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Wu Z, Feintuch A, Collauto A, Adams LA, Aurelio L, Graham B, Otting G, Goldfarb D. Selective Distance Measurements Using Triple Spin Labeling with Gd 3+, Mn 2+, and a Nitroxide. J Phys Chem Lett 2017; 8:5277-5282. [PMID: 28990781 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b01739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Distance measurements by pulse electron paramagnetic resonance techniques, such as double electron-electron resonance (DEER, also called PELDOR), have become an established tool to explore structural properties of biomacromolecules and their assemblies. In such measurements a pair of spin labels provides a single distance constraint. Here we show that by employing three different types of spin labels that differ in their spectroscopic and spin dynamics properties it is possible to extract three independent distances from a single sample. We demonstrate this using the Antennapedia homeodomain orthogonally labeled with Gd3+ and Mn2+ tags in complex with its cognate DNA binding site labeled with a nitroxide.
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- Zuyan Wu
- Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University , Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University , Parkville VIC 3052, Australia
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- Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University , Parkville VIC 3052, Australia
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- Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University , Parkville VIC 3052, Australia
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- Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University , Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Lilly Thankamony AS, Wittmann JJ, Kaushik M, Corzilius B. Dynamic nuclear polarization for sensitivity enhancement in modern solid-state NMR. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2017; 102-103:120-195. [PMID: 29157490 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2017.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 268] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2017] [Revised: 06/03/2017] [Accepted: 06/08/2017] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The field of dynamic nuclear polarization has undergone tremendous developments and diversification since its inception more than 6 decades ago. In this review we provide an in-depth overview of the relevant topics involved in DNP-enhanced MAS NMR spectroscopy. This includes the theoretical description of DNP mechanisms as well as of the polarization transfer pathways that can lead to a uniform or selective spreading of polarization between nuclear spins. Furthermore, we cover historical and state-of-the art aspects of dedicated instrumentation, polarizing agents, and optimization techniques for efficient MAS DNP. Finally, we present an extensive overview on applications in the fields of structural biology and materials science, which underlines that MAS DNP has moved far beyond the proof-of-concept stage and has become an important tool for research in these fields.
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- Aany Sofia Lilly Thankamony
- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, and Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance (BMRZ), Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 7-9, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, and Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance (BMRZ), Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 7-9, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, and Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance (BMRZ), Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 7-9, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, and Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance (BMRZ), Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 7-9, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany.
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Bahrenberg T, Rosenski Y, Carmieli R, Zibzener K, Qi M, Frydman V, Godt A, Goldfarb D, Feintuch A. Improved sensitivity for W-band Gd(III)-Gd(III) and nitroxide-nitroxide DEER measurements with shaped pulses. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2017; 283:1-13. [PMID: 28834777 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2017.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2017] [Revised: 08/08/2017] [Accepted: 08/09/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Chirp and shaped pulses have been recently shown to be highly advantageous for improving sensitivity in DEER (double electron-electron resonance, also called PELDOR) measurements due to their large excitation bandwidth. The implementation of such pulses for pulse EPR has become feasible due to the availability of arbitrary waveform generators (AWG) with high sampling rates to support pulse shaping for pulses with tens of nanoseconds duration. Here we present a setup for obtaining chirp pulses on our home-built W-band (95GHz) spectrometer and demonstrate its performance on Gd(III)-Gd(III) and nitroxide-nitroxide DEER measurements. We carried out an extensive optimization procedure on two model systems, Gd(III)-PyMTA-spacer-Gd(III)-PyMTA (Gd-PyMTA ruler; zero-field splitting parameter (ZFS) D∼1150MHz) as well as nitroxide-spacer-nitroxide (nitroxide ruler) to evaluate the applicability of shaped pulses to Gd(III) complexes and nitroxides, which are two important classes of spin labels used in modern DEER/EPR experiments. We applied our findings to ubiquitin, doubly labeled with Gd-DOTA-monoamide (D∼550MHz) asa model for a system with a small ZFS. Our experiments were focused on the questions (i) what are the best conditions for positioning of the detection frequency, (ii) which pump pulse parameters (bandwidth, positioning in the spectrum, length) yield the best signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) improvements when compared to classical DEER, and (iii) how do the sample's spectral parameters influence the experiment. For the nitroxide ruler, we report an improvement of up to 1.9 in total SNR, while for the Gd-PyMTA ruler the improvement was 3.1-3.4 and for Gd-DOTA-monoamide labeled ubiquitin it was a factor of 1.8. Whereas for the Gd-PyMTA ruler the two setups pump on maximum and observe on maximum gave about the same improvement, for Gd-DOTA-monoamide a significant difference was found. In general the choice of the best set of parameters depends on the D parameter of the Gd(III) complex.
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- Thorsten Bahrenberg
- Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Materials (CM(2)), Bielefeld University, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Materials (CM(2)), Bielefeld University, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel.
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Meir A, Abdelhai A, Moskovitz Y, Ruthstein S. EPR Spectroscopy Targets Structural Changes in the E. coli Membrane Fusion CusB upon Cu(I) Binding. Biophys J 2017. [PMID: 28636907 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Bacterial cells have developed sophisticated systems to deal with the toxicity of metal ions. Escherichia coli CusCFBA is a complex efflux system, responsible for transferring Cu(I) and Ag(I) ions; this system, located in the periplasm, involves four proteins, CusA, CusB, CusC, and CusF. CusA, CusB, and CusC are connected to one another in an oligomerization ratio of 3:6:3 CusA/CusB/CusC to form the CusCBA periplasm membrane transporter. CusB is an adaptor protein that connects the two membrane proteins CusA (inner membrane) and CusC (outer membrane). CusF is a metallochaperone that transfers Cu(I) and Ag(I) to the CusCBA transporter from the periplasm. The crystal structures of CusB, CusC, CusF, and the CusBA complex have been resolved, shedding some light on the efflux mechanism underlying this intriguing system. However, since CusB is an adaptor protein, its role in operating this system is significant, and should be understood in detail. Here, we utilize EPR spectroscopy to target the conformational changes that take place in the full CusB protein upon binding Cu(I). We reveal that CusB is a dimer in solution, and that the orientation of one molecule with respect to the other molecule changes upon Cu(I) coordination, resulting in a more compact CusB structure. These structural and topological changes upon Cu(I) binding probably play the role of a switch for opening the channel and transferring metal ions from CusB to CusC and out of the cell.
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- Aviv Meir
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
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Rogawski R, McDermott AE. New NMR tools for protein structure and function: Spin tags for dynamic nuclear polarization solid state NMR. Arch Biochem Biophys 2017; 628:102-113. [PMID: 28623034 PMCID: PMC5815514 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2017.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2017] [Revised: 06/05/2017] [Accepted: 06/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Magic angle spinning solid state NMR studies of biological macromolecules [1-3] have enabled exciting studies of membrane proteins [4,5], amyloid fibrils [6], viruses, and large macromolecular assemblies [7]. Dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) provides a means to enhance detection sensitivity for NMR, particularly for solid state NMR, with many recent biological applications and considerable contemporary efforts towards elaboration and optimization of the DNP experiment. This review explores precedents and innovations in biological DNP experiments, especially highlighting novel chemical biology approaches to introduce the radicals that serve as a source of polarization in DNP experiments.
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- Rivkah Rogawski
- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, NY, NY 10027, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, NY, NY 10027, United States.
