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Zhuravleva A, Korzhnev DM. Protein folding by NMR. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2017; 100:52-77. [PMID: 28552172 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2016.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2016] [Revised: 10/17/2016] [Accepted: 10/17/2016] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Protein folding is a highly complex process proceeding through a number of disordered and partially folded nonnative states with various degrees of structural organization. These transiently and sparsely populated species on the protein folding energy landscape play crucial roles in driving folding toward the native conformation, yet some of these nonnative states may also serve as precursors for protein misfolding and aggregation associated with a range of devastating diseases, including neuro-degeneration, diabetes and cancer. Therefore, in vivo protein folding is often reshaped co- and post-translationally through interactions with the ribosome, molecular chaperones and/or other cellular components. Owing to developments in instrumentation and methodology, solution NMR spectroscopy has emerged as the central experimental approach for the detailed characterization of the complex protein folding processes in vitro and in vivo. NMR relaxation dispersion and saturation transfer methods provide the means for a detailed characterization of protein folding kinetics and thermodynamics under native-like conditions, as well as modeling high-resolution structures of weakly populated short-lived conformational states on the protein folding energy landscape. Continuing development of isotope labeling strategies and NMR methods to probe high molecular weight protein assemblies, along with advances of in-cell NMR, have recently allowed protein folding to be studied in the context of ribosome-nascent chain complexes and molecular chaperones, and even inside living cells. Here we review solution NMR approaches to investigate the protein folding energy landscape, and discuss selected applications of NMR methodology to studying protein folding in vitro and in vivo. Together, these examples highlight a vast potential of solution NMR in providing atomistic insights into molecular mechanisms of protein folding and homeostasis in health and disease.
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- Anastasia Zhuravleva
- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology and Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom.
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA.
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Salmon L, Blackledge M. Investigating protein conformational energy landscapes and atomic resolution dynamics from NMR dipolar couplings: a review. REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS. PHYSICAL SOCIETY (GREAT BRITAIN) 2015; 78:126601. [PMID: 26517337 DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/78/12/126601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy is exquisitely sensitive to protein dynamics. In particular inter-nuclear dipolar couplings, that become measurable in solution when the protein is dissolved in a dilute liquid crystalline solution, report on all conformations sampled up to millisecond timescales. As such they provide the opportunity to describe the Boltzmann distribution present in solution at atomic resolution, and thereby to map the conformational energy landscape in unprecedented detail. The development of analytical methods and approaches based on numerical simulation and their application to numerous biologically important systems is presented.
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- Loïc Salmon
- Université Grenoble Alpes, Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS), F-38027 Grenoble, France. CEA, DSV, IBS, F-38027 Grenoble, France. CNRS, IBS, F-38027 Grenoble, France
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Shishmarev D, Chapman BE, Naumann C, Mamone S, Kuchel PW. (1)H NMR z-spectra of acetate methyl in stretched hydrogels: quantum-mechanical description and Markov chain Monte Carlo relaxation-parameter estimation. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2015; 250:29-36. [PMID: 25486634 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2014.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2014] [Revised: 10/28/2014] [Accepted: 11/03/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The (1)H NMR signal of the methyl group of sodium acetate is shown to be a triplet in the anisotropic environment of stretched gelatin gel. The multiplet structure of the signal is due to the intra-methyl residual dipolar couplings. The relaxation properties of the spin system were probed by recording steady-state irradiation envelopes ('z-spectra'). A quantum-mechanical model based on irreducible spherical tensors formed by the three magnetically equivalent spins of the methyl group was used to simulate and fit experimental z-spectra. The multiple parameter values of the relaxation model were estimated by using a Bayesian-based Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm.
