G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) represent one of the major targets of new drugs on the market given their roles as key membrane receptors in many cellular signalling pathways. Structure-based drug design has potential to be the most reliable method for novel drug discovery. Unfortunately, GPCR-ligand crystallisation for X-ray diffraction studies is very difficult to achieve. However, solution- and solid-state NMR approaches have been developed and are providing new insights, particularly focussing on the study of protein-ligand interactions which are vital for drug discovery. This review provides an introduction for new investigators of GPCRs/ ligand interactions using NMR spectroscopy. The guidelines for choosing a system for efficient isotope labelling of GPCRs and their ligands for NMR studies will be presented, along with an overview of the different sample environments suitable for generation of high resolution structural information from NMR spectra.
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Ruthenium Agostic (Phosphinoaryl)borane Complexes: Multinuclear Solid-State and Solution NMR, X-ray, and DFT Studies
Ruthenium Agostic (Phosphinoaryl)borane Complexes: Multinuclear Solid-State and Solution NMR, X-ray, and DFT Studies
Yann Gloaguen, Gilles Alcaraz, Alban S. Petit, Eric Clot, Yannick Coppel, Laure Vendier and Sylviane Sabo-Etienne
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Journal of the American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/ja203828r
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Solution and Solid-State NMR Structural Studies of Antimicrobial Peptides LPcin-I and LPcin-II.
Solution and Solid-State NMR Structural Studies of Antimicrobial Peptides LPcin-I and LPcin-II.
Solution and Solid-State NMR Structural Studies of Antimicrobial Peptides LPcin-I and LPcin-II.
Biophys J. 2011 Sep 7;101(5):1193-201
Authors: Park TJ, Kim JS, Ahn HC, Kim Y
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Lactophoricin (LPcin-I) is an antimicrobial, amphiphatic, cationic peptide with 23-amino acid residues isolated from bovine milk. Its analogous peptide, LPcin-II, lacks six N-terminal amino acids compared to LPcin-I. Interestingly, LPcin-II does not display any...
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Solid-State NMR Studies of Amyloid Fibril Structure.
Solid-State NMR Studies of Amyloid Fibril Structure.
Solid-State NMR Studies of Amyloid Fibril Structure.
Annu Rev Phys Chem. 2010 Apr 2;
Authors: Tycko R
Current interest in amyloid fibrils stems from their involvement in neurodegenerative and other diseases and from their role as an alternative structural state for many peptides and proteins. Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methods have the unique capability of providing detailed structural constraints for amyloid fibrils, sufficient for the development of full molecular models. In...
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[NMR paper] Solid-state NMR studies of the structure and mechanisms of proteins.
Solid-state NMR studies of the structure and mechanisms of proteins.
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Curr Opin Struct Biol. 2002 Oct;12(5):661-9
Authors: Thompson LK
Magic-angle spinning solid-state NMR experiments are well suited to investigating the structures and mechanisms of important proteins that are inaccessible to X-ray crystallography and solution NMR spectroscopy, including membrane proteins and disease-related protein aggregates. Good progress has been made in the development...
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[NMR paper] Solid-state NMR studies of the membrane-bound closed state of the colicin E1 channel
Solid-state NMR studies of the membrane-bound closed state of the colicin E1 channel domain in lipid bilayers.
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Protein Sci. 1998 Feb;7(2):342-8
Authors: Kim Y, Valentine K, Opella SJ, Schendel SL, Cramer WA
The colicin E1 channel polypeptide was shown to be organized anisotropically in membranes by solid-state NMR analysis of samples of uniformly 15N-labeled protein in oriented planar phospholipid bilayers. The 190...
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New NMR Book: Solid-State NMR Studies of Biopolymers
New NMR Book: Solid-State NMR Studies of Biopolymers
edited by Anne McDermott, Tatyana Polenova
Hardcover: 592 pages
Publisher: Wiley; September 2010
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0470721223
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[NMR paper] NMR studies of interactions of ligands with dihydrofolate reductase.
NMR studies of interactions of ligands with dihydrofolate reductase.
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Biochem Pharmacol. 1990 Jul 1;40(1):141-52
Authors: Feeney J
NMR spectroscopy is a useful technique for studying interactions, conformations and dynamic processes within ligand-protein complexes. Several examples of the application of the method to studies of complexes of anti-folate...