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Cerofolini L, Vasa K, Bianconi E, Salobehaj M, Cappelli G, Bonciani A, Licciardi G, Pérez-Ràfols A, Padilla-Cortés L, Antonacci S, Rizzo D, Ravera E, Viglianisi C, Calderone V, Parigi G, Luchinat C, Macchiarulo A, Menichetti S, Fragai M. Combining Solid-State NMR with Structural and Biophysical Techniques to Design Challenging Protein-Drug Conjugates. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202303202. [PMID: 37276329 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202303202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Revised: 06/01/2023] [Accepted: 06/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
Several protein-drug conjugates are currently being used in cancer therapy. These conjugates rely on cytotoxic organic compounds that are covalently attached to the carrier proteins or that interact with them via non-covalent interactions. Human transthyretin (TTR), a physiological protein, has already been identified as a possible carrier protein for the delivery of cytotoxic drugs. Here we show the structure-guided development of a new stable cytotoxic molecule based on a known strong binder of TTR and a well-established anticancer drug. This example is used to demonstrate the importance of the integration of multiple biophysical and structural techniques, encompassing microscale thermophoresis, X-ray crystallography and NMR. In particular, we show that solid-state NMR has the ability to reveal effects caused by ligand binding which are more easily relatable to structural and dynamical alterations that impact the stability of macromolecular complexes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Linda Cerofolini
- Magnetic Resonance Centre (CERM), University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche di Metalloproteine (CIRMMP), Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3-13, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3-13, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, Via Fabretti n.48, 06123, Perugia, Italy
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- Magnetic Resonance Centre (CERM), University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche di Metalloproteine (CIRMMP), Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3-13, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3-13, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3-13, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Magnetic Resonance Centre (CERM), University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche di Metalloproteine (CIRMMP), Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3-13, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Magnetic Resonance Centre (CERM), University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Giotto Biotech s.r.l, Sesto Fiorentino, Via della Madonna del Piano 6, 50019, Florence, Italy
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- Magnetic Resonance Centre (CERM), University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche di Metalloproteine (CIRMMP), Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3-13, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Magnetic Resonance Centre (CERM), University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3-13, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Magnetic Resonance Centre (CERM), University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche di Metalloproteine (CIRMMP), Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3-13, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Magnetic Resonance Centre (CERM), University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche di Metalloproteine (CIRMMP), Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3-13, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3-13, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Magnetic Resonance Centre (CERM), University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche di Metalloproteine (CIRMMP), Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3-13, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Magnetic Resonance Centre (CERM), University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche di Metalloproteine (CIRMMP), Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3-13, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Magnetic Resonance Centre (CERM), University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche di Metalloproteine (CIRMMP), Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3-13, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Giotto Biotech s.r.l, Sesto Fiorentino, Via della Madonna del Piano 6, 50019, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, Via Fabretti n.48, 06123, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3-13, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Magnetic Resonance Centre (CERM), University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche di Metalloproteine (CIRMMP), Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3-13, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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Galazzo L, Bordignon E. Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy in structural-dynamic studies of large protein complexes. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2023; 134-135:1-19. [PMID: 37321755 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2022.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2022] [Revised: 11/11/2022] [Accepted: 11/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
Macromolecular protein assemblies are of fundamental importance for many processes inside the cell, as they perform complex functions and constitute central hubs where reactions occur. Generally, these assemblies undergo large conformational changes and cycle through different states that ultimately are connected to specific functions further regulated by additional small ligands or proteins. Unveiling the 3D structural details of these assemblies at atomic resolution, identifying the flexible parts of the complexes, and monitoring with high temporal resolution the dynamic interplay between different protein regions under physiological conditions is key to fully understanding their properties and to fostering biomedical applications. In the last decade, we have seen remarkable advances in cryo-electron microscopy (EM) techniques, which deeply transformed our vision of structural biology, especially in the field of macromolecular assemblies. With cryo-EM, detailed 3D models of large macromolecular complexes in different conformational states became readily available at atomic resolution. Concomitantly, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy (EPR) have benefited from methodological innovations which also improved the quality of the information that can be achieved. Such enhanced sensitivity widened their applicability to macromolecular complexes in environments close to physiological conditions and opened a path towards in-cell applications. In this review we will focus on the advantages and challenges of EPR techniques with an integrative approach towards a complete understanding of macromolecular structures and functions.
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- Laura Galazzo
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva, Quai Ernest Ansermet 30, CH-1211 Genève 4, Switzerland.
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva, Quai Ernest Ansermet 30, CH-1211 Genève 4, Switzerland.
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Xue K, Sarkar R, Tošner Z, Reif B. Field and magic angle spinning frequency dependence of proton resonances in rotating solids. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2022; 130-131:47-61. [PMID: 36113917 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2022.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2021] [Revised: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 04/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Proton detection in solid state NMR is continuously developing and allows one to gain new insights in structural biology. Overall, this progress is a result of the synergy between hardware development, new NMR methodology and new isotope labeling strategies, to name a few factors. Even though current developments are rapid, it is worthwhile to summarize what can currently be achieved employing proton detection in biological solids. We illustrate this by analysing the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for spectra obtained for a microcrystalline α-spectrin SH3 domain protein sample by (i) employing different degrees of chemical dilution to replace protons by incorporating deuterons in different sites, by (ii) variation of the magic angle spinning (MAS) frequencies between 20 and 110 kHz, and by (iii) variation of the static magnetic field B0. The experimental SNR values are validated with numerical simulations employing up to 9 proton spins. Although in reality a protein would contain far more than 9 protons, in a deuterated environment this is a sufficient number to achieve satisfactory simulations consistent with the experimental data. The key results of this analysis are (i) with current hardware, deuteration is still necessary to record spectra of optimum quality; (ii) 13CH3 isotopomers for methyl groups yield the best SNR when MAS frequencies above 100 kHz are available; and (iii) sensitivity increases with a factor beyond B0 3/2 with the static magnetic field due to a transition of proton-proton dipolar interactions from a strong to a weak coupling limit.
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- Kai Xue
- Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Department of NMR Based Structural Biology, Am Fassberg. 11, Goettingen, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum München (HMGU), Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPS-M) at Department Chemie, Technische Universität München (TUM), Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Hlavova 8, 12842 Praha 2, Czech Republic
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum München (HMGU), Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPS-M) at Department Chemie, Technische Universität München (TUM), Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747 Garching, Germany.
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Rizzo D, Cerofolini L, Giuntini S, Iozzino L, Pergola C, Sacco F, Palmese A, Ravera E, Luchinat C, Baroni F, Fragai M. Epitope Mapping and Binding Assessment by Solid-State NMR Provide a Way for the Development of Biologics under the Quality by Design Paradigm. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:10006-10016. [PMID: 35617699 PMCID: PMC9185746 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c03232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
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Multispecific biologics
are an emerging class of drugs, in which
antibodies and/or proteins designed to bind pharmacological targets
are covalently linked or expressed as fusion proteins to increase
both therapeutic efficacy and safety. Epitope mapping on the target
proteins provides key information to improve the affinity and also
to monitor the manufacturing process and drug stability. Solid-state
NMR has been here used to identify the pattern of the residues of
the programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) ectodomain that are involved
in the interaction with a new multispecific biological drug. This
is possible because the large size and the intrinsic flexibility of
the complexes are not limiting factors for solid-state NMR.