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Welegedara AP, Yang Y, Lee MD, Swarbrick JD, Huber T, Graham B, Goldfarb D, Otting G. Double‐Arm Lanthanide Tags Deliver Narrow Gd
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- Adarshi P. Welegedara
- Research School of Chemistry Australian National University Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
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- Department of Chemical Physics Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot 7610001 Israel
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- Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences Monash University Parkville VIC 3052 Australia
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- Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences Monash University Parkville VIC 3052 Australia
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- Research School of Chemistry Australian National University Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
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- Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences Monash University Parkville VIC 3052 Australia
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- Department of Chemical Physics Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot 7610001 Israel
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- Research School of Chemistry Australian National University Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
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Manukovsky N, Feintuch A, Kuprov I, Goldfarb D. Time domain simulation of Gd3+–Gd3+ distance measurements by EPR. J Chem Phys 2017; 147:044201. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4994084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Nurit Manukovsky
- Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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Plitzko JM, Schuler B, Selenko P. Structural Biology outside the box-inside the cell. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2017; 46:110-121. [PMID: 28735108 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2017.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2017] [Revised: 06/17/2017] [Accepted: 06/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Recent developments in cellular cryo-electron tomography, in-cell single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer-spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance-spectroscopy and electron paramagnetic resonance-spectroscopy delivered unprecedented insights into the inner workings of cells. Here, we review complementary aspects of these methods and provide an outlook toward joint applications in the future.
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- Jürgen M Plitzko
- Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Am Klopferspitz 18, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Leibniz Institute of Molecular Pharmacology (FMP Berlin), In-cell NMR Laboratory, Robert-Roessle Strasse 10, D-13125 Berlin, Germany.
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Li C, Zhao J, Cheng K, Ge Y, Wu Q, Ye Y, Xu G, Zhang Z, Zheng W, Zhang X, Zhou X, Pielak G, Liu M. Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy as a Tool for Assessing Macromolecular Structure and Function in Living Cells. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (PALO ALTO, CALIF.) 2017; 10:157-182. [PMID: 28301750 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anchem-061516-045237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Investigating the structure, modification, interaction, and function of biomolecules in their native cellular environment leads to physiologically relevant knowledge about their mechanisms, which will benefit drug discovery and design. In recent years, nuclear and electron magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy has emerged as a useful tool for elucidating the structure and function of biomacromolecules, including proteins, nucleic acids, and carbohydrates in living cells at atomic resolution. In this review, we summarize the progress and future of in-cell NMR as it is applied to proteins, nucleic acids, and carbohydrates.
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- Conggang Li
- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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Lawless MJ, Shimshi A, Cunningham TF, Kinde MN, Tang P, Saxena S. Analysis of Nitroxide-Based Distance Measurements in Cell Extracts and in Cells by Pulsed ESR Spectroscopy. Chemphyschem 2017; 18:1653-1660. [PMID: 28295910 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201700115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Measurements of distances in cells by pulsed ESR spectroscopy afford tremendous opportunities to study proteins in native environments that are irreproducible in vitro. However, the in-cell environment is harsh towards the typical nitroxide radicals used in double electron-electron resonance (DEER) experiments. A systematic examination is performed on the loss of the DEER signal, including contributions from nitroxide decay and nitroxide side-chain cleavage. In addition, the possibility of extending the lifetime of the nitroxide radical by use of an oxidizing agent is investigated. Using this oxidizing agent, DEER distance measurements are performed on doubly nitroxide-labeled GB1, the immunoglobulin-binding domain of protein G, at varying incubation times in the cellular environment. It is found that, by comparison of the loss of DEER signal to the loss of the CW spectrum, cleavage of the nitroxide side chain contributes to the loss of DEER signal, which is significantly greater in cells than in cell extracts. Finally, local spin concentrations are monitored at varying incubation times to show the time required for molecular diffusion of a small globular protein within the cellular milieu.
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- Matthew J Lawless
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, 219 Parkman Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, 219 Parkman Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, 219 Parkman Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA.,Current address: Department of Chemistry, Hanover College, 484 Ball Dr, Hanover, IN, 47243, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3501 5th Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.,Current address: Division of Basic Sciences, Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, 2901 St. John's Blvd., Joplin, MO, 64804, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3501 5th Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, 219 Parkman Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA
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Kaushik M, Qi M, Godt A, Corzilius B. Bis-Gadolinium Complexes for Solid Effect and Cross Effect Dynamic Nuclear Polarization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201612388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Monu Kaushik
- Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main; Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie; Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie und Biomolekulares Magnetresonanzzentrum (BMRZ); Max-von-Laue-Strasse 7-9 60438 Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- Fakultät für Chemie und Centrum für Molekulare Materialien (CM 2 ); Universität Bielefeld; Universitätsstrasse 25 33615 Bielefeld Germany
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- Fakultät für Chemie und Centrum für Molekulare Materialien (CM 2 ); Universität Bielefeld; Universitätsstrasse 25 33615 Bielefeld Germany
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- Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main; Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie; Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie und Biomolekulares Magnetresonanzzentrum (BMRZ); Max-von-Laue-Strasse 7-9 60438 Frankfurt am Main Germany
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Kaushik M, Qi M, Godt A, Corzilius B. Bis-Gadolinium Complexes for Solid Effect and Cross Effect Dynamic Nuclear Polarization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:4295-4299. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201612388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Monu Kaushik
- Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main; Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie; Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie und Biomolekulares Magnetresonanzzentrum (BMRZ); Max-von-Laue-Strasse 7-9 60438 Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- Fakultät für Chemie und Centrum für Molekulare Materialien (CM 2 ); Universität Bielefeld; Universitätsstrasse 25 33615 Bielefeld Germany
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- Fakultät für Chemie und Centrum für Molekulare Materialien (CM 2 ); Universität Bielefeld; Universitätsstrasse 25 33615 Bielefeld Germany
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- Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main; Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie; Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie und Biomolekulares Magnetresonanzzentrum (BMRZ); Max-von-Laue-Strasse 7-9 60438 Frankfurt am Main Germany
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Clayton JA, Qi M, Godt A, Goldfarb D, Han S, Sherwin MS. Gd 3+-Gd 3+ distances exceeding 3 nm determined by very high frequency continuous wave electron paramagnetic resonance. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:5127-5136. [PMID: 28139788 PMCID: PMC5394103 DOI: 10.1039/c6cp07119h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy in combination with site-directed spin labeling is a very powerful tool for elucidating the structure and organization of biomolecules. Gd3+ complexes have recently emerged as a new class of spin labels for distance determination by pulsed EPR spectroscopy at Q- and W-band. We present CW EPR measurements at 240 GHz (8.6 Tesla) on a series of Gd-rulers of the type Gd-PyMTA-spacer-Gd-PyMTA, with Gd-Gd distances ranging from 1.2 nm to 4.3 nm. CW EPR measurements of these Gd-rulers show that significant dipolar broadening of the central |-1/2〉 → |1/2〉 transition occurs at 30 K for Gd-Gd distances up to ∼3.4 nm with Gd-PyMTA as the spin label. This represents a significant extension for distances accessible by CW EPR, as nitroxide-based spin labels at X-band frequencies can typically only access distances up to ∼2 nm. We show that this broadening persists at biologically relevant temperatures above 200 K, and that this method is further extendable up to room temperature by immobilizing the sample in glassy trehalose. We show that the peak-to-peak broadening of the central transition follows the expected 1/r3 dependence for the electron-electron dipolar interaction, from cryogenic temperatures up to room temperature. A simple procedure for simulating the dependence of the lineshape on interspin distance is presented, in which the broadening of the central transition is modeled as an S = 1/2 spin whose CW EPR lineshape is broadened through electron-electron dipolar interactions with a neighboring S = 7/2 spin.
