Biological processes occur in complex environments containing a myriad of potential interactors. Unfortunately, limitations on the sensitivity of biophysical techniques normally restrict structural investigations to purified systems, at concentrations that are orders of magnitude above endogenous levels. Dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) can dramatically enhance the sensitivity of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and enable structural studies in biologically complex environments. Here, we applied DNP NMR to investigate the structure of a protein containing both an environmentally sensitive folding pathway and an intrinsically disordered region, the yeast prion protein Sup35. We added an exogenously prepared isotopically labeled protein to deuterated lysates, rendering the biological environment "invisible" and enabling highly efficient polarization transfer for DNP. In this environment, structural changes occurred in a region known to influence biological activity but intrinsically disordered in purified samples. Thus, DNP makes structural studies of proteins at endogenous levels in biological contexts possible, and such contexts can influence protein structure.
Into the fold: Sensitivity-enhanced NMR
Into the fold: Sensitivity-enhanced NMR
http://www.spectroscopynow.com/common/images/thumbnails/15061c31a88.jpgResearchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have used sensitivity-enhanced nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to analyse the structure that a yeast protein forms as it interacts with other proteins in a cell opening up new insights into protein folding and misfolding.
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[NMR paper] Sensitivity-Enhanced NMR Reveals Alterations in Protein Structure by Cellular Milieus.
Sensitivity-Enhanced NMR Reveals Alterations in Protein Structure by Cellular Milieus.
Sensitivity-Enhanced NMR Reveals Alterations in Protein Structure by Cellular Milieus.
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Authors: Frederick KK, Michaelis VK, Corzilius B, Ong TC, Jacavone AC, Griffin RG, Lindquist S
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Biological processes occur in complex environments containing a myriad of potential interactors. Unfortunately, limitations on the sensitivity of biophysical techniques normally restrict structural investigations to purified systems, at...
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Enhanced-sensitivity NMR could reveal new clues to how proteins fold - Phys.Org
Enhanced-sensitivity NMR could reveal new clues to how proteins fold - Phys.Org
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Enhanced-sensitivity NMR could reveal new clues to how proteins fold
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Until now, it has been difficult to fully characterize the different structures that proteins can take on in their natural environments. However, using a new technique known as sensitivity-enhanced nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), MIT researchers have ...
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Sensitivity-Enhanced NMR Reveals Alterations in Protein Structure by Cellular Milieus
Sensitivity-Enhanced NMR Reveals Alterations in Protein Structure by Cellular Milieus
Publication date: Available online 8 October 2015
Source:Cell</br>
Author(s): Kendra*K. Frederick, Vladimir*K. Michaelis, Björn Corzilius, Ta-Chung Ong, Angela*C. Jacavone, Robert*G. Griffin, Susan Lindquist</br>
Biological processes occur in complex environments containing a myriad of potential interactors. Unfortunately, limitations on the sensitivity of biophysical techniques normally restrict structural investigations to purified systems, at concentrations that are...
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HyperBIRD: A Sensitivity-Enhanced Approach to Collecting Homonuclear-Decoupled Proton NMR Spectra
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HyperBIRD: A Sensitivity-Enhanced Approach to Collecting Homonuclear-Decoupled Proton NMR Spectra
Donovan, K.J. and L. Frydman, HyperBIRD: A Sensitivity-Enhanced Approach to Collecting Homonuclear-Decoupled Proton NMR Spectra. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl, 2014: p. n/a-n/a.
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[NMR paper] Sensitivity-enhanced static 15N NMR of solids by 1h indirect detection.
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J Magn Reson. 2001 May;150(1):43-8
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A method for enhancing the sensitivity of 15N spectra of nonspinning solids through 1H indirect detection is introduced. By sampling the 1H signals in the windows of a pulsed spin-lock sequence, high-sensitivity 1H spectra can be obtained in two-dimensional (2D) spectra whose indirect dimension yields the 15N chemical...
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[NMR paper] Sensitivity enhanced NMR spectroscopy by quenching scalar coupling mediated relaxatio
Sensitivity enhanced NMR spectroscopy by quenching scalar coupling mediated relaxation: application to the direct observation of hydrogen bonds in 13C/15N-labeled proteins.
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Authors: Liu A, Hu W, Qamar S, Majumdar A
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Structure of key protein for cellular signal transduction elucidated - News-Medical.n
Structure of key protein for cellular signal transduction elucidated - News-Medical.net
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Structure of key protein for cellular signal transduction elucidated
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Using NMR spectroscopy, Professor Michael Sattler and his team elucidated the spatial structure of the Qua1 region of Sam68, which is responsible for the ...
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