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- Domenico Rizzo
- Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM), University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.,Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM), University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.,Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche di Metalloproteine (CIRMMP), Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM), University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.,Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Analytical Development Biotech Department, Merck Serono S.p.a, Via Luigi Einaudi, 11, 00012 Guidonia, RM, Italy
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- Analytical Development Biotech Department, Merck Serono S.p.a, Via Luigi Einaudi, 11, 00012 Guidonia, RM, Italy
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- Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM), University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.,Analytical Development Biotech Department, Merck Serono S.p.a, Via Luigi Einaudi, 11, 00012 Guidonia, RM, Italy
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- Analytical Development Biotech Department, Merck Serono S.p.a, Via Luigi Einaudi, 11, 00012 Guidonia, RM, Italy
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- Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM), University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.,Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.,Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche di Metalloproteine (CIRMMP), Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM), University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.,Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.,Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche di Metalloproteine (CIRMMP), Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Analytical Development Biotech Department, Merck Serono S.p.a, Via Luigi Einaudi, 11, 00012 Guidonia, RM, Italy
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- Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM), University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.,Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.,Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche di Metalloproteine (CIRMMP), Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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Le Marchand T, Schubeis T, Bonaccorsi M, Paluch P, Lalli D, Pell AJ, Andreas LB, Jaudzems K, Stanek J, Pintacuda G. 1H-Detected Biomolecular NMR under Fast Magic-Angle Spinning. Chem Rev 2022; 122:9943-10018. [PMID: 35536915 PMCID: PMC9136936 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
Since the first pioneering studies on small deuterated peptides dating more than 20 years ago, 1H detection has evolved into the most efficient approach for investigation of biomolecular structure, dynamics, and interactions by solid-state NMR. The development of faster and faster magic-angle spinning (MAS) rates (up to 150 kHz today) at ultrahigh magnetic fields has triggered a real revolution in the field. This new spinning regime reduces the 1H-1H dipolar couplings, so that a direct detection of 1H signals, for long impossible without proton dilution, has become possible at high resolution. The switch from the traditional MAS NMR approaches with 13C and 15N detection to 1H boosts the signal by more than an order of magnitude, accelerating the site-specific analysis and opening the way to more complex immobilized biological systems of higher molecular weight and available in limited amounts. This paper reviews the concepts underlying this recent leap forward in sensitivity and resolution, presents a detailed description of the experimental aspects of acquisition of multidimensional correlation spectra with fast MAS, and summarizes the most successful strategies for the assignment of the resonances and for the elucidation of protein structure and conformational dynamics. It finally outlines the many examples where 1H-detected MAS NMR has contributed to the detailed characterization of a variety of crystalline and noncrystalline biomolecular targets involved in biological processes ranging from catalysis through drug binding, viral infectivity, amyloid fibril formation, to transport across lipid membranes.
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- Tanguy Le Marchand
- Centre
de RMN à Très Hauts Champs de Lyon, UMR 5082 CNRS/ENS
Lyon/Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Université de Lyon, 5 rue de la Doua, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
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- Centre
de RMN à Très Hauts Champs de Lyon, UMR 5082 CNRS/ENS
Lyon/Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Université de Lyon, 5 rue de la Doua, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
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- Centre
de RMN à Très Hauts Champs de Lyon, UMR 5082 CNRS/ENS
Lyon/Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Université de Lyon, 5 rue de la Doua, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
- Department
of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm
University, Svante Arrhenius
väg 16C SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Faculty
of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, Warsaw 02-093, Poland
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- Dipartimento
di Scienze e Innovazione Tecnologica, Università
del Piemonte Orientale “A. Avogadro”, Viale Teresa Michel 11, 15121 Alessandria, Italy
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- Centre
de RMN à Très Hauts Champs de Lyon, UMR 5082 CNRS/ENS
Lyon/Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Université de Lyon, 5 rue de la Doua, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
- Department
of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 16 C, SE-106
91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
for NMR-Based Structural Biology, Max-Planck-Institute
for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Am Fassberg 11, Göttingen 37077, Germany
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- Latvian
Institute of Organic Synthesis, Aizkraukles 21, Riga LV-1006 Latvia
- Faculty
of Chemistry, University of Latvia, Jelgavas 1, Riga LV-1004, Latvia
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- Faculty
of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, Warsaw 02-093, Poland
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- Centre
de RMN à Très Hauts Champs de Lyon, UMR 5082 CNRS/ENS
Lyon/Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Université de Lyon, 5 rue de la Doua, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
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Paluch P, Augustyniak R, Org ML, Vanatalu K, Kaldma A, Samoson A, Stanek J. NMR Assignment of Methyl Groups in Immobilized Proteins Using Multiple-Bond 13C Homonuclear Transfers, Proton Detection, and Very Fast MAS. Front Mol Biosci 2022; 9:828785. [PMID: 35425812 PMCID: PMC9002630 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.828785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
In nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of proteins, methyl protons play a particular role as extremely sensitive reporters on dynamics, allosteric effects, and protein–protein interactions, accessible even in high-molecular-weight systems approaching 1 MDa. The notorious issue of their chemical shift assignment is addressed here by a joint use of solid-state 1H-detected methods at very fast (nearly 100 kHz) magic-angle spinning, partial deuteration, and high-magnetic fields. The suitability of a series of RF schemes is evaluated for the efficient coherence transfer across entire 13C side chains of methyl-containing residues, which is key for establishing connection between methyl and backbone 1H resonances. The performance of ten methods for recoupling of either isotropic 13C–13C scalar or anisotropic dipolar interactions (five variants of TOBSY, FLOPSY, DIPSI, WALTZ, RFDR, and DREAM) is evaluated experimentally at two state-of-the-art magic-angle spinning (55 and 94.5 kHz) and static magnetic field conditions (18.8 and 23.5 T). Model isotopically labeled compounds (alanine and Met-Leu-Phe tripeptide) and ILV-methyl and amide-selectively protonated, and otherwise deuterated chicken α-spectrin SH3 protein are used as convenient reference systems. Spin dynamics simulations in SIMPSON are performed to determine optimal parameters of these RF schemes, up to recently experimentally attained spinning frequencies (200 kHz) and B0 field strengths (28.2 T). The concept of linearization of 13C side chain by appropriate isotope labeling is revisited and showed to significantly increase sensitivity of methyl-to-backbone correlations. A resolution enhancement provided by 4D spectroscopy with non-uniform (sparse) sampling is demonstrated to remove ambiguities in simultaneous resonance assignment of methyl proton and carbon chemical shifts.
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- Piotr Paluch
- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
- Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Łódź, Poland
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- Tallin University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Tallin University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Tallin University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
- *Correspondence: Jan Stanek,
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Ahlawat S, Mote KR, Lakomek NA, Agarwal V. Solid-State NMR: Methods for Biological Solids. Chem Rev 2022; 122:9643-9737. [PMID: 35238547 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
In the last two decades, solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (ssNMR) spectroscopy has transformed from a spectroscopic technique investigating small molecules and industrial polymers to a potent tool decrypting structure and underlying dynamics of complex biological systems, such as membrane proteins, fibrils, and assemblies, in near-physiological environments and temperatures. This transformation can be ascribed to improvements in hardware design, sample preparation, pulsed methods, isotope labeling strategies, resolution, and sensitivity. The fundamental engagement between nuclear spins and radio-frequency pulses in the presence of a strong static magnetic field is identical between solution and ssNMR, but the experimental procedures vastly differ because of the absence of molecular tumbling in solids. This review discusses routinely employed state-of-the-art static and MAS pulsed NMR methods relevant for biological samples with rotational correlation times exceeding 100's of nanoseconds. Recent developments in signal filtering approaches, proton methodologies, and multiple acquisition techniques to boost sensitivity and speed up data acquisition at fast MAS are also discussed. Several examples of protein structures (globular, membrane, fibrils, and assemblies) solved with ssNMR spectroscopy have been considered. We also discuss integrated approaches to structurally characterize challenging biological systems and some newly emanating subdisciplines in ssNMR spectroscopy.
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- Sahil Ahlawat
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, Survey No. 36/P Gopanpally, Serilingampally, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad 500046, Telangana, India
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, Survey No. 36/P Gopanpally, Serilingampally, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad 500046, Telangana, India
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- University of Düsseldorf, Institute for Physical Biology, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, Survey No. 36/P Gopanpally, Serilingampally, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad 500046, Telangana, India
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Reif B. Deuteration for High-Resolution Detection of Protons in Protein Magic Angle Spinning (MAS) Solid-State NMR. Chem Rev 2021; 122:10019-10035. [PMID: 34870415 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Proton detection developed in the last 20 years as the method of choice to study biomolecules in the solid state. In perdeuterated proteins, proton dipolar interactions are strongly attenuated, which allows yielding of high-resolution proton spectra. Perdeuteration and backsubstitution of exchangeable protons is essential if samples are rotated with MAS rotation frequencies below 60 kHz. Protonated samples can be investigated directly without spin dilution using proton detection methods in case the MAS frequency exceeds 110 kHz. This review summarizes labeling strategies and the spectroscopic methods to perform experiments that yield assignments, quantitative information on structure, and dynamics using perdeuterated samples. Techniques for solvent suppression, H/D exchange, and deuterium spectroscopy are discussed. Finally, experimental and theoretical results that allow estimation of the sensitivity of proton detected experiments as a function of the MAS frequency and the external B0 field in a perdeuterated environment are compiled.