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- Jessica A Clayton
- Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA. and Institute for Terahertz Science and Technology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Materials (CM2), Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Materials (CM2), Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Institute for Terahertz Science and Technology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA and Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA. and Institute for Terahertz Science and Technology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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Kucher S, Korneev S, Tyagi S, Apfelbaum R, Grohmann D, Lemke EA, Klare JP, Steinhoff HJ, Klose D. Orthogonal spin labeling using click chemistry for in vitro and in vivo applications. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2017; 275:38-45. [PMID: 27992783 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2016.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2015] [Revised: 11/30/2016] [Accepted: 12/01/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Site-directed spin labeling for EPR- and NMR spectroscopy has mainly been achieved exploiting the specific reactivity of cysteines. For proteins with native cysteines or for in vivo applications, an alternative coupling strategy is required. In these cases click chemistry offers major benefits by providing a fast and highly selective, biocompatible reaction between azide and alkyne groups. Here, we establish click chemistry as a tool to target unnatural amino acids in vitro and in vivo using azide- and alkyne-functionalized spin labels. The approach is compatible with a variety of labels including reduction-sensitive nitroxides. Comparing spin labeling efficiencies from the copper-free with the strongly reducing copper(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne click reaction, we find that the faster kinetics for the catalyzed reaction outrun reduction of the labile nitroxide spin labels and allow quantitative labeling yields within short reaction times. Inter-spin distance measurements demonstrate that the novel side chain is suitable for paramagnetic NMR- or EPR-based conformational studies of macromolecular complexes.
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- Svetlana Kucher
- Department of Physics, University of Osnabrück, Barbarastr. 7, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany
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- Department of Biology & Chemistry, Barbarastr. 11, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany
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- Structural and Computational Biology Unit, Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, EMBL, Meyerhofstr. 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Technical University of Braunschweig, Hans-Sommer-Str. 10, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Technical University of Braunschweig, Hans-Sommer-Str. 10, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Structural and Computational Biology Unit, Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, EMBL, Meyerhofstr. 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Osnabrück, Barbarastr. 7, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Osnabrück, Barbarastr. 7, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany.
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- Department of Physics, University of Osnabrück, Barbarastr. 7, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany.
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Yang Y, Yang F, Gong YJ, Chen JL, Goldfarb D, Su XC. A Reactive, Rigid Gd III Labeling Tag for In-Cell EPR Distance Measurements in Proteins. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:2914-2918. [PMID: 28145030 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201611051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2016] [Revised: 01/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The cellular environment of proteins differs considerably from in vitro conditions under which most studies of protein structures are carried out. Therefore, there is a growing interest in determining dynamics and structures of proteins in the cell. A key factor for in-cell distance measurements by the double electron-electron resonance (DEER) method in proteins is the nature of the used spin label. Here we present a newly designed GdIII spin label, a thiol-specific DOTA-derivative (DO3MA-3BrPy), which features chemical stability and kinetic inertness, high efficiency in protein labelling, a short rigid tether, as well as favorable spectroscopic properties, all are particularly suitable for in-cell distance measurements by the DEER method carried out at W-band frequencies. The high performance of DO3MA-3BrPy-GdIII is demonstrated on doubly labelled ubiquitin D39C/E64C, both in vitro and in HeLa cells. High-quality DEER data could be obtained in HeLa cells up to 12 h after protein delivery at in-cell protein concentrations as low as 5-10 μm.
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- Yin Yang
- Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100, Israel
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-organic Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-organic Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-organic Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100, Israel
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-organic Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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Yang Y, Yang F, Gong YJ, Chen JL, Goldfarb D, Su XC. A Reactive, Rigid GdIII
Labeling Tag for In-Cell EPR Distance Measurements in Proteins. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201611051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Yin Yang
- Department of Chemical Physics; Weizmann Institute of Science; Rehovot 76100 Israel
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-organic Chemistry; Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin); Nankai University; Tianjin 300071 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-organic Chemistry; Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin); Nankai University; Tianjin 300071 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-organic Chemistry; Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin); Nankai University; Tianjin 300071 China
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- Department of Chemical Physics; Weizmann Institute of Science; Rehovot 76100 Israel
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-organic Chemistry; Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin); Nankai University; Tianjin 300071 China
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Ravera E, Sgheri L, Parigi G, Luchinat C. A critical assessment of methods to recover information from averaged data. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 18:5686-701. [PMID: 26565805 DOI: 10.1039/c5cp04077a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Conformational heterogeneity is key to the function of many biomacromolecules, but only a few groups have tried to characterize it until recently. Now, thanks to the increased throughput of experimental data and the increased computational power, the problem of the characterization of protein structural variability has become more and more popular. Several groups have devoted their efforts in trying to create quantitative, reliable and accurate protocols for extracting such information from averaged data. We analyze here different approaches, discussing strengths and weaknesses of each. All approaches can roughly be clustered into two groups: those satisfying the maximum entropy principle and those recovering ensembles composed of a restricted number of molecular conformations. In the first case, the solution focuses on the features that are common to all the infinite solutions satisfying the experimental data; in the second case, the reconstructed ensemble shows the conformational regions where a large probability can be placed. The upper limits for conformational probabilities (MaxOcc) can also be calculated. We also give an overview of the mainstream experimental observables, with considerations on the assumptions underlying their usage.
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- Enrico Ravera
- Center for Magnetic Resonance (CERM) and Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
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- Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo, Sezione di Firenze, CNR, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Center for Magnetic Resonance (CERM) and Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
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- Center for Magnetic Resonance (CERM) and Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
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Yang Y, Gong YJ, Litvinov A, Liu HK, Yang F, Su XC, Goldfarb D. Generic tags for Mn(ii) and Gd(iii) spin labels for distance measurements in proteins. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:26944-26956. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp04311b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The coordination mode of the metal ion in the spin label affects the distance distribution determined by DEER distance measurements.
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- Yin Yang
- Department of Chemical Physics
- Weizmann Institute of Science
- Rehovot
- Israel
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin)
- College of Chemistry
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300071
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- Department of Chemical Physics
- Weizmann Institute of Science
- Rehovot
- Israel
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin)
- College of Chemistry
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300071
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin)
- College of Chemistry
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300071
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin)
- College of Chemistry
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300071
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- Department of Chemical Physics
- Weizmann Institute of Science
- Rehovot
- Israel
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Lawless MJ, Ghosh S, Cunningham TF, Shimshi A, Saxena S. On the use of the Cu2+–iminodiacetic acid complex for double histidine based distance measurements by pulsed ESR. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:20959-20967. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp02564e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The Cu2+-based DEER signal of the double histidine motif was increased by a factor of two by understanding optimal loading conditions.
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- M. J. Lawless
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh
- 219 Parkman Ave
- Pittsburgh
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh
- 219 Parkman Ave
- Pittsburgh
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh
- 219 Parkman Ave
- Pittsburgh
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh
- 219 Parkman Ave
- Pittsburgh
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh
- 219 Parkman Ave
- Pittsburgh
- USA
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Jassoy JJ, Berndhäuser A, Duthie F, Kühn SP, Hagelueken G, Schiemann O. Versatile Trityl Spin Labels for Nanometer Distance Measurements on Biomolecules In Vitro and within Cells. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 56:177-181. [PMID: 27918126 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201609085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2016] [Revised: 11/03/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Structure determination of biomacromolecules under in-cell conditions is a relevant yet challenging task. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) distance measurements in combination with site-directed spin labeling (SDSL) are a valuable tool in this endeavor but the usually used nitroxide spin labels are not well-suited for in-cell measurements. In contrast, triarylmethyl (trityl) radicals are highly persistent, exhibit a long relaxation time and a narrow spectral width. Here, the synthesis of a versatile collection of trityl spin labels and their application in in vitro and in-cell trityl-iron distance measurements on a cytochrome P450 protein are described. The trityl labels show similar labeling efficiencies and better signal-to-noise ratios (SNR) as compared to the popular methanethiosulfonate spin label (MTSSL) and enabled a successful in-cell measurement.