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- Dmitry Shishmarev
- School of Molecular Bioscience, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- School of Molecular Bioscience, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- School of Molecular Bioscience, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, Southampton University, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Molecular Bioscience, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
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Guerry P, Mollica L, Blackledge M. Mapping Protein Conformational Energy Landscapes Using NMR and Molecular Simulation. Chemphyschem 2013; 14:3046-58. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201300377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Yu B, van Ingen H, Freedberg DI. Constant time INEPT CT-HSQC (CTi-CT-HSQC) - A new NMR method to measure accurate one-bond J and RDCs with strong 1H-1H couplings in natural abundance. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2013; 228:159-165. [PMID: 23294631 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2012.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2012] [Revised: 11/06/2012] [Accepted: 11/08/2012] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Strong (1)H-(1)H coupling can significantly reduce the accuracy of (1)J(CH) measured from frequency differences in coupled HSQC spectra. Although accurate (1)J(CH) values can be extracted from spectral simulation, it would be more convenient if the same accurate (1)J(CH) values can be obtained experimentally. Furthermore, simulations reach their limit for residual dipolar coupling (RDC) measurement, as many significant, but immeasurable RDCs are introduced into the spin system when a molecule is weakly aligned, thus it is impossible to have a model spin system that truly represents the real spin system. Here we report a new J modulated method, constant-time INEPT CT-HSQC (CTi-CT-HSQC), to accurately measure one-bond scalar coupling constant and RDCs without strong coupling interference. In this method, changing the spacing between the two 180° pulses during a constant time INEPT period selectively modulates heteronuclear coupling in quantitative J fashion. Since the INEPT delays for measuring one-bond carbon-proton spectra are short compared to (3)J(HH), evolution due to (strong) (1)H-(1)H coupling is marginal. The resulting curve shape is practically independent of (1)H-(1)H coupling and only correlated to the heteronuclear coupling evolution. Consequently, an accurate (1)J(CH) can be measured even in the presence of strong coupling. We tested this method on N-acetyl-glucosamine and mannose whose apparent isotropic (1)J(CH) values are significantly affected by strong coupling with other methods. Agreement to within 0.5Hz or better is found between (1)J(CH) measured by this method and previously published simulation data. We further examined the strong coupling effects on RDC measurements and observed an error up to 100% for one bond RDCs using coupled HSQC in carbohydrates. We demonstrate that RDCs can be obtained with higher accuracy by CTi-CT-HSQC, which compensates the limitation of simulation method.
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- Bingwu Yu
- Laboratory of Bacterial Polysaccharides, CBER/FDA, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States
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Otten R, Chu B, Krewulak KD, Vogel HJ, Mulder FAA. Comprehensive and cost-effective NMR spectroscopy of methyl groups in large proteins. J Am Chem Soc 2010; 132:2952-60. [PMID: 20148553 DOI: 10.1021/ja907706a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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An NMR approach is described which yields the methyl resonance assignments of alanine, threonine, valine, leucine, and isoleucine residues in proteins with high sensitivity and excellent resolution. The method relies on protein samples produced by bacterial expression using [(1)H,(13)C]-D-glucose and approximately 100% D(2)O, which is cost-effective and ensures the isotopic enrichment of all possible methyl groups. Magnetization transfer throughout the methyl-containing side chains is possible with this labeling scheme due to the high level of deuteration along the amino acid side chain, coupled with the selection of the favorable CHD(2) methyl isotopomer for detection. In an application to the 34 kDa periplasmic binding protein FepB 164 out of 195 methyl groups (85%) were assigned sequence-specifically and stereospecifically. This percentage increases to 91% when taking into account that not all backbone assignments are available for this system. The remaining unassigned methyl groups belong to six leucine residues, caused by low cross-peak intensities, and four alanine residues due to degeneracy of the (13)C(alpha)/(13)C(beta) frequencies. Our results demonstrate that NMR spectroscopic investigations of protein structure, dynamics, and interactions can be extended to include all methyl-containing amino acids also for larger proteins.
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- Renee Otten
- Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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Sibille N, Hanoulle X, Bonachera F, Verdegem D, Landrieu I, Wieruszeski JM, Lippens G. Selective backbone labelling of ILV methyl labelled proteins. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2009; 43:219-227. [PMID: 19288066 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-009-9307-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2008] [Revised: 02/10/2009] [Accepted: 02/13/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Adding the 13C labelled 2-keto-isovalerate and 2-oxobutanoate precursors to a minimal medium composed of 12C labelled glucose instead of the commonly used (2D, 13C) glucose leads not only to the 13C labelling of (I, L, V) methyls but also to the selective 13C labelling of the backbone C(alpha) and CO carbons of the Ile and Val residues. As a result, the backbone (1H, 15N) correlations of the Ile and Val residues and their next neighbours in the (i + 1) position can be selectively identified in HN(CA) and HN(CO) planes. The availability of a selective HSQC spectrum corresponding to the sole amide resonances of the Ile and Val residues allows connecting them to their corresponding methyls by the intra-residue NOE effect, and should therefore be applicable to larger systems.
