NMR-based stable isotope resolved metabolomics in systems biochemistry
NMR-based stable isotope resolved metabolomics in systems biochemistry
Abstract An important goal of metabolomics is to characterize the changes in metabolic networks in cells or various tissues of an organism in response to external perturbations or pathologies. The profiling of metabolites and their steady state concentrations does not directly provide information regarding the architecture and fluxes through metabolic networks. This requires tracer approaches. NMR is especially powerful as it can be used not only to identify and quantify metabolites in an unfractionated mixture such...
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03-03-2011 02:06 AM
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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01-09-2011 12:46 PM
Cell-free expression and stable isotope labelling strategies for membrane proteins
Cell-free expression and stable isotope labelling strategies for membrane proteins
Abstract Membrane proteins are highly underrepresented in the structural data-base and remain one of the most challenging targets for functional and structural elucidation. Their roles in transport and cellular communication, furthermore, often make over-expression toxic to their host, and their hydrophobicity and structural complexity make isolation and reconstitution a complicated task, especially in cases where proteins are targeted to inclusion bodies. The development of cell-free expression systems...
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Dynamics and interactions of glycoconjugates probed by stable-isotope-assisted NMR spectroscopy.
Dynamics and interactions of glycoconjugates probed by stable-isotope-assisted NMR spectroscopy.
Dynamics and interactions of glycoconjugates probed by stable-isotope-assisted NMR spectroscopy.
Methods Enzymol. 2010;478:305-22
Authors: Yamaguchi Y, Kato K
Unique advantages offered by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy provide high-resolution information not only on structures but also on dynamics and interactions of glycoconjugates in solution. These benefits are further enhanced by applying stable-isotope-labeling techniques, which we...
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12-31-2010 07:03 PM
An economical method for producing stable-isotope labeled proteins by the E. coli cel
An economical method for producing stable-isotope labeled proteins by the E. coli cell-free system
Abstract Improvement of the cell-free protein synthesis system (CF) over the past decade have made it one of the most powerful protein production methods. The CF approach is especially useful for stable-isotope (SI) labeling of proteins for NMR analysis. However, it is less popular than expected, partly because the SI-labeled amino acids used for SI labeling by the CF are too expensive. In the present study, we developed a simple and inexpensive method for producing an SI-labeled protein...
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11-07-2010 02:47 PM
Stable-isotope-assisted NMR approaches to glycoproteins using immunoglobulin G as a m
Stable-isotope-assisted NMR approaches to glycoproteins using immunoglobulin G as a model system
Publication year: 2010
Source: Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 19 March 2010</br>
Koichi, Kato , Yoshiki, Yamaguchi , Yoji, Arata</br>
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08-16-2010 03:50 AM
Enhanced production and isotope enrichment of recombinant glycoproteins produced in c
Abstract NMR studies of post-translationally modified proteins are complicated by the lack of an efficient method to produce isotope enriched recombinant proteins in cultured mammalian cells. We show that reducing the glucose concentration and substituting glutamate for glutamine in serum-free medium increased cell viability while simultaneously increasing recombinant protein yield and the enrichment of non-essential amino acids compared to culture in unmodified, serum-free medium. Adding dichloroacetate, a pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase inhibitor, further improves cell viability, recombinant...