Modelling of protein structures based on backbone chemical shifts, using programs such as CS-ROSETTA, is becoming increasingly popular, especially for systems where few restraints are available or where homologous structures are already known. While the reliability of CS-ROSETTA calculations can be improved by incorporation of some additional backbone NMR data such as those afforded by residual dipolar couplings or minimal NOE data sets involving backbone amide protons, the sidechain conformations are largely modelled by statistical energy terms. Here, we present a simple method based on methyl residual dipolar couplings that can be used to determine the rotameric state of the threefold symmetry axis of methyl groups that occupy a single rotamer, determine rotameric distributions, and identify regions of high flexibility. The method is demonstrated for methyl side chains of a deletion variant of the human chaperone DNAJB6b.
Measurement of residual dipolar couplings in methyl groups via carbon detection
Measurement of residual dipolar couplings in methyl groups via carbon detection
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Residual dipolar couplings (RDCs) provide both structural and dynamical information useful in the characterization of biological macromolecules. While most data come from the interaction of simple pairs of directly bonded spin-1/2 nuclei (1Hâ??15N, 1Hâ??13C, 1Hâ??1H), it is possible to acquire data from interactions among the multiple spins of 13C-labeled methyl groups (1H3â??13C). This is especially important because of the advantages that observation of...
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Modulating RNA Alignment Using Directional Dynamic Kinks: Application in Determining an Atomic-Resolution Ensemble for a Hairpin using NMR Residual Dipolar Couplings
Modulating RNA Alignment Using Directional Dynamic Kinks: Application in Determining an Atomic-Resolution Ensemble for a Hairpin using NMR Residual Dipolar Couplings
Loi?c Salmon, George M. Giambas?u, Evgenia N. Nikolova, Katja Petzold, Akash Bhattacharya, David A. Case and Hashim M. Al-Hashimi
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DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b07229
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Very large residual dipolar couplings from deuterated ubiquitin
Very large residual dipolar couplings from deuterated ubiquitin
Abstract Main-chain 1HNâ??15N residual dipolar couplings (RDCs) ranging from approximately â??200 to 200 Hz have been measured for ubiquitin under strong alignment conditions in Pf1 phage. This represents a ten-fold increase in the degree of alignment over the typical weakly aligned samples. The measurements are made possible by extensive proton-dilution of the sample, achieved by deuteration of the protein with partial back-substitution of labile protons from 25 % H2O / 75 % D2O buffer. The spectral quality is further...
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Simultaneous measurement of 1Hâ??15N and Methyl 1Hmâ??13Cm residual dipolar couplings in large proteins
Simultaneous measurement of 1Hâ??15N and Methyl 1Hmâ??13Cm residual dipolar couplings in large proteins
Abstract A two-dimensional TROSY-based SIM-13Cmâ??1Hm/1Hâ??15N NMR experiment for simultaneous measurements of methyl 1 D CH and backbone amide 1 D NH residual dipolar couplings (RDC) in {U-; Ileδ1-; Leu,Val-}-labeled samples of large proteins is described. Significant variation in the alignment tensor of the 82-kDa enzyme Malate synthase G is observed as a function of only slight changes in experimental conditions. The SIM-13Cmâ??1Hm/1Hâ??15N data sets provide convenient means...
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Residual dipolar couplings: are multiple independent alignments always possible?
Residual dipolar couplings: are multiple independent alignments always possible?
Abstract RDCs for the 14 kDa protein hen egg-white lysozyme (HEWL) have been measured in eight different alignment media. The elongated shape and strongly positively charged surface of HEWL appear to limit the protein to four main alignment orientations. Furthermore, low levels of alignment and the proteinâ??s interaction with some alignment media increases the experimental error. Together with heterogeneity across the alignment media arising from constraints on temperature, pH and ionic strength for some...
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[NMR paper] Sensitivity of NMR residual dipolar couplings to perturbations in folded and denature
Sensitivity of NMR residual dipolar couplings to perturbations in folded and denatured staphylococcal nuclease.
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Biochemistry. 2005 May 3;44(17):6392-403
Authors: Sallum CO, Martel DM, Fournier RS, Matousek WM, Alexandrescu AT
The invariance of NMR residual dipolar couplings (RDCs) in denatured forms of staphylococcal nuclease to changes in denaturant concentration or amino acid sequence has previously been attributed...
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[NMR paper] Residual dipolar couplings in NMR structure analysis.
Residual dipolar couplings in NMR structure analysis.
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Annu Rev Biophys Biomol Struct. 2004;33:387-413
Authors: Lipsitz RS, Tjandra N
Residual dipolar couplings (RDCs) have recently emerged as a new tool in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) with which to study macromolecular structure and function in a solution environment. RDCs are complementary to the more conventional use of NOEs to provide structural information. While NOEs are local-distance restraints, RDCs provide...
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[NMR paper] Residual dipolar couplings: synergy between NMR and structural genomics.
Residual dipolar couplings: synergy between NMR and structural genomics.
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J Biomol NMR. 2002 Jan;22(1):1-8
Authors: Al-Hashimi HM, Patel DJ
Structural genomics is on a quest for the structure and function of a significant fraction of gene products. Current efforts are focusing on structure determination of single-domain proteins, which can readily be targeted by X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy and computational homology modeling. However,...