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- Bernd Reif
- Bayerisches NMR Zentrum (BNMRZ) at the Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität München (TUM), Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747 Garching, Germany.,Helmholtz-Zentrum München (HMGU), Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt, Institute of Structural Biology (STB), Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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Vogl DP, Conibear AC, Becker CFW. Segmental and site-specific isotope labelling strategies for structural analysis of posttranslationally modified proteins. RSC Chem Biol 2021; 2:1441-1461. [PMID: 34704048 PMCID: PMC8496066 DOI: 10.1039/d1cb00045d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2021] [Accepted: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Posttranslational modifications can alter protein structures, functions and locations, and are important cellular regulatory and signalling mechanisms. Spectroscopic techniques such as nuclear magnetic resonance, infrared and Raman spectroscopy, as well as small-angle scattering, can provide insights into the structural and dynamic effects of protein posttranslational modifications and their impact on interactions with binding partners. However, heterogeneity of modified proteins from natural sources and spectral complexity often hinder analyses, especially for large proteins and macromolecular assemblies. Selective labelling of proteins with stable isotopes can greatly simplify spectra, as one can focus on labelled residues or segments of interest. Employing chemical biology tools for modifying and isotopically labelling proteins with atomic precision provides access to unique protein samples for structural biology and spectroscopy. Here, we review site-specific and segmental isotope labelling methods that are employed in combination with chemical and enzymatic tools to access posttranslationally modified proteins. We discuss illustrative examples in which these methods have been used to facilitate spectroscopic studies of posttranslationally modified proteins, providing new insights into biology.
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- Dominik P Vogl
- University of Vienna, Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Biological Chemistry Währinger Straße 38 1090 Vienna Austria +43-1-4277-870510 +43-1-4277-70510
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- The University of Queensland, School of Biomedical Sciences St Lucia Brisbane 4072 QLD Australia
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- University of Vienna, Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Biological Chemistry Währinger Straße 38 1090 Vienna Austria +43-1-4277-870510 +43-1-4277-70510
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Masrati G, Landau M, Ben-Tal N, Lupas A, Kosloff M, Kosinski J. Integrative Structural Biology in the Era of Accurate Structure Prediction. J Mol Biol 2021; 433:167127. [PMID: 34224746 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2021.167127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2021] [Revised: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Characterizing the three-dimensional structure of macromolecules is central to understanding their function. Traditionally, structures of proteins and their complexes have been determined using experimental techniques such as X-ray crystallography, NMR, or cryo-electron microscopy-applied individually or in an integrative manner. Meanwhile, however, computational methods for protein structure prediction have been improving their accuracy, gradually, then suddenly, with the breakthrough advance by AlphaFold2, whose models of monomeric proteins are often as accurate as experimental structures. This breakthrough foreshadows a new era of computational methods that can build accurate models for most monomeric proteins. Here, we envision how such accurate modeling methods can combine with experimental structural biology techniques, enhancing integrative structural biology. We highlight the challenges that arise when considering multiple structural conformations, protein complexes, and polymorphic assemblies. These challenges will motivate further developments, both in modeling programs and in methods to solve experimental structures, towards better and quicker investigation of structure-function relationships.
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- Gal Masrati
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- Department of Biology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel; European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- Department of Protein Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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- Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa, 199 Aba Khoushy Ave., Mt. Carmel, 3498838 Haifa, Israel.
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Hamburg 22607, Germany; Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB), Hamburg 22607, Germany; Structural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Arbogast LW, Delaglio F, Brinson RG, Marino JP. Assessment of the Higher-Order Structure of Formulated Monoclonal Antibody Therapeutics by 2D Methyl Correlated NMR and Principal Component Analysis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2021; 100:e105. [PMID: 32407007 DOI: 10.1002/cpps.105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Characterization of the higher-order structure (HOS) of protein therapeutics, and in particular of monoclonal antibodies, by 2D 1 H-13 C methyl correlated NMR has been demonstrated as precise and robust. Such characterization can be greatly enhanced when collections of spectra are analyzed using multivariate approaches such as principal component analysis (PCA), allowing for the detection and identification of small structural differences in drug substance that may otherwise fall below the limit of detection of conventional spectral analysis. A major limitation to this approach is the presence of aliphatic signals from formulation or excipient components, which result in spectral interference with the protein signal of interest; however, the recently described Selective Excipient Reduction and Removal (SIERRA) filter greatly reduces this issue. Here we will outline how basic 2D 1 H-13 C methyl-correlated NMR may be combined with the SIERRA approach to collect 'clean' NMR spectra of formulated monoclonal antibody therapeutics (i.e., drug substance spectra free of interfering component signals), and how series of such spectra may be used for HOS characterization by direct PCA of the series spectral matrix. © 2020 U.S. Government. Basic Protocol 1: NMR data acquisition Basic Protocol 2: Full spectral matrix data processing and analysis Support Protocol: Data visualization and cluster analysis.
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- Luke W Arbogast
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, Rockville, Maryland
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, Rockville, Maryland
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, Rockville, Maryland
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, Rockville, Maryland
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Reif B, Ashbrook SE, Emsley L, Hong M. Solid-state NMR spectroscopy. NATURE REVIEWS. METHODS PRIMERS 2021; 1:2. [PMID: 34368784 PMCID: PMC8341432 DOI: 10.1038/s43586-020-00002-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 51.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is an atomic-level method used to determine the chemical structure, three-dimensional structure, and dynamics of solids and semi-solids. This Primer summarizes the basic principles of NMR as applied to the wide range of solid systems. The fundamental nuclear spin interactions and the effects of magnetic fields and radiofrequency pulses on nuclear spins are the same as in liquid-state NMR. However, because of the anisotropy of the interactions in the solid state, the majority of high-resolution solid-state NMR spectra is measured under magic-angle spinning (MAS), which has profound effects on the types of radiofrequency pulse sequences required to extract structural and dynamical information. We describe the most common MAS NMR experiments and data analysis approaches for investigating biological macromolecules, organic materials, and inorganic solids. Continuing development of sensitivity-enhancement approaches, including 1H-detected fast MAS experiments, dynamic nuclear polarization, and experiments tailored to ultrahigh magnetic fields, is described. We highlight recent applications of solid-state NMR to biological and materials chemistry. The Primer ends with a discussion of current limitations of NMR to study solids, and points to future avenues of development to further enhance the capabilities of this sophisticated spectroscopy for new applications.
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- Bernd Reif
- Technische Universität München, Department Chemie, Lichtenbergstr. 4, D-85747 Garching, Germany
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- School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, KY16 9ST, UK
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- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Institut des sciences et ingénierie chimiques, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 170 Albany Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
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Liu XR, Zhang MM, Gross ML. Mass Spectrometry-Based Protein Footprinting for Higher-Order Structure Analysis: Fundamentals and Applications. Chem Rev 2020; 120:4355-4454. [PMID: 32319757 PMCID: PMC7531764 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Proteins adopt different higher-order structures (HOS) to enable their unique biological functions. Understanding the complexities of protein higher-order structures and dynamics requires integrated approaches, where mass spectrometry (MS) is now positioned to play a key role. One of those approaches is protein footprinting. Although the initial demonstration of footprinting was for the HOS determination of protein/nucleic acid binding, the concept was later adapted to MS-based protein HOS analysis, through which different covalent labeling approaches "mark" the solvent accessible surface area (SASA) of proteins to reflect protein HOS. Hydrogen-deuterium exchange (HDX), where deuterium in D2O replaces hydrogen of the backbone amides, is the most common example of footprinting. Its advantage is that the footprint reflects SASA and hydrogen bonding, whereas one drawback is the labeling is reversible. Another example of footprinting is slow irreversible labeling of functional groups on amino acid side chains by targeted reagents with high specificity, probing structural changes at selected sites. A third footprinting approach is by reactions with fast, irreversible labeling species that are highly reactive and footprint broadly several amino acid residue side chains on the time scale of submilliseconds. All of these covalent labeling approaches combine to constitute a problem-solving toolbox that enables mass spectrometry as a valuable tool for HOS elucidation. As there has been a growing need for MS-based protein footprinting in both academia and industry owing to its high throughput capability, prompt availability, and high spatial resolution, we present a summary of the history, descriptions, principles, mechanisms, and applications of these covalent labeling approaches. Moreover, their applications are highlighted according to the biological questions they can answer. This review is intended as a tutorial for MS-based protein HOS elucidation and as a reference for investigators seeking a MS-based tool to address structural questions in protein science.
