3-fold hops about the C-N bond axis and have typical quadrupole couplings; the D2O undergoes 2-fold hops, leading to a tensor with a large asymmetry parameter. With appropriate corrections for vibrational averaging, density functional cluster calculations give an excellent fit to the imidazolium tensor magnitudes and orientations.
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- Xingang Zhao
- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0304, USA
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Marin-Montesinos I, Brouwer DH, Antonioli G, Lai WC, Brinkmann A, Levitt MH. Heteronuclear decoupling interference during symmetry-based homonuclear recoupling in solid-state NMR. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2005; 177:307-17. [PMID: 16169757 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2005.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2005] [Revised: 07/13/2005] [Accepted: 07/14/2005] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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We examine the influence of continuous-wave heteronuclear decoupling on symmetry-based double-quantum homonuclear dipolar recoupling, using experimental measurements, numerical simulations, and average Hamiltonian theory. There are two distinct regimes in which the heteronuclear interference effects are minimized. The first regime utilizes a moderate homonuclear recoupling field and a strong heteronuclear decoupling field; the second regime utilizes a strong homonuclear recoupling field and a weak or absent heteronuclear decoupling field. The second regime is experimentally accessible at moderate or high magic-angle-spinning frequencies and is particularly relevant for many realistic applications of solid-state NMR recoupling experiments to organic or biological materials.
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Dvinskikh SV, Zimmermann H, Maliniak A, Sandström D. Heteronuclear dipolar recoupling in solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance by amplitude-, phase-, and frequency-modulated Lee–Goldburg cross-polarization. J Chem Phys 2005; 122:44512. [PMID: 15740272 DOI: 10.1063/1.1834569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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This paper presents a theoretical, numerical, and experimental study of phase- and frequency-switched Lee-Goldburg cross-polarization (FSLG-CP) under magic-angle spinning conditions. It is shown that a well-defined amplitude modulation of one of the two radio-frequency (rf) fields in the FSLG-CP sequence results in highly efficient heteronuclear dipolar recoupling. The recoupled dipolar interaction is gamma-encoded and, under ideal conditions, the effective spin Hamiltonian is equivalent to that in continuous-wave Lee-Goldburg CP. In practice, however, FSLG-CP is less susceptible to rf field mismatch and inhomogeneity, and provides better suppression of (1)H spin diffusion. The performance of FSLG-CP is experimentally demonstrated on liquid-crystalline samples exhibiting motionally averaged dipolar couplings.
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- Sergey V Dvinskikh
- Division of Physical Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Straus SK. Recent developments in solid-state magic-angle spinning, nuclear magnetic resonance of fully and significantly isotopically labelled peptides and proteins. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2004; 359:997-1008. [PMID: 15306412 PMCID: PMC1693383 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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In recent years, a large number of solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques have been developed and applied to the study of fully or significantly isotopically labelled ((13)C, (15)N or (13)C/(15)N) biomolecules. In the past few years, the first structures of (13)C/(15)N-labelled peptides, Gly-Ile and Met-Leu-Phe, and a protein, Src-homology 3 domain, were solved using magic-angle spinning NMR, without recourse to any structural information obtained from other methods. This progress has been made possible by the development of NMR experiments to assign solid-state spectra and experiments to extract distance and orientational information. Another key aspect to the success of solid-state NMR is the advances made in sample preparation. These improvements will be reviewed in this contribution. Future prospects for the application of solid-state NMR to interesting biological questions will also briefly be discussed.
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- Suzana K Straus
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada.
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Zhao X, Hoffbauer W, Schmedt auf der Günne J, Levitt MHMH. Heteronuclear polarization transfer by symmetry-based recoupling sequences in solid-state NMR. SOLID STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE 2004; 26:57-64. [PMID: 15276635 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssnmr.2003.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2003] [Revised: 11/03/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We demonstrate a new set of methods for transferring spin polarization between different nuclear isotopes in magic-angle-spinning solid-state NMR. The technique employs symmetry-based recoupling sequences on one irradiation channel and a simple sequence of between one and three strong radiofrequency pulses on the second channel. A phase shift of the recoupling sequences is applied at the same time as a pi/2 pulse on the second channel. The trajectory of the transferred polarization may be used to estimate heteronuclear distances. The method is particularly attractive for nuclei with low gyromagnetic ratios or for those experiencing strong anisotropic spin interactions, where conventional Hartmann-Hahn cross-polarization is difficult to apply. We demonstrate the method on 1H-13C, 1H-15N and 19F-109Ag systems.
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- Xin Zhao
- Chemistry Department, Southampton University, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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Dvinskikh SV, Zimmermann H, Maliniak A, Sandström D. Measurements of motionally averaged heteronuclear dipolar couplings in MAS NMR using R-type recoupling. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2004; 168:194-201. [PMID: 15140427 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2004.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2003] [Revised: 03/05/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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A novel MAS NMR approach is presented for the determination of heteronuclear dipolar couplings in unoriented materials. The technique is based on the proton-detected local field (PDLF) protocol, and achieves dipolar recoupling by R-type radio-frequency irradiation. The experiment, which is called R-PDLF spectroscopy, is demonstrated on solid and liquid-crystalline systems. For mobile systems, it is shown that the R-PDLF scheme provides better dipolar resolution as compared to techniques combining conventional separated local field (SLF) spectroscopy with R-type recoupling.
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- Sergey V Dvinskikh
- Division of Physical Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Tošner Z, Petrov O, Dvinskikh SV, Kowalewski J, Sandström D. A 13C solid-state NMR study of cryptophane-E:chloromethane inclusion complexes. Chem Phys Lett 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2004.02.091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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