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- Nathalie Sibille
- CNRS UMR 8576-Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille 1, 59655, Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
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John M, Schmitz C, Park AY, Dixon NE, Huber T, Otting G. Sequence-Specific and Stereospecific Assignment of Methyl Groups Using Paramagnetic Lanthanides. J Am Chem Soc 2007; 129:13749-57. [DOI: 10.1021/ja0744753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Michael John
- Contribution from the Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia, and School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Contribution from the Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia, and School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Contribution from the Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia, and School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Contribution from the Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia, and School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Contribution from the Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia, and School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Contribution from the Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia, and School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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Tang C, Iwahara J, Clore GM. Accurate determination of leucine and valine side-chain conformations using U-[15N/13C/2H]/[1H-(methine/methyl)-Leu/Val] isotope labeling, NOE pattern recognition, and methine Cgamma-Hgamma/Cbeta-Hbeta residual dipolar couplings: application to the 34-kDa enzyme IIA(chitobiose). JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2005; 33:105-21. [PMID: 16258829 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-005-1206-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2005] [Accepted: 07/14/2005] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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An isotope labeling scheme is described in which specific protonation of methine and methyl protons of leucine and valine is obtained on a 15N/13C labeled background with uniform deuteration of all other non-exchangeable protons. The presence of a protonated methine group has little effect on the favorable relaxation properties of the methyl protons of Leu and Val. This labeling scheme permits the rotameric state of leucine side-chains to be readily determined by simple inspection of the pattern of Hgamma(i)-H(N)(i) and Hgamma(i)-H(N)(i+1) NOEs in a 3D 15N-separated NOE spectrum free of complications arising from spectral overlap and spin-diffusion. In addition, one-bond residual dipolar couplings for the methine 13C-1H bond vectors of Leu and Val can be accurately determined from an intensity J-modulated constant-time HCCH-COSY experiment and used to accurately orient the side-chains of Leu and Val. Incorporation of these data into structure refinement improves the accuracy with which the conformations of Leu and Val side-chains can be established. This is important to ensure optimal packing both within the protein core and at intermolecular interfaces. The impact of the method on protein structure determination is illustrated by application to enzyme IIA(Chitobiose), a 34 kDa homotrimeric phosphotransferase protein.
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- Chun Tang
- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Building 5/B1-30I, Bethesda, MD 20892-0520, USA
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Sibille N, Blackledge M, Brutscher B, Covès J, Bersch B. Solution structure of the sulfite reductase flavodoxin-like domain from Escherichia coli. Biochemistry 2005; 44:9086-95. [PMID: 15966732 DOI: 10.1021/bi050437p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The flavoprotein moiety of Escherichia coli sulfite reductase (SiR-FP) is homologous to electron transfer proteins such as cytochrome-P450 reductase (CPR) or nitric oxide synthase (NOS). We report on the three-dimensional structure of SiR-FP18, the flavodoxin-like domain of SiR-FP, which has been determined by NMR. In the holoenzyme, this domain plays an important role by shuttling electrons from the FAD to the hemoprotein (the beta-subunit). The structure presented here was determined using distance and torsion angle information in combination with residual dipolar couplings determined in two different alignment media. Several protein-FMN NOEs allowed us to place the prosthetic group in its binding pocket. The structure is well-resolved, and (15)N relaxation data indicate that SiR-FP18 is a compact domain. The binding interface with cytochrome c, a nonphysiological electron acceptor, has been determined using chemical shift mapping. Comparison of the SiR-FP18 structure with the corresponding domains from CPR and NOS shows that the fold of the protein core is highly conserved, but the analysis of the electrostatic surfaces reveals significant differences between the three domains. These observations are placed in the physiological context so they can contribute to the understanding of the electron transfer mechanism in the SiR holoenzyme.
