Related ArticlesUsing NMR to study fast dynamics in proteins: methods and applications.
Curr Opin Pharmacol. 2010 Oct 6;
Authors: Sapienza PJ, Lee AL
Proteins exist not as singular structures with precise coordinates, but rather as fluctuating bodies that move rapidly through an enormous number of conformational substates. These dynamics have important implications for understanding protein function and for structure-based drug design. NMR spectroscopy is particularly well suited to characterize the dynamics of proteins and other molecules in solution at atomic resolution. Here, NMR relaxation methods for characterizing thermal motions on the picosecond-nanosecond (ps-ns) timescale are reviewed. Motion on this timescale can be conveniently captured by the Lipari-Szabo order parameter, S(2), a bond-specific measure of restriction of motion. Approaches for determining order parameters are discussed, as are recent examples from the literature that link ps-ns dynamics with conformational entropy, allostery, and protein function in general.
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Paramagnetic relaxation enhancement to improve sensitivity of fast NMR methods: application to intrinsically disordered proteins
Paramagnetic relaxation enhancement to improve sensitivity of fast NMR methods: application to intrinsically disordered proteins
Abstract We report enhanced sensitivity NMR measurements of intrinsically disordered proteins in the presence of paramagnetic relaxation enhancement (PRE) agents such as Ni2+-chelated DO2A. In proton-detected 1H-15N SOFAST-HMQC and carbon-detected (H-flip)13CO-15N experiments, faster longitudinal relaxation enables the usage of even shorter interscan delays. This results in higher NMR signal intensities per units of experimental time, without adverse line...
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Methods to determine slow diffusion coefficients of biomolecules. Applications to Engrailed 2, a partially disordered protein
Methods to determine slow diffusion coefficients of biomolecules. Applications to Engrailed 2, a partially disordered protein
Abstract We present new NMR methods to measure slow translational diffusion coefficients of biomolecules. Like the heteronuclear stimulated echo experiment (XSTE), these new methods rely on the storage of information about spatial localization during the diffusion delay as longitudinal polarization of nuclei with long T1 such as nitrogen-15. The new BEST-XSTE sequence combines features of Band-selective Excitation Short-Transient (BEST) and XSTE methods. By...
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Methanol Strengthens Hydrogen Bonds and Weakens Hydrophobic Interactions in Proteins - A Combined Molecular Dynamics and NMR study.
Methanol Strengthens Hydrogen Bonds and Weakens Hydrophobic Interactions in Proteins - A Combined Molecular Dynamics and NMR study.
Methanol Strengthens Hydrogen Bonds and Weakens Hydrophobic Interactions in Proteins - A Combined Molecular Dynamics and NMR study.
J Phys Chem B. 2011 May 2;
Authors: Hwang S, Shao Q, Williams H, Hilty C, Gao YQ
A combined simulation and experimental study was performed to investigate how methanol affects the structure of a model peptide BBA5. BBA5 forms a stable ?-hairpin-?-helix structure in aqueous solutions....
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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[NMR paper] Solution structure and dynamics of integral membrane proteins by NMR: a case study in
Solution structure and dynamics of integral membrane proteins by NMR: a case study involving the enzyme PagP.
Related Articles Solution structure and dynamics of integral membrane proteins by NMR: a case study involving the enzyme PagP.
Methods Enzymol. 2005;394:335-50
Authors: Hwang PM, Kay LE
Solution NMR spectroscopy is rapidly becoming an important technique for the study of membrane protein structure and dynamics. NMR experiments on large perdeuterated proteins typically exploit the favorable relaxation properties of backbone amide...
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ICMRBS founder’s medal 2006: Biological solid-state NMR, methods and applications
ICMRBS founder’s medal 2006: Biological solid-state NMR, methods and applications
Marc Baldus
Journal of Biomolecular NMR; 2007; 39(1); pp 73-86
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Solid-state NMR (ssNMR) provides increasing possibilities to study structure and dynamics of biomolecular systems. Our group has been interested in developing ssNMR-based approaches that are applicable to biomolecules of increasing molecular size and complexity without the need of specific isotope-labelling. Methodological aspects ranging from spectral assignments to the indirect detection of proton–proton contacts in...
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15N SOFAST-HMQC to study fast H-D exchange
Very Fast Two-Dimensional NMR Spectroscopy for Real-Time Investigation of Dynamic Events in Proteins on the Time Scale of Seconds
Paul Schanda and Bernhard Brutscher
J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2005; 127(22) pp 8014 - 8015
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We demonstrate for different protein samples that 2D 1H-15N correlation NMR spectra can be recorded in a few seconds of acquisition time using a new band-selective optimized flip-angle short-transient heteronuclear multiple quantum coherence experiment. This has enabled us to...