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA, 63130
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Yoshizawa T, Nozawa RS, Jia TZ, Saio T, Mori E. Biological phase separation: cell biology meets biophysics. Biophys Rev 2020; 12:519-539. [PMID: 32189162 PMCID: PMC7242575 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-020-00680-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Progress in development of biophysical analytic approaches has recently crossed paths with macromolecule condensates in cells. These cell condensates, typically termed liquid-like droplets, are formed by liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS). More and more cell biologists now recognize that many of the membrane-less organelles observed in cells are formed by LLPS caused by interactions between proteins and nucleic acids. However, the detailed biophysical processes within the cell that lead to these assemblies remain largely unexplored. In this review, we evaluate recent discoveries related to biological phase separation including stress granule formation, chromatin regulation, and processes in the origin and evolution of life. We also discuss the potential issues and technical advancements required to properly study biological phase separation.
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- Takuya Yoshizawa
- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan
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- Division of Experimental Pathology, Cancer Institute of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research (JFCR), Tokyo, Japan
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- Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
- Blue Marble Space Institute of Science, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Future Basic Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan.
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Tang M, Lam D. Paramagnetic solid-state NMR of proteins. SOLID STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE 2019; 103:9-16. [PMID: 31585788 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssnmr.2019.101621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2019] [Revised: 09/24/2019] [Accepted: 09/24/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The paramagnetic properties of metal ions and stable radicals can affect NMR spectra, which can lead to changes in peak intensities, relaxation times and chemical shifts. The changes from paramagnetic effects provide intriguing opportunities for solid-state NMR studies of proteins. In this review, we summarized the trends and progress of paramagnetic solid-state NMR of proteins in the past decade, and showed that paramagnetic effects have great potential applications for sensitivity enhancement, structure determination and topological analysis for microcrystalline proteins, protein complexes, protein aggregates and membrane proteins.
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- Ming Tang
- Department of Chemistry, College of Staten Island - Ph.D. Programs in Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY, 10016, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Staten Island - Ph.D. Programs in Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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Niggenaber J, Hardick J, Lategahn J, Rauh D. Structure Defines Function: Clinically Relevant Mutations in ErbB Kinases. J Med Chem 2019; 63:40-51. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b00964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Janina Niggenaber
- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 4a, 44227 Dortmund, (Germany)
- Drug Discovery Hub Dortmund (DDHD) am Zentrum für Integrierte Wirkstoffforschung (ZIW), TU Dortmund University, 44227 Dortmund (Germany)
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 4a, 44227 Dortmund, (Germany)
- Drug Discovery Hub Dortmund (DDHD) am Zentrum für Integrierte Wirkstoffforschung (ZIW), TU Dortmund University, 44227 Dortmund (Germany)
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 4a, 44227 Dortmund, (Germany)
- Drug Discovery Hub Dortmund (DDHD) am Zentrum für Integrierte Wirkstoffforschung (ZIW), TU Dortmund University, 44227 Dortmund (Germany)
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 4a, 44227 Dortmund, (Germany)
- Drug Discovery Hub Dortmund (DDHD) am Zentrum für Integrierte Wirkstoffforschung (ZIW), TU Dortmund University, 44227 Dortmund (Germany)
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Öster C, Kosol S, Lewandowski JR. Quantifying Microsecond Exchange in Large Protein Complexes with Accelerated Relaxation Dispersion Experiments in the Solid State. Sci Rep 2019; 9:11082. [PMID: 31366983 PMCID: PMC6668460 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-47507-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2019] [Accepted: 07/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Solid state NMR is a powerful method to obtain information on the structure and dynamics of protein complexes that, due to solubility and size limitations, cannot be achieved by other methods. Here, we present an approach that allows the quantification of microsecond conformational exchange in large protein complexes by using a paramagnetic agent to accelerate 15N R1ρ relaxation dispersion measurements and overcome sensitivity limitations. The method is validated on crystalline GB1 and then applied to a >300 kDa precipitated complex of GB1 with full length human immunoglobulin G (IgG). The addition of a paramagnetic agent increased the signal to noise ratio per time unit by a factor of 5, which allowed full relaxation dispersion curves to be recorded on a sample containing less than 50 μg of labelled material in 5 and 10 days on 850 and 700 MHz spectrometers, respectively. We discover a similar exchange process across the β-sheet in GB1 in crystals and in complex with IgG. However, the slow motion observed for a number of residues in the α-helix of crystalline GB1 is not detected in the complex.
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- Carl Öster
- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK.
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Demers JP, Fricke P, Shi C, Chevelkov V, Lange A. Structure determination of supra-molecular assemblies by solid-state NMR: Practical considerations. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2018; 109:51-78. [PMID: 30527136 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2018.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2018] [Revised: 06/15/2018] [Accepted: 06/15/2018] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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In the cellular environment, biomolecules assemble in large complexes which can act as molecular machines. Determining the structure of intact assemblies can reveal conformations and inter-molecular interactions that are only present in the context of the full assembly. Solid-state NMR (ssNMR) spectroscopy is a technique suitable for the study of samples with high molecular weight that allows the atomic structure determination of such large protein assemblies under nearly physiological conditions. This review provides a practical guide for the first steps of studying biological supra-molecular assemblies using ssNMR. The production of isotope-labeled samples is achievable via several means, which include recombinant expression, cell-free protein synthesis, extraction of assemblies directly from cells, or even the study of assemblies in whole cells in situ. Specialized isotope labeling schemes greatly facilitate the assignment of chemical shifts and the collection of structural data. Advanced strategies such as mixed, diluted, or segmental subunit labeling offer the possibility to study inter-molecular interfaces. Detailed and practical considerations are presented with respect to first setting up magic-angle spinning (MAS) ssNMR experiments, including the selection of the ssNMR rotor, different methods to best transfer the sample and prepare the rotor, as well as common and robust procedures for the calibration of the instrument. Diagnostic spectra to evaluate the resolution and sensitivity of the sample are presented. Possible improvements that can reduce sample heterogeneity and improve the quality of ssNMR spectra are reviewed.
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- Jean-Philippe Demers
- Department of Molecular Biophysics, Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), 13125 Berlin, Germany; Laboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research (CCR), National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics, Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics, Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics, Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics, Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), 13125 Berlin, Germany; Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10115 Berlin, Germany.
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Larsen EK, Olivieri C, Walker C, V S M, Gao J, Bernlohr DA, Tonelli M, Markley JL, Veglia G. Probing Protein-Protein Interactions Using Asymmetric Labeling and Carbonyl-Carbon Selective Heteronuclear NMR Spectroscopy. Molecules 2018; 23:E1937. [PMID: 30081441 PMCID: PMC6205158 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23081937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2018] [Revised: 07/23/2018] [Accepted: 07/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) regulate a plethora of cellular processes and NMR spectroscopy has been a leading technique for characterizing them at the atomic resolution. Technically, however, PPIs characterization has been challenging due to multiple samples required to characterize the hot spots at the protein interface. In this paper, we review our recently developed methods that greatly simplify PPI studies, which minimize the number of samples required to fully characterize residues involved in the protein-protein binding interface. This original strategy combines asymmetric labeling of two binding partners and the carbonyl-carbon label selective (CCLS) pulse sequence element implemented into the heteronuclear single quantum correlation (¹H-15N HSQC) spectra. The CCLS scheme removes signals of the J-coupled 15N⁻13C resonances and records simultaneously two individual amide fingerprints for each binding partner. We show the application to the measurements of chemical shift correlations, residual dipolar couplings (RDCs), and paramagnetic relaxation enhancements (PRE). These experiments open an avenue for further modifications of existing experiments facilitating the NMR analysis of PPIs.