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- J Jacques Jassoy
- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn, Wegelerstr. 12, 53115, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn, Wegelerstr. 12, 53115, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn, Wegelerstr. 12, 53115, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn, Wegelerstr. 12, 53115, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn, Wegelerstr. 12, 53115, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn, Wegelerstr. 12, 53115, Bonn, Germany
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Jassoy JJ, Berndhäuser A, Duthie F, Kühn SP, Hagelueken G, Schiemann O. Versatile Trityl Spin Labels for Nanometer Distance Measurements on Biomolecules In Vitro and within Cells. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201609085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- J. Jacques Jassoy
- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry University of Bonn Wegelerstr. 12 53115 Bonn Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry University of Bonn Wegelerstr. 12 53115 Bonn Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry University of Bonn Wegelerstr. 12 53115 Bonn Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry University of Bonn Wegelerstr. 12 53115 Bonn Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry University of Bonn Wegelerstr. 12 53115 Bonn Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry University of Bonn Wegelerstr. 12 53115 Bonn Germany
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Levy AR, Nissim M, Mendelman N, Chill J, Ruthstein S. Ctr1 Intracellular Loop Is Involved in the Copper Transfer Mechanism to the Atox1 Metallochaperone. J Phys Chem B 2016; 120:12334-12345. [PMID: 27934216 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b10222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Understanding the human copper cycle is essential to understand the role of metals in promoting neurological diseases and disorders. One of the cycles controlling the cellular concentration and distribution of copper involves the copper transporter, Ctr1; the metallochaperone, Atox1; and the ATP7B transporter. It has been shown that the C-terminus of Ctr1, specifically the last three amino acids, HCH, is involved in both copper coordination and the transfer mechanism to Atox1. In contrast, the role of the intracellular loop of Ctr1, which is an additional intracellular segment of Ctr1, in facilitating the copper transfer mechanism has not been investigated yet. Here, we combine various biophysical methods to explore the interaction between this Ctr1 segment and metallochaperone Atox1 and clearly demonstrate that the Ctr1 intracellular loop (1) can coordinate Cu(I) via interactions with the side chains of one histidine and two methionine residues and (2) closely interacts with the Atox1 metallochaperone. Our findings are another important step in elucidating the mechanistic details of the eukaryotic copper cycle.
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- Ariel R Levy
- The Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Exact Science, Bar Ilan University , Ramat-Gan 5290002, Israel
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- The Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Exact Science, Bar Ilan University , Ramat-Gan 5290002, Israel
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- The Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Exact Science, Bar Ilan University , Ramat-Gan 5290002, Israel
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- The Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Exact Science, Bar Ilan University , Ramat-Gan 5290002, Israel
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- The Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Exact Science, Bar Ilan University , Ramat-Gan 5290002, Israel
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Keller K, Doll A, Qi M, Godt A, Jeschke G, Yulikov M. Averaging of nuclear modulation artefacts in RIDME experiments. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2016; 272:108-113. [PMID: 27684788 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2016.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2016] [Revised: 09/16/2016] [Accepted: 09/21/2016] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The presence of artefacts due to Electron Spin Echo Envelope Modulation (ESEEM) complicates the analysis of dipolar evolution data in Relaxation Induced Dipolar Modulation Enhancement (RIDME) experiments. Here we demonstrate that averaging over the two delay times in the refocused RIDME experiment allows for nearly quantitative removal of the ESEEM artefacts, resulting in potentially much better performance than the so far used methods. The analytical equations are presented and analyzed for the case of electron and nuclear spins S=1/2,I=1/2. The presented analysis is also relevant for Double Electron Electron Resonance (DEER) and Chirp-Induced Dipolar Modulation Enhancement (CIDME) techniques. The applicability of the ESEEM averaging approach is demonstrated on a Gd(III)-Gd(III) rigid ruler compound in deuterated frozen solution at Q band (35GHz).
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- Katharina Keller
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Materials (CM(2)), Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Materials (CM(2)), Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Kaushik M, Bahrenberg T, Can TV, Caporini MA, Silvers R, Heiliger J, Smith AA, Schwalbe H, Griffin RG, Corzilius B. Gd(iii) and Mn(ii) complexes for dynamic nuclear polarization: small molecular chelate polarizing agents and applications with site-directed spin labeling of proteins. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:27205-27218. [PMID: 27545112 PMCID: PMC5053914 DOI: 10.1039/c6cp04623a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We investigate complexes of two paramagnetic metal ions Gd3+ and Mn2+ to serve as polarizing agents for solid-state dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) of 1H, 13C, and 15N at magnetic fields of 5, 9.4, and 14.1 T. Both ions are half-integer high-spin systems with a zero-field splitting and therefore exhibit a broadening of the mS = -1/2 ↔ +1/2 central transition which scales inversely with the external field strength. We investigate experimentally the influence of the chelator molecule, strong hyperfine coupling to the metal nucleus, and deuteration of the bulk matrix on DNP properties. At small Gd-DOTA concentrations the narrow central transition allows us to polarize nuclei with small gyromagnetic ratio such as 13C and even 15N via the solid effect. We demonstrate that enhancements observed are limited by the available microwave power and that large enhancement factors of >100 (for 1H) and on the order of 1000 (for 13C) can be achieved in the saturation limit even at 80 K. At larger Gd(iii) concentrations (≥10 mM) where dipolar couplings between two neighboring Gd3+ complexes become substantial a transition towards cross effect as dominating DNP mechanism is observed. Furthermore, the slow spin-diffusion between 13C and 15N, respectively, allows for temporally resolved observation of enhanced polarization spreading from nuclei close to the paramagnetic ion towards nuclei further removed. Subsequently, we present preliminary DNP experiments on ubiquitin by site-directed spin-labeling with Gd3+ chelator tags. The results hold promise towards applications of such paramagnetically labeled proteins for DNP applications in biophysical chemistry and/or structural biology.
