NMR studies of multi-domain protein complexes provide unique insight into their molecular interactions and dynamics in solution. For large proteins domain-selective isotope labeling is desired to reduce signal overlap, but available methods require extensive optimization and often give poor ligation yields. We present an optimized strategy for segmental labeling of multi-domain proteins using the S. aureus transpeptidase Sortase A. Critical improvements compared to existing protocols are (1) the efficient removal of cleaved peptide fragments by centrifugal filtration and (2) a strategic design of cleavable and non-cleavable affinity tags for purification. Our approach enables routine production of milligram amounts of purified segmentally labeled protein for NMR and other biophysical studies.
[NMR paper] Unambiguous Assignment of Short- and Long-Range Structural Restraints by Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy with Segmental Isotope Labeling.
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Authors: Michel E, Skrisovska L, Wüthrich K, Allain FH
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Segmental isotopic labeling of a 140 kDa dimeric multi-domain protein CheA from Escherichia coli by expressed protein ligation and protein trans-splicing
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Abstract Segmental isotopic labeling is a powerful labeling tool to facilitate NMR studies of larger proteins by not only alleviating the signal overlap problem but also retaining features of uniform isotopic labeling. Although two approaches, expressed protein ligation (EPL) and protein trans-splicing (PTS), have been mainly used for segmental isotopic labeling, there has been no single example in which both approaches have been...
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Segmental isotope labeling of proteins for NMR structural study using a protein S tag for higher expression and solubility
Segmental isotope labeling of proteins for NMR structural study using a protein S tag for higher expression and solubility
Abstract A common obstacle to NMR studies of proteins is sample preparation. In many cases, proteins targeted for NMR studies are poorly expressed and/or expressed in insoluble forms. Here, we describe a novel approach to overcome these problems. In the protein S tag-intein (PSTI) technology, two tandem 92-residue N-terminal domains of protein S (PrS2) from Myxococcus xanthus is fused at the N-terminal end of a protein to enhance its expression and solubility. Using...
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A segmental labeling strategy for unambiguous determination of domainâ??domain interactions of large multi-domain proteins
A segmental labeling strategy for unambiguous determination of domainâ??domain interactions of large multi-domain proteins
Abstract NMR structural determination of large multi-domain proteins is a challenging task due to significant spectral overlap with a particular difficulty in unambiguous identification of domainâ??domain interactions. Segmental labeling is a NMR strategy that allows for isotopically labeling one domain and leaves the other domain unlabeled. This significantly simplifies spectral overlaps and allows for quick identification of domainâ??domain interaction. Here, a...
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Recent advances in segmental isotope labeling of proteins: NMR applications to large proteins and glycoproteins
Recent advances in segmental isotope labeling of proteins: NMR applications to large proteins and glycoproteins
Abstract In the last 15 years substantial advances have been made to place isotope labels in native and glycosylated proteins for NMR studies and structure determination. Key developments include segmental isotope labeling using Native Chemical Ligation, Expressed Protein Ligation and Protein Trans-Splicing. These advances are pushing the size limit of NMR spectroscopy further making larger proteins accessible for this technique. It is just emerging that segmental isotope...
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Observing selected domains in multi-domain proteins via sortase-mediated ligation and NMR spectroscopy
Observing selected domains in multi-domain proteins via sortase-mediated ligation and NMR spectroscopy
Abstract NMR spectroscopy has distinct advantages for providing insight into protein structures, but faces significant resolution challenges as protein size increases. To alleviate such resonance overlap issues, the ability to produce segmentally labeled proteins is beneficial. Here we show that the S. aureus transpeptidase sortase A can be used to catalyze the ligation of two separately expressed domains of the same protein, MecA (B. subtilis). The yield of purified, segmentally...
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Observing selected domains in multi-domain proteins via sortase-mediated ligation and NMR spectroscopy.
Observing selected domains in multi-domain proteins via sortase-mediated ligation and NMR spectroscopy.
Observing selected domains in multi-domain proteins via sortase-mediated ligation and NMR spectroscopy.
J Biomol NMR. 2010 Dec 29;
Authors: Refaei MA, Combs A, Kojetin DJ, Cavanagh J, Caperelli C, Rance M, Sapitro J, Tsang P
NMR spectroscopy has distinct advantages for providing insight into protein structures, but faces significant resolution challenges as protein size increases. To alleviate such resonance overlap issues, the ability to...
Efficient segmental isotope labeling of multi-domain proteins using Sortase A
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