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- Erik K Larsen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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- National Magnetic Resonance Facility at Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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Pritišanac I, Würz JM, Güntert P. Fully automated assignment of methyl resonances of a 36 kDa protein dimer from sparse NOESY data. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018. [DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1036/1/012008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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David G, Fogeron ML, Schledorn M, Montserret R, Haselmann U, Penzel S, Badillo A, Lecoq L, André P, Nassal M, Bartenschlager R, Meier BH, Böckmann A. Structural Studies of Self-Assembled Subviral Particles: Combining Cell-Free Expression with 110 kHz MAS NMR Spectroscopy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:4787-4791. [PMID: 29457857 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201712091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2017] [Revised: 01/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Viral membrane proteins are prime targets in combatting infection. Still, the determination of their structure remains a challenge, both with respect to sample preparation and the need for structural methods allowing for analysis in a native-like lipid environment. Cell-free protein synthesis and solid-state NMR spectroscopy are promising approaches in this context, the former with respect to its great potential in the native expression of complex proteins, and the latter for the analysis of membrane proteins in lipids. Herein, we show that milligram amounts of the small envelope protein of the duck hepatitis B virus (DHBV) can be produced by cell-free expression, and that the protein self-assembles into subviral particles. Proton-detected 2D NMR spectra recorded at a magic-angle-spinning frequency of 110 kHz on <500 μg protein show a number of isolated peaks with line widths comparable to those of model membrane proteins, paving the way for structural studies of this protein that is homologous to a potential drug target in HBV infection.
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- Guillaume David
- Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, MMSB, Labex Ecofect, UMR 5086 CNRS, Université de Lyon, 7 passage du Vercors, 69367, Lyon, France
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- Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, MMSB, Labex Ecofect, UMR 5086 CNRS, Université de Lyon, 7 passage du Vercors, 69367, Lyon, France
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- Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, MMSB, Labex Ecofect, UMR 5086 CNRS, Université de Lyon, 7 passage du Vercors, 69367, Lyon, France
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 345, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Division of Virus-Associated Carcinogenesis Germany, Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 242, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, MMSB, Labex Ecofect, UMR 5086 CNRS, Université de Lyon, 7 passage du Vercors, 69367, Lyon, France.,RD-Biotech, Recombinant Protein Unit, 3 rue Henri Baigue, 25000, Besançon, France
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- Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, MMSB, Labex Ecofect, UMR 5086 CNRS, Université de Lyon, 7 passage du Vercors, 69367, Lyon, France
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- Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 1111, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unités Mixte de Recherche, 5308, Lyon, France.,Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France.,Université de Lyon, Laboratoire de Virologie, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- University Hospital Freiburg, Internal Medicine II/Molecular Biology, Hugstetter Str. 55, 79106, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 345, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Division of Virus-Associated Carcinogenesis Germany, Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 242, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, MMSB, Labex Ecofect, UMR 5086 CNRS, Université de Lyon, 7 passage du Vercors, 69367, Lyon, France
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David G, Fogeron M, Schledorn M, Montserret R, Haselmann U, Penzel S, Badillo A, Lecoq L, André P, Nassal M, Bartenschlager R, Meier BH, Böckmann A. Strukturelle Untersuchung subviraler Partikel durch die Kombination von zellfreier Proteinherstellung mit 110 kHz MAS‐NMR‐Spektroskopie. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201712091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Guillaume David
- Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, MMSB, Labex Ecofect, UMR 5086 CNRS Université de Lyon 7 passage du Vercors 69367 Lyon Frankreich
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- Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, MMSB, Labex Ecofect, UMR 5086 CNRS Université de Lyon 7 passage du Vercors 69367 Lyon Frankreich
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- Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, MMSB, Labex Ecofect, UMR 5086 CNRS Université de Lyon 7 passage du Vercors 69367 Lyon Frankreich
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- Department für Infektiologie Molekulare Virologie Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg Im Neuenheimer Feld 345 69120 Heidelberg Deutschland
- Abteilung Virus-assoziierte Karzinogenese Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ) Im Neuenheimer Feld 242 69120 Heidelberg Deutschland
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- Lab. für Physikalische Chemie ETH Zürich 8093 Zürich Schweiz
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- Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, MMSB, Labex Ecofect, UMR 5086 CNRS Université de Lyon 7 passage du Vercors 69367 Lyon Frankreich
- RD-Biotech Recombinant Protein Unit 3 rue Henri Baigue 25000 Besançon Frankreich
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- Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, MMSB, Labex Ecofect, UMR 5086 CNRS Université de Lyon 7 passage du Vercors 69367 Lyon Frankreich
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- Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 1111 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unités Mixte de Recherche 5308 Lyon Frankreich
- Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon, France Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 Villeurbanne Frankreich
- Université de Lyon, Lyon, France Laboratoire de Virologie Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse Hospices Civils de Lyon Lyon Frankreich
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- Universitätsklinikum Freiburg Klinik für Innere Medizin II/ Molekulare Biologie Hugstetter Straße 55 79106 Freiburg Deutschland
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- Department für Infektiologie Molekulare Virologie Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg Im Neuenheimer Feld 345 69120 Heidelberg Deutschland
- Abteilung Virus-assoziierte Karzinogenese Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ) Im Neuenheimer Feld 242 69120 Heidelberg Deutschland
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- Lab. für Physikalische Chemie ETH Zürich 8093 Zürich Schweiz
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- Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, MMSB, Labex Ecofect, UMR 5086 CNRS Université de Lyon 7 passage du Vercors 69367 Lyon Frankreich
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NMR-Fragment Based Virtual Screening: A Brief Overview. Molecules 2018; 23:molecules23020233. [PMID: 29370102 PMCID: PMC6017141 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23020233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2017] [Revised: 12/12/2017] [Accepted: 12/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Fragment-based drug discovery (FBDD) using NMR has become a central approach over the last twenty years for development of small molecule inhibitors against biological macromolecules, to control a variety of cellular processes. Yet, several considerations should be taken into account for obtaining a therapeutically relevant agent. In this review, we aim to list the considerations that make NMR fragment screening a successful process for yielding potent inhibitors. Factors that may govern the competence of NMR in fragment based drug discovery are discussed, as well as later steps that involve optimization of hits obtained by NMR-FBDD.
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Barbet-Massin E, van der Sluis E, Musial J, Beckmann R, Reif B. Reconstitution of Isotopically Labeled Ribosomal Protein L29 in the 50S Large Ribosomal Subunit for Solution-State and Solid-State NMR. Methods Mol Biol 2018; 1764:87-100. [PMID: 29605910 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7759-8_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) has recently emerged as a method of choice to study structural and dynamic properties of large biomolecular complexes at atomic resolution. Indeed, recent technological and methodological developments have enabled the study of ever more complex systems in the solid-state. However, to explore multicomponent protein complexes by NMR, specific labeling schemes need to be developed that are dependent on the biological question to be answered. We show here how to reconstitute an isotopically labeled protein within the unlabeled 50S or 70S ribosomal subunit. In particular, we focus on the 63-residue ribosomal protein L29 (~7 kDa), which is located at the exit of the tunnel of the large 50S ribosomal subunit (~1.5 MDa). The aim of this work is the preparation of a suitable sample to investigate allosteric conformational changes in a ribosomal protein that are induced by the nascent polypeptide chain and that trigger the interaction with different chaperones (e.g., trigger factor or SRP).
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- Emeline Barbet-Massin
- Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPS-M) at Department Chemie, Technische Universität München (TUM), Garching, Germany.,Dynamic Biosensors, Planegg, Germany
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- Gene Center, Department of Biochemistry and Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CiPSM), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.,Department of Bionanoscience, Faculty of Applied Sciences, TU Delft, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Gene Center, Department of Biochemistry and Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CiPSM), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Gene Center, Department of Biochemistry and Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CiPSM), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPS-M) at Department Chemie, Technische Universität München (TUM), Garching, Germany. .,Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt, Helmholtz-Zentrum München (HMGU), Neuherberg, Germany.
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Tošner Z, Purea A, Struppe JO, Wegner S, Engelke F, Glaser SJ, Reif B. Radiofrequency fields in MAS solid state NMR probes. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2017; 284:20-32. [PMID: 28946058 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2017.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2017] [Revised: 08/30/2017] [Accepted: 09/04/2017] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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We present a detailed analysis of the radiofrequency (RF) field over full volume of a rotor that is generated in a solenoid coil. On top of the usually considered static distribution of amplitudes along the coil axis we describe dynamic radial RF inhomogeneities induced by sample rotation. During magic angle spinning (MAS), the mechanical rotation of the sample about the magic angle, a spin packet travels through areas of different RF fields and experiences periodical modulations of both the RF amplitude and the phase. These modulations become particularly severe at the end regions of the coil where the relative RF amplitude varies up to ±25% and the RF phase changes within ±30°. Using extensive numerical simulations we demonstrate effects of RF inhomogeneity on pulse calibration and for the ramped CP experiment performed at a wide range of MAS rates. In addition, we review various methods to map RF fields using a B0 gradient along the sample (rotor axis) for imaging purposes. Under such a gradient, a nutation experiment provides directly the RF amplitude distribution, a cross polarization experiment images the correlation of the RF fields on the two channels according to the Hartmann-Hahn matching condition, while a spin-lock experiment allows to calibrate the RF amplitude employing the rotary resonance recoupling condition. Knowledge of the RF field distribution in a coil provides key to understand its effects on performance of a pulse sequence at the spectrometer and enables to set robustness requirements in the experimental design.