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- Monu Kaushik
- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 7-9, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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Joseph B, Tormyshev VM, Rogozhnikova OY, Akhmetzyanov D, Bagryanskaya EG, Prisner TF. Selective High-Resolution Detection of Membrane Protein-Ligand Interaction in Native Membranes Using Trityl-Nitroxide PELDOR. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:11538-42. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201606335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Benesh Joseph
- Institut für physikalische und theoretische Chemie und Biomolekulares Magnetresonanz Zentrum; Universität Frankfurt; Max-von-Laue-Strasse 7 60438 Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry SB RAS; Novosibirsk 630090 Russia
- Novosibirsk State University; Novosibirsk 630090 Russia
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- N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry SB RAS; Novosibirsk 630090 Russia
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- Institut für physikalische und theoretische Chemie und Biomolekulares Magnetresonanz Zentrum; Universität Frankfurt; Max-von-Laue-Strasse 7 60438 Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry SB RAS; Novosibirsk 630090 Russia
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- Institut für physikalische und theoretische Chemie und Biomolekulares Magnetresonanz Zentrum; Universität Frankfurt; Max-von-Laue-Strasse 7 60438 Frankfurt am Main Germany
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Joseph B, Tormyshev VM, Rogozhnikova OY, Akhmetzyanov D, Bagryanskaya EG, Prisner TF. Selective High-Resolution Detection of Membrane Protein-Ligand Interaction in Native Membranes Using Trityl-Nitroxide PELDOR. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201606335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Benesh Joseph
- Institut für physikalische und theoretische Chemie und Biomolekulares Magnetresonanz Zentrum; Universität Frankfurt; Max-von-Laue-Strasse 7 60438 Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry SB RAS; Novosibirsk 630090 Russia
- Novosibirsk State University; Novosibirsk 630090 Russia
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- N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry SB RAS; Novosibirsk 630090 Russia
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- Institut für physikalische und theoretische Chemie und Biomolekulares Magnetresonanz Zentrum; Universität Frankfurt; Max-von-Laue-Strasse 7 60438 Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry SB RAS; Novosibirsk 630090 Russia
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- Institut für physikalische und theoretische Chemie und Biomolekulares Magnetresonanz Zentrum; Universität Frankfurt; Max-von-Laue-Strasse 7 60438 Frankfurt am Main Germany
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Mascali FC, Ching HYV, Rasia RM, Un S, Tabares LC. Using Genetically Encodable Self-Assembling GdIIISpin Labels To Make In-Cell Nanometric Distance Measurements. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:11041-3. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201603653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2016] [Revised: 06/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Florencia C. Mascali
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; Área Biofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas; Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Ocampo y Esmeralda; Rosario 2000 Argentina
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC); IBITECS, CEA, CNRS, Univ. Paris Sud, Université Paris-Saclay; F-91198 Gif-sur-Yvette France
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; Área Biofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas; Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Ocampo y Esmeralda; Rosario 2000 Argentina
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC); IBITECS, CEA, CNRS, Univ. Paris Sud, Université Paris-Saclay; F-91198 Gif-sur-Yvette France
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC); IBITECS, CEA, CNRS, Univ. Paris Sud, Université Paris-Saclay; F-91198 Gif-sur-Yvette France
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Mascali FC, Ching HYV, Rasia RM, Un S, Tabares LC. Using Genetically Encodable Self-Assembling GdIIISpin Labels To Make In-Cell Nanometric Distance Measurements. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201603653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Florencia C. Mascali
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; Área Biofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas; Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Ocampo y Esmeralda; Rosario 2000 Argentina
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC); IBITECS, CEA, CNRS, Univ. Paris Sud, Université Paris-Saclay; F-91198 Gif-sur-Yvette France
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; Área Biofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas; Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Ocampo y Esmeralda; Rosario 2000 Argentina
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC); IBITECS, CEA, CNRS, Univ. Paris Sud, Université Paris-Saclay; F-91198 Gif-sur-Yvette France
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC); IBITECS, CEA, CNRS, Univ. Paris Sud, Université Paris-Saclay; F-91198 Gif-sur-Yvette France
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Müntener T, Häussinger D, Selenko P, Theillet FX. In-Cell Protein Structures from 2D NMR Experiments. J Phys Chem Lett 2016; 7:2821-5. [PMID: 27379949 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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In-cell NMR spectroscopy provides atomic resolution insights into the structural properties of proteins in cells, but it is rarely used to solve entire protein structures de novo. Here, we introduce a paramagnetic lanthanide-tag to simultaneously measure protein pseudocontact shifts (PCSs) and residual dipolar couplings (RDCs) to be used as input for structure calculation routines within the Rosetta program. We employ this approach to determine the structure of the protein G B1 domain (GB1) in intact Xenopus laevis oocytes from a single set of 2D in-cell NMR experiments. Specifically, we derive well-defined GB1 ensembles from low concentration in-cell NMR samples (∼50 μM) measured at moderate magnetic field strengths (600 MHz), thus offering an easily accessible alternative for determining intracellular protein structures.
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- Thomas Müntener
- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel , St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel , St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Structural Biology, Leibniz Institute of Molecular Pharmacology (FMP Berlin) , Robert Roessle Straße 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Structural Biology, Leibniz Institute of Molecular Pharmacology (FMP Berlin) , Robert Roessle Straße 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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Hintze C, Bücker D, Domingo Köhler S, Jeschke G, Drescher M. Laser-Induced Magnetic Dipole Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem Lett 2016; 7:2204-9. [PMID: 27163749 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b00765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Pulse electron paramagnetic resonance measurements of nanometer scale distance distributions have proven highly effective in structural studies. They exploit the magnetic dipole-dipole coupling between spin labels site-specifically attached to macromolecules. The most commonly applied technique is double electron-electron resonance (DEER, also called pulsed electron double resonance (PELDOR)). Here we present the new technique of laser-induced magnetic dipole (LaserIMD) spectroscopy based on optical switching of the dipole-dipole coupling. In a proof of concept experiment on a model peptide, we find, already at a low quantum yield of triplet excitation, the same sensitivity for measuring the distance between a porphyrin and a nitroxide label as in a DEER measurement between two nitroxide labels. On the heme protein cytochrome C, we demonstrate that LaserIMD allows for distance measurements between a heme prosthetic group and a nitroxide label, although the heme triplet state is not directly observable by an electron spin echo.
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- Christian Hintze
- Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz , 78464 Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz , 78464 Konstanz, Germany
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich , 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz , 78464 Konstanz, Germany
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Demay-Drouhard P, Ching HYV, Akhmetzyanov D, Guillot R, Tabares LC, Bertrand HC, Policar C. A Bis-Manganese(II)-DOTA Complex for Pulsed Dipolar Spectroscopy. Chemphyschem 2016; 17:2066-78. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201600234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Paul Demay-Drouhard
- Ecole Normale Supérieure-PSL Research University; Département de Chimie, Sorbonne Universités-UPMC Univ Paris 06; CNRS UMR 7203 LBM; 24 rue Lhomond 75005 Paris France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC); Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology; Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS UMR 9198; Gif-sur-Yvette F-91198 France
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- Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main; Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and; Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance; Max von Laue Str. 7 60438 Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux O'Orsay; Université Paris-Sud, UMR CNRS 8182, Université Paris-Saclay; 91405 Orsay France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC); Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology; Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS UMR 9198; Gif-sur-Yvette F-91198 France
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- Ecole Normale Supérieure-PSL Research University; Département de Chimie, Sorbonne Universités-UPMC Univ Paris 06; CNRS UMR 7203 LBM; 24 rue Lhomond 75005 Paris France
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- Ecole Normale Supérieure-PSL Research University; Département de Chimie, Sorbonne Universités-UPMC Univ Paris 06; CNRS UMR 7203 LBM; 24 rue Lhomond 75005 Paris France
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Cunningham TF, Pornsuwan S, Horne WS, Saxena S. Rotameric preferences of a protein spin label at edge-strand β-sheet sites. Protein Sci 2016; 25:1049-60. [PMID: 26948069 DOI: 10.1002/pro.2918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2015] [Revised: 03/01/2016] [Accepted: 03/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Protein spin labeling to yield the nitroxide-based R1 side chain is a powerful method to measure protein dynamics and structure by electron spin resonance. However, R1 measurements are complicated by the flexibility of the side chain. While analysis approaches for solvent-exposed α-helical environment have been developed to partially account for flexibility, similar work in β-sheets is lacking. The goal of this study is to provide the first essential steps for understanding the conformational preferences of R1 within edge β-strands using X-ray crystallography and double electron electron resonance (DEER) distance measurements. Crystal structures yielded seven rotamers for a non-hydrogen-bonded site and three rotamers for a hydrogen-bonded site. The observed rotamers indicate contextual differences in R1 conformational preferences compared to other solvent-exposed environments. For the DEER measurements, each strand site was paired with the same α-helical site elsewhere on the protein. The most probable distance observed by DEER is rationalized based on the rotamers observed in the crystal structure. Additionally, the appropriateness of common molecular modeling methods that account for R1 conformational preferences are assessed for the β-sheet environment. These results show that interpretation of R1 behavior in β-sheets is difficult and indicate further development is needed for these computational methods to correctly relate DEER distances to protein structure at edge β-strand sites.