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- Nathalie Sibille
- Laboratoire de Résonance Magnétique Nucléaire, Institut de Biologie Structurale-Jean-Pierre Ebel, 41 rue Jules Horowitz, UMR 5075 CEA-CNRS-UJF, 38027 Grenoble Cedex 1, France
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Pervushin K, Vögeli B, Heinz TN, Hünenberger PH. Measuring 1H-1H and 1H-13C RDCs in methyl groups: example of pulse sequences with numerically optimized coherence transfer schemes. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2005; 172:36-47. [PMID: 15589406 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2004.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2004] [Revised: 08/27/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The optimization of coherence-transfer pulse-sequence elements (CTEs) is the most challenging step in the construction of heteronuclear correlation NMR experiments achieving sensitivity close to its theoretical maximum (in the absence of relaxation) in the shortest possible experimental time and featuring active suppression of undesired signals. As reported in the present article, this complex optimization problem in a space of high dimensionality turns out to be numerically tractable. Based on the application of molecular dynamics in the space of pulse-sequence variables, a general method is proposed for constructing optimized CTEs capable of transferring an arbitrary (generally non-Hermitian) spin operator encoding the chemical shift of heteronuclear spins to an arbitrary spin operator suitable for signal detection. The CTEs constructed in this way are evaluated against benchmarks provided by the theoretical unitary bound for coherence transfer and the minimal required transfer time (when available). This approach is used to design a set of NMR experiments enabling direct and selective observation of individual (1)H-transitions in (13)C-labeled methyl spin systems close to optimal sensitivity and using a minimal number of spectra. As an illustrative application of the method, optimized CTEs are used to quantitatively measure (1)H-(1)H and (1)H-(13)C residual dipolar couplings (RDCs) in a 17 kDa protein weakly aligned by means of Pf1 phages.
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- Konstantin Pervushin
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH-Hönggerberg, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
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Van Melckebeke H, Simorre JP, Brutscher B. Amino Acid-Type Edited NMR Experiments for Methyl−Methyl Distance Measurement in 13C-Labeled Proteins. J Am Chem Soc 2004; 126:9584-91. [PMID: 15291562 DOI: 10.1021/ja0489644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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New NMR experiments are presented for the measurement of methyl-methyl distances in (13)C-labeled proteins from a series of amino acid-type separated 2D or 3D NOESY spectra. Hadamard amino acid-type encoding of the proximal methyl groups provides the high spectral resolution required for unambiguous methyl-methyl NOE assignment, which is particularly important for fast global fold determination of proteins. The experiments can be applied to a wide range of protein systems, as exemplified for two small proteins, ubiquitin and MerAa, and the 30 kDa BRP-Blm complex.
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- Hélène Van Melckebeke
- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Jean-Pierre Ebel CNRS-CEA-UJF, 41, rue Jules Horowitz, 38027 Grenoble Cedex, France
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Prestegard JH, Bougault CM, Kishore AI. Residual Dipolar Couplings in Structure Determination of Biomolecules. Chem Rev 2004; 104:3519-40. [PMID: 15303825 DOI: 10.1021/cr030419i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 340] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- J H Prestegard
- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
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Brutscher B. DEPT spectral editing in HCCONH-type experiments. Application to fast protein backbone and side chain assignment. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2004; 167:178-184. [PMID: 15040974 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2003.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2003] [Revised: 12/01/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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2D DEPT-H(alpha,beta)C(alpha,beta)(CO)NH and 2D CT-DEPT-HC(CO)NH-TOCSY experiments are presented which allow fast resonance assignment of aliphatic protein side chains. In these 2D reduced-dimensionality experiments, two or three nuclei are frequency labeled in the indirect dimension. DEPT spectral editing reduces the number of correlation peaks detected in each 2D spectrum, and helps in amino-acid-type determination during sequential backbone resonance assignment. Applications are shown for a small 68-residue, and a highly deuterated 167-residue protein. The new experiments complement the set of 2D HNX correlation experiments, previously proposed for fast protein resonance assignment [J. Biomol. NMR, 27 (2003) 57].
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- Bernhard Brutscher
- Institut de Biologie Structurale-Jean-Pierre Ebel, UMR5075 CNRS-CEA-UJF, 41, rue Jules Horowitz-38027, Grenoble Cedex 1, France.
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Pervushin K, Vögeli B. Observation of individual transitions in magnetically equivalent spin systems. J Am Chem Soc 2003; 125:9566-7. [PMID: 12904004 DOI: 10.1021/ja035288h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Individual transitions of magnetically equivalent spin systems such as methyl groups residing on isotropically tumbling molecules in solution usually cannot be observed as multiplet-split NMR lines. We propose a pair of NMR experiments, 2D [13C,1Halphaalpha]Methyl and [13C,1Hbetabeta]Methyl HSQC, to overcome this limitation and enable direct and selective observation of individual 1H transitions in 13C-labeled methyl spin systems. Immediate applications include quantitative measurements of 1H-1H residual dipolar couplings (RDC) and cross-correlated relaxation between 1H chemical shift anisotropy and 1H-1H dipole-dipole interactions. The use of the experiments for the measurement of RDCs is demonstrated with two proteins, one weakly aligned by means of Pf1 phages and the other using a naturally present paramagnetic heme group.
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- Konstantin Pervushin
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Hönggerberg, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
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