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- Zdeněk Tošner
- Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPS-M) at Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747 Garching, Germany; Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747 Garching, Germany; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Hlavova 8, 12842 Prague 2, Czech Republic.
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- Bruker BioSpin, Silberstreifen 4, 76287 Rheinstetten, Germany
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- Bruker BioSpin, Silberstreifen 4, 76287 Rheinstetten, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747 Garching, Germany
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- Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPS-M) at Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747 Garching, Germany; Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747 Garching, Germany; Helmholtz-Zentrum München (HMGU), Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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Öster C, Kosol S, Hartlmüller C, Lamley JM, Iuga D, Oss A, Org ML, Vanatalu K, Samoson A, Madl T, Lewandowski JR. Characterization of Protein-Protein Interfaces in Large Complexes by Solid-State NMR Solvent Paramagnetic Relaxation Enhancements. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:12165-12174. [PMID: 28780861 PMCID: PMC5590091 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b03875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Solid-state NMR is becoming a viable
alternative for obtaining
information about structures and dynamics of large biomolecular complexes,
including ones that are not accessible to other high-resolution biophysical
techniques. In this context, methods for probing protein–protein
interfaces at atomic resolution are highly desirable. Solvent paramagnetic
relaxation enhancements (sPREs) proved to be a powerful method for
probing protein–protein interfaces in large complexes in solution
but have not been employed toward this goal in the solid state. We
demonstrate that 1H and 15N relaxation-based
sPREs provide a powerful tool for characterizing intermolecular interactions
in large assemblies in the solid state. We present approaches for
measuring sPREs in practically the entire range of magic angle spinning
frequencies used for biomolecular studies and discuss their benefits
and limitations. We validate the approach on crystalline GB1, with
our experimental results in good agreement with theoretical predictions.
Finally, we use sPREs to characterize protein–protein interfaces
in the GB1 complex with immunoglobulin G (IgG). Our results suggest
the potential existence of an additional binding site and provide
new insights into GB1:IgG complex structure that amend and revise
the current model available from studies with IgG fragments. We demonstrate
sPREs as a practical, widely applicable, robust, and very sensitive
technique for determining intermolecular interaction interfaces in
large biomolecular complexes in the solid state.
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- Carl Öster
- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick , Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick , Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K
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- Center for Integrated Protein Science, Department of Chemistry, Munich Technische Universität München , Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748 Garching, Germany.,Institute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München , Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick , Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick , Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K
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- Institute of Health Technologies, Tallinn University of Technology , Akadeemia tee 15a, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia
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- Institute of Health Technologies, Tallinn University of Technology , Akadeemia tee 15a, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia
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- Institute of Health Technologies, Tallinn University of Technology , Akadeemia tee 15a, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia
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- Institute of Health Technologies, Tallinn University of Technology , Akadeemia tee 15a, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia
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- Center for Integrated Protein Science, Department of Chemistry, Munich Technische Universität München , Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748 Garching, Germany.,Institute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München , Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.,Institute of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Center of Molecular Medicine, Medical University of Graz , Harrachgasse 21, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick , Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K
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Dreyfus-Preis für Chemie: M. Parrinello / FCI-Dozentenpreis: J. Strunk / Wissenschaftspreis des Stifterverbands: P. H. Seeberger / Günther-Laukien-Preis: B. Reif / Humboldt-, Siemens- und Bessel-Forschungspreise 2016/2017. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201706380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences: M. Parrinello / FCI Dozentenpreis: J. Strunk / Stifterverband Science Prize: P. H. Seeberger / Günther Laukien Prize: B. Reif / Humboldt, Siemens, and Bessel Research Awards 2016/2017. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:8931-8932. [PMID: 28677914 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201706380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Wang H, Liu H. Determining Complex Structures using Docking Method with Single Particle Scattering Data. Front Mol Biosci 2017; 4:23. [PMID: 28487857 PMCID: PMC5403940 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2017.00023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2016] [Accepted: 03/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Protein complexes are critical for many molecular functions. Due to intrinsic flexibility and dynamics of complexes, their structures are more difficult to determine using conventional experimental methods, in contrast to individual subunits. One of the major challenges is the crystallization of protein complexes. Using X-ray free electron lasers (XFELs), it is possible to collect scattering signals from non-crystalline protein complexes, but data interpretation is more difficult because of unknown orientations. Here, we propose a hybrid approach to determine protein complex structures by combining XFEL single particle scattering data with computational docking methods. Using simulations data, we demonstrate that a small set of single particle scattering data collected at random orientations can be used to distinguish the native complex structure from the decoys generated using docking algorithms. The results also indicate that a small set of single particle scattering data is superior to spherically averaged intensity profile in distinguishing complex structures. Given the fact that XFEL experimental data are difficult to acquire and at low abundance, this hybrid approach should find wide applications in data interpretations.
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- Complex Systems Division, Beijing Computational Science Research CenterBeijing, China
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Ravera E, Martelli T, Geiger Y, Fragai M, Goobes G, Luchinat C. Biosilica and bioinspired silica studied by solid-state NMR. Coord Chem Rev 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2016.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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It is well-established that dynamics are central to protein function; their importance is implicitly acknowledged in the principles of the Monod, Wyman and Changeux model of binding cooperativity, which was originally proposed in 1965. Nowadays the concept of protein dynamics is formulated in terms of the energy landscape theory, which can be used to understand protein folding and conformational changes in proteins. Because protein dynamics are so important, a key to understanding protein function at the molecular level is to design experiments that allow their quantitative analysis. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is uniquely suited for this purpose because major advances in theory, hardware, and experimental methods have made it possible to characterize protein dynamics at an unprecedented level of detail. Unique features of NMR include the ability to quantify dynamics (i) under equilibrium conditions without external perturbations, (ii) using many probes simultaneously, and (iii) over large time intervals. Here we review NMR techniques for quantifying protein dynamics on fast (ps-ns), slow (μs-ms), and very slow (s-min) time scales. These techniques are discussed with reference to some major discoveries in protein science that have been made possible by NMR spectroscopy.
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Sarkar R, Mainz A, Busi B, Barbet-Massin E, Kranz M, Hofmann T, Reif B. Immobilization of soluble protein complexes in MAS solid-state NMR: Sedimentation versus viscosity. SOLID STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE 2016; 76-77:7-14. [PMID: 27017576 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssnmr.2016.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2015] [Revised: 03/10/2016] [Accepted: 03/11/2016] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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In recent years, MAS solid-state NMR has emerged as a technique for the investigation of soluble protein complexes. It was found that high molecular weight complexes do not need to be crystallized in order to obtain an immobilized sample for solid-state NMR investigations. Sedimentation induced by sample rotation impairs rotational diffusion of proteins and enables efficient dipolar coupling based cross polarization transfers. In addition, viscosity contributes to the immobilization of the molecules in the sample. Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents (NADES) have very high viscosities, and can replace water in living organisms. We observe a considerable amount of cross polarization transfers for NADES solvents, even though their molecular weight is too low to yield significant sedimentation. We discuss how viscosity and sedimentation both affect the quality of the obtained experimental spectra. The FROSTY/sedNMR approach holds the potential to study large protein complexes, which are otherwise not amenable for a structural characterization using NMR. We show that using this method, backbone assignments of the symmetric proteasome activator complex (1.1MDa), and high quality correlation spectra of non-symmetric protein complexes such as the prokaryotic ribosome 50S large subunit binding to trigger factor (1.4MDa) are obtained.