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- Timothy F Cunningham
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, 219 Parkman Ave, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15260
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, 219 Parkman Ave, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15260
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, 219 Parkman Ave, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15260
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, 219 Parkman Ave, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15260
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Ching HYV, Mascali FC, Bertrand HC, Bruch EM, Demay-Drouhard P, Rasia RM, Policar C, Tabares LC, Un S. The Use of Mn(II) Bound to His-tags as Genetically Encodable Spin-Label for Nanometric Distance Determination in Proteins. J Phys Chem Lett 2016; 7:1072-1076. [PMID: 26938795 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b00362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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A genetically encodable paramagnetic spin-label capable of self-assembly from naturally available components would offer a means for studying the in-cell structure and interactions of a protein by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR). Here, we demonstrate pulse electron-electron double resonance (DEER) measurements on spin-labels consisting of Mn(II) ions coordinated to a sequence of histidines, so-called His-tags, that are ubiquitously added by genetic engineering to facilitate protein purification. Although the affinity of His-tags for Mn(II) was low (800 μM), Mn(II)-bound His-tags yielded readily detectable DEER time traces even at concentrations expected in cells. We were able to determine accurately the distance between two His-tag Mn(II) spin-labels at the ends of a rigid helical polyproline peptide of known structure, as well as at the ends of a completely cell-synthesized 3-helix bundle. This approach not only greatly simplifies the labeling procedure but also represents a first step towards using self-assembling metal spin-labels for in-cell distance measurements.
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- H Y Vincent Ching
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS UMR 9198 , F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; Área Biofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario , 2000 Rosario, Argentina
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- Ecole Normale Supérieure-PSL Research University, Département de Chimie, Sorbonne Universités - UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS UMR 7203 LBM , F-75005 Paris, France
- CNRS, UMR 7203, Laboratoire des Biomolécules, F-75005 Paris, France
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7203, Laboratoire des Biomolécules, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS UMR 9198 , F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Ecole Normale Supérieure-PSL Research University, Département de Chimie, Sorbonne Universités - UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS UMR 7203 LBM , F-75005 Paris, France
- CNRS, UMR 7203, Laboratoire des Biomolécules, F-75005 Paris, France
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7203, Laboratoire des Biomolécules, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario; Área Biofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario , 2000 Rosario, Argentina
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- Ecole Normale Supérieure-PSL Research University, Département de Chimie, Sorbonne Universités - UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS UMR 7203 LBM , F-75005 Paris, France
- CNRS, UMR 7203, Laboratoire des Biomolécules, F-75005 Paris, France
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7203, Laboratoire des Biomolécules, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS UMR 9198 , F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS UMR 9198 , F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Qi M, Hülsmann M, Godt A. Spacers for Geometrically Well-Defined Water-Soluble Molecular Rulers and Their Application. J Org Chem 2016; 81:2549-71. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.6b00125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Mian Qi
- Faculty of Chemistry and
Center for Molecular Materials (MC2), Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße
25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and
Center for Molecular Materials (MC2), Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße
25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and
Center for Molecular Materials (MC2), Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße
25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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Joseph B, Sikora A, Cafiso DS. Ligand Induced Conformational Changes of a Membrane Transporter in E. coli Cells Observed with DEER/PELDOR. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:1844-7. [PMID: 26795032 PMCID: PMC4837646 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b13382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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An unrealized goal in structural biology is the determination of structure and conformational change at high resolution for membrane proteins within the cellular environment. Pulsed electron-electron double resonance (PELDOR) is a well-established technique to follow conformational changes in purified membrane protein complexes. Here we demonstrate the first proof of concept for the use of PELDOR to observe conformational changes in a membrane protein in intact cells. We exploit the fact that outer membrane proteins usually lack reactive cysteines and that paramagnetic spin labels entering the periplasm are selectively reduced to achieve specific labeling of the cobalamin transporter BtuB in Escherichia coli. We characterize conformational changes in the second extracellular loop of BtuB upon ligand binding and compare the PELDOR data with high-resolution crystal structures. Our approach avoids detergent extraction, purification, and reconstitution usually required for these systems. With this approach, structure, function, conformational changes, and molecular interactions of outer membrane proteins can be studied at high resolution in the cellular environment.
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- Benesh Joseph
- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance, University of Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 7, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Membrane Biology, University of Virginia, McCormick Road, Charlottesville VA22904-4319, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Membrane Biology, University of Virginia, McCormick Road, Charlottesville VA22904-4319, USA
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Collauto A, Feintuch A, Qi M, Godt A, Meade T, Goldfarb D. Gd(III) complexes as paramagnetic tags: Evaluation of the spin delocalization over the nuclei of the ligand. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2016; 263:156-163. [PMID: 26802219 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2015.12.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2015] [Revised: 12/28/2015] [Accepted: 12/30/2015] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Complexes of the Gd(III) ion are currently being established as spin labels for distance determination in biomolecules by pulse dipolar spectroscopy. Because Gd(III) is an f ion, one expects electron spin density to be localized on the Gd(III) ion - an important feature for the mentioned application. Most of the complex ligands have nitrogens as Gd(III) coordinating atoms. Therefore, measurement of the (14)N hyperfine coupling gives access to information on the localization of the electron spin on the Gd(III) ion. We carried out W-band, 1D and 2D (14)N and (1)H ENDOR measurements on the Gd(III) complexes Gd-DOTA, Gd-538, Gd-595, and Gd-PyMTA that serve as spin labels for Gd-Gd distance measurements. The obtained (14)N spectra are particularly well resolved, revealing both the hyperfine and nuclear quadrupole splittings, which were assigned using 2D Mims ENDOR experiments. Additionally, the spectral contributions of the two different types of nitrogen atoms of Gd-PyMTA, the aliphatic N atom and the pyridine N atom, were distinguishable. The (14)N hyperfine interaction was found to have a very small isotropic hyperfine component of -0.25 to -0.37MHz. Furthermore, the anisotropic hyperfine interactions with the (14)N nuclei and with the non-exchangeable protons of the ligands are well described by the point-dipole approximation using distances derived from the crystal structures. We therefore conclude that the spin density is fully localized on the Gd(III) ion and that the spin density distribution over the nuclei of the ligands is rightfully ignored when analyzing distance measurements.
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- A Collauto
- Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- University Bielefeld, Faculty of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Materials, D-33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- University Bielefeld, Faculty of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Materials, D-33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
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Structural disorder of monomeric α-synuclein persists in mammalian cells. Nature 2016; 530:45-50. [PMID: 26808899 DOI: 10.1038/nature16531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 626] [Impact Index Per Article: 78.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2015] [Accepted: 12/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Intracellular aggregation of the human amyloid protein α-synuclein is causally linked to Parkinson's disease. While the isolated protein is intrinsically disordered, its native structure in mammalian cells is not known. Here we use nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy to derive atomic-resolution insights into the structure and dynamics of α-synuclein in different mammalian cell types. We show that the disordered nature of monomeric α-synuclein is stably preserved in non-neuronal and neuronal cells. Under physiological cell conditions, α-synuclein is amino-terminally acetylated and adopts conformations that are more compact than when in buffer, with residues of the aggregation-prone non-amyloid-β component (NAC) region shielded from exposure to the cytoplasm, which presumably counteracts spontaneous aggregation. These results establish that different types of crowded intracellular environments do not inherently promote α-synuclein oligomerization and, more generally, that intrinsic structural disorder is sustainable in mammalian cells.
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Collauto A, Frydman V, Lee MD, Abdelkader EH, Feintuch A, Swarbrick JD, Graham B, Otting G, Goldfarb D. RIDME distance measurements using Gd(iii) tags with a narrow central transition. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:19037-49. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp03299k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Methods based on pulse electron paramagnetic resonance allow measurement of the electron–electron dipolar coupling between two high-spin labels.