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- Riddhiman Sarkar
- Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPSM) at Department of Chemie, Technische Universität München (TUM), Lichtenbergstr. 4, D-85747 Garching, Germany; Helmholtz-Zentrum München, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (HMGU), Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPSM) at Department of Chemie, Technische Universität München (TUM), Lichtenbergstr. 4, D-85747 Garching, Germany; Helmholtz-Zentrum München, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (HMGU), Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Technische Universität Berlin, Fakultät II Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften, Institut für Chemie/OC/Biologische Chemie, Müller-Breslau-Straße 10, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPSM) at Department of Chemie, Technische Universität München (TUM), Lichtenbergstr. 4, D-85747 Garching, Germany; Helmholtz-Zentrum München, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (HMGU), Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPSM) at Department of Chemie, Technische Universität München (TUM), Lichtenbergstr. 4, D-85747 Garching, Germany; Helmholtz-Zentrum München, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (HMGU), Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Chair of Food Chemistry and Molecular Sensory Science, Technische Universitat¨ Mu¨nchen, Lise-Meitner-Strasse 34, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Chair of Food Chemistry and Molecular Sensory Science, Technische Universitat¨ Mu¨nchen, Lise-Meitner-Strasse 34, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPSM) at Department of Chemie, Technische Universität München (TUM), Lichtenbergstr. 4, D-85747 Garching, Germany; Helmholtz-Zentrum München, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (HMGU), Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
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Liu J, Liu C, Fan Y, Munro RA, Ladizhansky V, Brown LS, Wang S. Sparse (13)C labelling for solid-state NMR studies of P. pastoris expressed eukaryotic seven-transmembrane proteins. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2016; 65:7-13. [PMID: 27121590 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-016-0033-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2016] [Accepted: 04/21/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We demonstrate a novel sparse (13)C labelling approach for methylotrophic yeast P. pastoris expression system, towards solid-state NMR studies of eukaryotic membrane proteins. The labelling scheme was achieved by co-utilizing natural abundance methanol and specifically (13)C labelled glycerol as carbon sources in the expression medium. This strategy improves the spectral resolution by 1.5 fold, displays site-specific labelling patterns, and has advantages for collecting long-range distance restraints for structure determination of large eukaryotic membrane proteins by solid-state NMR.
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- Jing Liu
- Beijing NMR Centre, Peking University, Beijing, China
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Beijing, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
- Biophysics Interdepartmental Group, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
- Biophysics Interdepartmental Group, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
- Biophysics Interdepartmental Group, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Beijing NMR Centre, Peking University, Beijing, China.
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Beijing, China.
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Khakinejad M, Kondalaji SG, Donohoe GC, Valentine SJ. Ion Mobility Spectrometry-Hydrogen Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry of Anions: Part 3. Estimating Surface Area Exposure by Deuterium Uptake. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2016; 27:462-73. [PMID: 26620531 PMCID: PMC4872623 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-015-1305-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2015] [Revised: 10/28/2015] [Accepted: 11/02/2015] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Gas-phase hydrogen deuterium exchange (HDX), collision cross section (CCS) measurement, and molecular dynamics simulation (MDS) techniques were utilized to develop and compare three methods for estimating the relative surface area exposure of separate peptide chains within bovine insulin ions. Electrosprayed [M - 3H](3-) and [M - 5H](5-) insulin ions produced a single conformer type with respective collision cross sections of 528 ± 5 Å(2) and 808 ± 2 Å(2). [M - 4H](4-) ions were comprised of more compact (Ω = 676 ± 3 Å(2)) and diffuse (i.e., more elongated, Ω = 779 ± 3 Å(2)) ion conformer types. Ions were subjected to HDX in the drift tube using D2O as the reagent gas. Collision-induced dissociation was used to fragment mobility-selected, isotopically labeled [M - 4H](4-) and [M - 5H](5-) ions into the protein subchains. Deuterium uptake levels of each chain can be explained by limited inter-chain isotopic scrambling upon collisional activation. Using nominal ion structures from MDS and a hydrogen accessibility model, the deuterium uptake for each chain was correlated to its exposed surface area. In separate experiments, the per-residue deuterium content for the protonated and deprotonated ions of the synthetic peptide KKDDDDDIIKIIK were compared. The differences in deuterium content indicated the regional HDX accessibility for cations versus anions. Using ions of similar conformational type, this comparison highlights the complementary nature of HDX data obtained from positive- and negative-ion analysis.
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- Mahdiar Khakinejad
- C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 26506, USA
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- C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 26506, USA
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- C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 26506, USA.
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Kay LE. New Views of Functionally Dynamic Proteins by Solution NMR Spectroscopy. J Mol Biol 2016; 428:323-331. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2015.11.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2015] [Revised: 11/24/2015] [Accepted: 11/25/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Sarkar R, Rodriguez Camargo DC, Pintacuda G, Reif B. Restoring Resolution in Biological Solid-State NMR under Conditions of Off-Magic-Angle Spinning. J Phys Chem Lett 2015; 6:5040-5044. [PMID: 26641130 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b02467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Spin-state-selective excitation (S3E) experiments allow the selection of individual transitions in a coupled two spin system. We show that in the solid state, the dipole-dipole interaction (DD) between (15)N and (1)H in a (1)H-(15)N bond and the chemical shift anisotropy (CSA) of (15)N in an amide moiety mutually cancel each other for a particular multiplet component at high field, when the sample is spun off the magic angle (Arctan [√2] = 54.74°). The accuracy of the adjustment of the spinning angle is crucial in conventional experiments. We demonstrate that for S3E experiments, the requirement to spin the sample exactly at the magic angle is not mandatory. Applications of solid state NMR in narrow bore magnets will be facilitated where the adjustment of the magic angle is often difficult. The method opens new perspectives for the development of schemes to determine distances and to quantify dynamics in the solid state.
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- Riddhiman Sarkar
- Helmholtz-Zentrum München (HMGU) , Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
- Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPS-M) at Department Chemie, Technische Universität München (TUM) , Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85747 Garching, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum München (HMGU) , Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
- Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPS-M) at Department Chemie, Technische Universität München (TUM) , Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85747 Garching, Germany
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- Université de Lyon , Institut de Sciences Analytiques, Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs, 5 rue de la Doua, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum München (HMGU) , Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
- Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPS-M) at Department Chemie, Technische Universität München (TUM) , Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85747 Garching, Germany
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Lamley JM, Öster C, Stevens RA, Lewandowski JR. Intermolecular Interactions and Protein Dynamics by Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2015; 127:15594-15598. [PMID: 27478273 PMCID: PMC4954056 DOI: 10.1002/ange.201509168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Understanding the dynamics of interacting proteins is a crucial step toward describing many biophysical processes. Here we investigate the backbone dynamics for protein GB1 in two different assemblies: crystalline GB1 and the precipitated GB1-antibody complex with a molecular weight of more than 300 kDa. We perform these measurements on samples containing as little as eight nanomoles of GB1. From measurements of site-specific 15N relaxation rates including relaxation dispersion we obtain snapshots of dynamics spanning nine orders of magnitude in terms of the time scale. A comparison of measurements for GB1 in either environment reveals that while many of the dynamic features of the protein are conserved between them (in particular for the fast picosecond-nanosecond motions), much greater differences occur for slow motions with motions in the >500 ns range being more prevalent in the complex. The data suggest that GB1 can potentially undergo a small-amplitude overall anisotropic motion sampling the interaction interface in the complex.
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- Jonathan M. Lamley
- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL (UK)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL (UK)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL (UK)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL (UK)
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Lamley JM, Öster C, Stevens RA, Lewandowski JR. Intermolecular Interactions and Protein Dynamics by Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 54:15374-8. [PMID: 26537742 PMCID: PMC4736466 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201509168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Understanding the dynamics of interacting proteins is a crucial step toward describing many biophysical processes. Here we investigate the backbone dynamics for protein GB1 in two different assemblies: crystalline GB1 and the precipitated GB1-antibody complex with a molecular weight of more than 300 kDa. We perform these measurements on samples containing as little as eight nanomoles of GB1. From measurements of site-specific (15) N relaxation rates including relaxation dispersion we obtain snapshots of dynamics spanning nine orders of magnitude in terms of the time scale. A comparison of measurements for GB1 in either environment reveals that while many of the dynamic features of the protein are conserved between them (in particular for the fast picosecond-nanosecond motions), much greater differences occur for slow motions with motions in the >500 ns range being more prevalent in the complex. The data suggest that GB1 can potentially undergo a small-amplitude overall anisotropic motion sampling the interaction interface in the complex.
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- Jonathan M Lamley
- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL (UK)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL (UK)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL (UK)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL (UK).