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- A. Collauto
- Department of Chemical Physics
- Weizmann Institute of Science
- Rehovot 7610001
- Israel
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- Department of Chemical Research Support
- Weizmann Institute of Science
- Rehovot 7610001
- Israel
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- Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Monash University
- Parkville
- Australia
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- Research School of Chemistry
- Australian National University
- Canberra
- Australia
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- Department of Chemical Physics
- Weizmann Institute of Science
- Rehovot 7610001
- Israel
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- Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Monash University
- Parkville
- Australia
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- Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Monash University
- Parkville
- Australia
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- Research School of Chemistry
- Australian National University
- Canberra
- Australia
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- Department of Chemical Physics
- Weizmann Institute of Science
- Rehovot 7610001
- Israel
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Roser P, Schmidt MJ, Drescher M, Summerer D. Site-directed spin labeling of proteins for distance measurements in vitro and in cells. Org Biomol Chem 2016; 14:5468-76. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ob00473c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We here review strategies for site-directed spin labeling (SDSL) of proteins and discuss their potential for EPR distance measurements to study protein function in vitro and in cells.
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- P. Roser
- Department of Chemistry
- Zukunftskolleg
- and Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology
- University of Konstanz
- 78457 Konstanz
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- Department of Chemistry
- Zukunftskolleg
- and Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology
- University of Konstanz
- 78457 Konstanz
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- Department of Chemistry
- Zukunftskolleg
- and Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology
- University of Konstanz
- 78457 Konstanz
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
- Technical University of Dortmund
- 44227 Dortmund
- Germany
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Yang F, Wang X, Pan BB, Su XC. Single-armed phenylsulfonated pyridine derivative of DOTA is rigid and stable paramagnetic tag in protein analysis. Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 52:11535-11538. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cc06114a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Single-armed DOTA-like phenylsulfonated pyridine derivatives are rigid and stable paramagnetic tags for site-specific labelling of proteins. The respective protein conjugates yield valuable long-range structural restraints for proteins.
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- Feng Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin)
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300071
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin)
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300071
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin)
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300071
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin)
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300071
- China
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Cohen MR, Frydman V, Milko P, Iron MA, Abdelkader EH, Lee MD, Swarbrick JD, Raitsimring A, Otting G, Graham B, Feintuch A, Goldfarb D. Overcoming artificial broadening in Gd3+–Gd3+ distance distributions arising from dipolar pseudo-secular terms in DEER experiments. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:12847-59. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp00829a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Double electron–electron resonance (DEER) is used to probe structure of Gd3+-tagged biomolecules by determining Gd3+–Gd3+ distances.
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- Marie Ramirez Cohen
- Department of Chemical Physics
- Weizmann Institute of Science
- Rehovot 7610001
- Israel
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- Department of Chemical Research Support
- Weizmann Institute of Science
- Rehovot 7610001
- Israel
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- Department of Chemical Research Support
- Weizmann Institute of Science
- Rehovot 7610001
- Israel
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- Department of Chemical Research Support
- Weizmann Institute of Science
- Rehovot 7610001
- Israel
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- Research School of Chemistry
- Australian National University
- Canberra
- Australia
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- Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Monash University
- Parkville
- Australia
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- Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Monash University
- Parkville
- Australia
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- Research School of Chemistry
- Australian National University
- Canberra
- Australia
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- Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Monash University
- Parkville
- Australia
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- Department of Chemical Physics
- Weizmann Institute of Science
- Rehovot 7610001
- Israel
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- Department of Chemical Physics
- Weizmann Institute of Science
- Rehovot 7610001
- Israel
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Abdelkader EH, Lee MD, Feintuch A, Cohen MR, Swarbrick JD, Otting G, Graham B, Goldfarb D. A New Gd(3+) Spin Label for Gd(3+)-Gd(3+) Distance Measurements in Proteins Produces Narrow Distance Distributions. J Phys Chem Lett 2015; 6:5016-5021. [PMID: 26623480 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b02451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Gd(3+) tags have been shown to be useful for performing distance measurements in biomolecules via the double electron-electron resonance (DEER) technique at Q- and W-band frequencies. We introduce a new cyclen-based Gd(3+) tag that exhibits a relatively narrow electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectrum, affording high sensitivity, and which yields exceptionally narrow Gd(3+)-Gd(3+) distance distributions in doubly tagged proteins owing to a very short tether. Both the maxima and widths of distance distributions measured for tagged mutants of the proteins ERp29 and T4 lysozyme, featuring Gd(3+)-Gd(3+) distances of ca. 6 and 4 nm, respectively, were well reproduced by simulated distance distributions based on available crystal structures and sterically allowed rotamers of the tag. The precision of the position of the Gd(3+) ion is comparable to that of the nitroxide radical in an MTSL-tagged protein and thus the new tag represents an attractive tool for performing accurate distance measurements and potentially probing protein conformational equilibria.
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- Elwy H Abdelkader
- Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University , Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University , Parkville VIC 3052, Australia
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University , Parkville VIC 3052, Australia
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- Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University , Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University , Parkville VIC 3052, Australia
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- Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Doll A, Qi M, Wili N, Pribitzer S, Godt A, Jeschke G. Gd(III)-Gd(III) distance measurements with chirp pump pulses. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2015; 259:153-62. [PMID: 26340436 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2015.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2015] [Revised: 08/13/2015] [Accepted: 08/14/2015] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The broad EPR spectrum of Gd(III) spin labels restricts the dipolar modulation depth in distance measurements between Gd(III) pairs to a few percent. To overcome this limitation, frequency-swept chirp pulses are utilized as pump pulses in the DEER experiment. Using a model system with 3.4 nm Gd-Gd distance, application of one single chirp pump pulse at Q-band frequencies leads to modulation depths beyond 10%. However, the larger modulation depth is counteracted by a reduction of the absolute echo intensity due to the pump pulse. As supported by spin dynamics simulations, this effect is primarily driven by signal loss to double-quantum coherence and specific to the Gd(III) high spin state of S=7/2. In order to balance modulation depth and echo intensity for optimum sensitivity, a simple experimental procedure is proposed. An additional improvement by 25% in DEER sensitivity is achieved with two consecutive chirp pump pulses. These pulses pump the Gd(III) spectrum symmetrically around the observation position, therefore mutually compensating for dynamical Bloch-Siegert phase shifts at the observer spins. The improved sensitivity of the DEER data with modulation depths on the order of 20% is due to mitigation of the echo reduction effects by the consecutive pump pulses. In particular, the second pump pulse does not lead to additional signal loss if perfect inversion is assumed. Moreover, the compensation of the dynamical Bloch-Siegert phase prevents signal loss due to spatial dependence of the dynamical phase, which is caused by inhomogeneities in the driving field. The new methodology is combined with pre-polarization techniques to measure long distances up to 8.6 nm, where signal intensity and modulation depth become attenuated by long dipolar evolution windows. In addition, the influence of the zero-field splitting parameters on the echo intensity is studied with simulations. Herein, larger sensitivity is anticipated for Gd(III) complexes with zero-field splitting that is smaller than for the employed Gd-PyMTA complex.
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- Andrin Doll
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Materials, Bielefeld University, Unversitätsstraße 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Center for Molecular Materials, Bielefeld University, Unversitätsstraße 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Garbuio L, Zimmermann K, Häussinger D, Yulikov M. Gd(III) complexes for electron-electron dipolar spectroscopy: Effects of deuteration, pH and zero field splitting. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2015; 259:163-73. [PMID: 26342680 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2015.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2015] [Revised: 08/06/2015] [Accepted: 08/07/2015] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Spectral parameters of Gd(III) complexes are intimately linked to the performance of the Gd(III)-nitroxide or Gd(III)-Gd(III) double electron-electron resonance (DEER or PELDOR) techniques, as well as to that of relaxation induced dipolar modulation enhancement (RIDME) spectroscopy with Gd(III) ions. These techniques are of interest for applications in structural biology, since they can selectively detect site-to-site distances in biomolecules or biomolecular complexes in the nanometer range. Here we report relaxation properties, echo detected EPR spectra, as well as the magnitude of the echo reduction effect in Gd(III)-nitroxide DEER for a series of Gadolinium(III) complexes with chelating agents derived from tetraazacyclododecane. We observed that solvent deuteration does not only lengthen the relaxation times of Gd(III) centers but also weakens the DEER echo reduction effect. Both of these phenomena lead to an improved signal-to-noise ratios or, alternatively, longer accessible distance range in pulse EPR measurements. The presented data enrich the knowledge on paramagnetic Gd(III) chelate complexes in frozen solutions, and can help optimize the experimental conditions for most types of the pulse measurements of the electron-electron dipolar interactions.
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- Luca Garbuio
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Das C, Vaidya S, Gupta T, Frost JM, Righi M, Brechin EK, Affronte M, Rajaraman G, Shanmugam M. Single-Molecule Magnetism, Enhanced Magnetocaloric Effect, and Toroidal Magnetic Moments in a Family of Ln4Squares. Chemistry 2015; 21:15639-50. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201502720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2015] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Wojciechowski F, Groß A, Holder IT, Knörr L, Drescher M, Hartig JS. Pulsed EPR spectroscopy distance measurements of DNA internally labelled with Gd(3+)-DOTA. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 51:13850-3. [PMID: 26236790 DOI: 10.1039/c5cc04234h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Gd(3+) is increasingly used in EPR spectroscopy due to its increased intracellular stability and signal-to-noise ratios. Here we present the incorporation of Gd(3+)-DOTA into internal positions in DNA. Distance measurements via pulsed Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) spectroscopy in vitro and in cellula proved enhanced stability and efficiency compared to nitroxide labels.
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- Filip Wojciechowski
- Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstr. 10, Konstanz, Germany.
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Ruthstein S, Ji M, Shin BK, Saxena S. A simple double quantum coherence ESR sequence that minimizes nuclear modulations in Cu(2+)-ion based distance measurements. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2015; 257:45-50. [PMID: 26057636 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2015.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2014] [Revised: 05/14/2015] [Accepted: 05/15/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Double quantum coherence (DQC) ESR is a sensitive method to measure magnetic dipolar interactions between spin labels. However, the DQC experiment on Cu(2+) centers presents a challenge at X-band. The Cu(2+) centers are usually coordinated to histidine residues in proteins. The electron-nuclear interaction between the Cu(2+) ion and the remote nitrogen in the imidazole ring can interfere with the electron-electron dipolar interaction. Herein, we report on a modified DQC experiment that has the advantage of reduced contributions from electron-nuclear interactions, which enhances the resolution of the DQC signal to the electron-electron dipolar modulations. The modified pulse-sequence is verified on Cu(2+)-NO system in a polyalanine-based peptide and on a coupled Cu(2+) system in a polyproline-based peptide. The modified DQC data were compared with the DEER data and good agreement was found.
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- Sharon Ruthstein
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, United States.
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Evans EGB, Millhauser GL. Genetic Incorporation of the Unnatural Amino Acid p-Acetyl Phenylalanine into Proteins for Site-Directed Spin Labeling. Methods Enzymol 2015; 563:503-27. [PMID: 26478497 PMCID: PMC4841275 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2015.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Site-directed spin labeling (SDSL) is a powerful tool for the characterization of protein structure and dynamics; however, its application in many systems is hampered by the reliance on unique and benign cysteine substitutions for the site-specific attachment of the spin label. An elegant solution to this problem involves the use of genetically encoded unnatural amino acids (UAAs) containing reactive functional groups that are chemically orthogonal to those of the 20 amino acids found naturally in proteins. These unique functional groups can then be selectively reacted with an appropriately functionalized spin probe. In this chapter, we detail the genetic incorporation of the ketone-bearing amino acid p-acetyl phenylalanine (pAcPhe) into recombinant proteins expressed in E. coli. Incorporation of pAcPhe is followed by chemoselective reaction of the ketone side chain with a hydroxylamine-functionalized nitroxide to afford the spin-labeled side chain "K1," and we present two protocols for successful K1 labeling of proteins bearing site-specific pAcPhe. We outline the basic requirements for pAcPhe incorporation and labeling, with an emphasis on practical aspects that must be considered by the researcher if high yields of UAA incorporation and efficient labeling reactions are to be achieved. To this end, we highlight recent advances that have led to increased yields of pAcPhe incorporation, and discuss the use of aniline-based catalysts allowing for facile conjugation of the hydroxylamine spin label under mild reaction conditions. To illustrate the utility of K1 labeling in proteins where traditional cysteine-based SDSL methods are problematic, we site-specifically K1 label the cellular prion protein at two positions in the C-terminal domain and determine the interspin distance using double electron-electron resonance EPR. Recent advances in UAA incorporation and ketone-based bioconjugation, in combination with the commercial availability of all requisite reagents, should make K1 labeling an increasingly viable alternative to cysteine-based methods for SDSL in proteins.
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- Eric G B Evans
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA.
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Manukovsky N, Frydman V, Goldfarb D. Gd3+ Spin Labels Report the Conformation and Solvent Accessibility of Solution and Vesicle-Bound Melittin. J Phys Chem B 2015; 119:13732-41. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b03523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Nurit Manukovsky
- Departments of †Chemical Physics and ‡Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Departments of †Chemical Physics and ‡Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Departments of †Chemical Physics and ‡Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Shevelev GY, Krumkacheva OA, Lomzov AA, Kuzhelev AA, Trukhin DV, Rogozhnikova OY, Tormyshev VM, Pyshnyi DV, Fedin MV, Bagryanskaya EG. Triarylmethyl Labels: Toward Improving the Accuracy of EPR Nanoscale Distance Measurements in DNAs. J Phys Chem B 2015; 119:13641-8. [PMID: 26011022 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b03026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Triarylmethyl (trityl, TAM) based spin labels represent a promising alternative to nitroxides for EPR distance measurements in biomolecules. Herewith, we report synthesis and comparative study of series of model DNA duplexes, 5'-spin-labeled with TAMs and nitroxides. We have found that the accuracy (width) of distance distributions obtained by double electron-electron resonance (DEER/PELDOR) strongly depends on the type of radical. Replacement of both nitroxides by TAMs in the same spin-labeled duplex allows narrowing of the distance distributions by a factor of 3. Replacement of one nitroxide by TAM (orthogonal labeling) leads to a less pronounced narrowing but at the same time gains sensitivity in DEER experiment due to efficient pumping on the narrow EPR line of TAM. Distance distributions in nitroxide/nitroxide pairs are influenced by the structure of the linker: the use of a short amine-based linker improves the accuracy by a factor of 2. At the same time, a negligible dependence on the linker length is found for the distribution width in TAM/TAM pairs. Molecular dynamics calculations indicate greater conformational disorder of nitroxide labels compared to TAM ones, thus rationalizing the experimentally observed trends. Thereby, we conclude that double spin-labeling using TAMs allows obtaining narrower spin-spin distance distributions and potentially more precise distances between labeling sites compared to traditional nitroxides.
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- Georgiy Yu Shevelev
- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, SB RAS , Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.,Novosibirsk State University , Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- International Tomography Center, SB RAS , Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.,Novosibirsk State University , Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, SB RAS , Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.,Novosibirsk State University , Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- N.N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, SB RAS , Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.,Novosibirsk State University , Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- N.N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, SB RAS , Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.,Novosibirsk State University , Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- N.N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, SB RAS , Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.,Novosibirsk State University , Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- N.N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, SB RAS , Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.,Novosibirsk State University , Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, SB RAS , Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.,Novosibirsk State University , Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- International Tomography Center, SB RAS , Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.,Novosibirsk State University , Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- N.N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, SB RAS , Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.,Novosibirsk State University , Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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