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Martelli T, Ravera E, Louka A, Cerofolini L, Hafner M, Fragai M, Becker CFW, Luchinat C. Atomic-Level Quality Assessment of Enzymes Encapsulated in Bioinspired Silica. Chemistry 2015; 22:425-32. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201503613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The chaperone αB-crystallin uses different interfaces to capture an amorphous and an amyloid client. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2015; 22:898-905. [PMID: 26458046 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.3108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2015] [Accepted: 09/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Small heat-shock proteins, including αB-crystallin (αB), play an important part in protein homeostasis, because their ATP-independent chaperone activity inhibits uncontrolled protein aggregation. Mechanistic details of human αB, particularly in its client-bound state, have been elusive so far, owing to the high molecular weight and the heterogeneity of these complexes. Here we provide structural insights into this highly dynamic assembly and show, by using state-of-the-art NMR spectroscopy, that the αB complex is assembled from asymmetric building blocks. Interaction studies demonstrated that the fibril-forming Alzheimer's disease Aβ1-40 peptide preferentially binds to a hydrophobic edge of the central β-sandwich of αB. In contrast, the amorphously aggregating client lysozyme is captured by the partially disordered N-terminal domain of αB. We suggest that αB uses its inherent structural plasticity to expose distinct binding interfaces and thus interact with a wide range of structurally variable clients.
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Eletsky A, Pulavarti SVSRK, Beaumont V, Gollnick P, Szyperski T. Solution NMR Experiment for Measurement of (15)N-(1)H Residual Dipolar Couplings in Large Proteins and Supramolecular Complexes. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:11242-5. [PMID: 26293598 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b07010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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NMR residual dipolar couplings (RDCs) are exquisite probes of protein structure and dynamics. A new solution NMR experiment named 2D SE2 J-TROSY is presented to measure N-H RDCs for proteins and supramolecular complexes in excess of 200 kDa. This enables validation and refinement of their X-ray crystal and solution NMR structures and the characterization of structural and dynamic changes occurring upon complex formation. Accurate N-H RDCs were measured at 750 MHz (1)H resonance frequency for 11-mer 93 kDa (2)H,(15)N-labeled Trp RNA-binding attenuator protein tumbling with a correlation time τc of 120 ns. This is about twice as long as that for the most slowly tumbling system, for which N-H RDCs could be measured, so far, and corresponds to molecular weights of ∼200 kDa at 25 °C. Furthermore, due to the robustness of SE2 J-TROSY with respect to residual (1)H density from exchangeable protons, increased sensitivity at (1)H resonance frequencies around 1 GHz promises to enable N-H RDC measurement for even larger systems.
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- Alexander Eletsky
- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo , Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo , Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo , Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo , Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo , Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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Ravera E, Fragai M, Parigi G, Luchinat C. Differences in Dynamics between Crosslinked and Non-Crosslinked Hyaluronates Measured by using Fast Field-Cycling Relaxometry. Chemphyschem 2015; 16:2803-2809. [PMID: 26263906 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201500446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The dynamic properties of water molecules in gels containing linear and crosslinked hyaluronic acid polymers are investigated by using an integrated approach that includes relaxometry, solid-state NMR spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy. A model-free analysis of field-dependent nuclear relaxation is applied to obtain information on mobility and the population of different pools of water molecules in the gels. Differences between linear and crosslinked hyaluronic acid polymers are observed, indicating that crosslinking increases both the fraction and the correlation time of water molecules with slow dynamics.
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- Enrico Ravera
- CERM and Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via Luigi Sacconi 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Italy)
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- CERM and Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via Luigi Sacconi 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Italy)
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- CERM and Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via Luigi Sacconi 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Italy)
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- CERM and Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Via Luigi Sacconi 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Italy)
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Karamanos TK, Kalverda AP, Thompson GS, Radford SE. Mechanisms of amyloid formation revealed by solution NMR. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2015; 88-89:86-104. [PMID: 26282197 PMCID: PMC4568309 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2015.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2015] [Revised: 05/18/2015] [Accepted: 05/18/2015] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Amyloid fibrils are proteinaceous elongated aggregates involved in more than fifty human diseases. Recent advances in electron microscopy and solid state NMR have allowed the characterization of fibril structures to different extents of refinement. However, structural details about the mechanism of fibril formation remain relatively poorly defined. This is mainly due to the complex, heterogeneous and transient nature of the species responsible for assembly; properties that make them difficult to detect and characterize in structural detail using biophysical techniques. The ability of solution NMR spectroscopy to investigate exchange between multiple protein states, to characterize transient and low-population species, and to study high molecular weight assemblies, render NMR an invaluable technique for studies of amyloid assembly. In this article we review state-of-the-art solution NMR methods for investigations of: (a) protein dynamics that lead to the formation of aggregation-prone species; (b) amyloidogenic intrinsically disordered proteins; and (c) protein-protein interactions on pathway to fibril formation. Together, these topics highlight the power and potential of NMR to provide atomic level information about the molecular mechanisms of one of the most fascinating problems in structural biology.
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- Theodoros K Karamanos
- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology and School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom.
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- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology and School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology and School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology and School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom.
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Xiang S, Grohe K, Rovó P, Vasa SK, Giller K, Becker S, Linser R. Sequential backbone assignment based on dipolar amide-to-amide correlation experiments. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2015; 62:303-311. [PMID: 25975745 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-015-9945-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2015] [Accepted: 05/07/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Proton detection in solid-state NMR has seen a tremendous increase in popularity in the last years. New experimental techniques allow to exploit protons as an additional source of information on structure, dynamics, and protein interactions with their surroundings. In addition, sensitivity is mostly improved and ambiguity in assignment experiments reduced. We show here that, in the solid state, sequential amide-to-amide correlations turn out to be an excellent, complementary way to exploit amide shifts for unambiguous backbone assignment. For a general assessment, we compare amide-to-amide experiments with the more common (13)C-shift-based methods. Exploiting efficient CP magnetization transfers rather than less efficient INEPT periods, our results suggest that the approach is very feasible for solid-state NMR.
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- ShengQi Xiang
- Department for NMR-Based Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
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Fricke P, Chevelkov V, Shi C, Lange A. Strategies for solid-state NMR investigations of supramolecular assemblies with large subunit sizes. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2015; 253:2-9. [PMID: 25487122 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2014.10.018] [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: 09/03/2014] [Revised: 10/21/2014] [Accepted: 10/26/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Solid-state NMR is a versatile tool to study structure and dynamics of insoluble and non-crystalline biopolymers. Supramolecular protein assemblies are formed by self-association of multiple copies of single small-sized proteins. Because of their high degree of local order, solid-state NMR spectra of such systems exhibit an unusually high level of resolution, rendering them an ideal target for solid-state NMR investigations. Recently, our group has solved the structure of one particular supramolecular assembly, the type-iii-secretion-system needle. The needle subunit comprises around 80 residues. Many interesting supramolecular assemblies with unknown structure have subunits larger in size, which requires development of tailored solid-state NMR strategies to address their structures. In this "Perspective" article, we provide a view on different approaches to enhance sensitivity and resolution in biological solid-state NMR with a focus on the possible application to supramolecular assemblies with large subunit sizes.
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- Pascal Fricke
- Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), Robert-Rössle-Str. 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), Robert-Rössle-Str. 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), Robert-Rössle-Str. 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), Robert-Rössle-Str. 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany.
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Abraham SJ, Cheng RC, Chew TA, Khantwal CM, Liu CW, Gong S, Nakamoto RK, Maduke M. 13C NMR detects conformational change in the 100-kD membrane transporter ClC-ec1. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2015; 61:209-26. [PMID: 25631353 PMCID: PMC4398623 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-015-9898-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2014] [Accepted: 01/13/2015] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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CLC transporters catalyze the exchange of Cl(-) for H(+) across cellular membranes. To do so, they must couple Cl(-) and H(+) binding and unbinding to protein conformational change. However, the sole conformational changes distinguished crystallographically are small movements of a glutamate side chain that locally gates the ion-transport pathways. Therefore, our understanding of whether and how global protein dynamics contribute to the exchange mechanism has been severely limited. To overcome the limitations of crystallography, we used solution-state (13)C-methyl NMR with labels on methionine, lysine, and engineered cysteine residues to investigate substrate (H(+)) dependent conformational change outside the restraints of crystallization. We show that methyl labels in several regions report H(+)-dependent spectral changes. We identify one of these regions as Helix R, a helix that extends from the center of the protein, where it forms the part of the inner gate to the Cl(-)-permeation pathway, to the extracellular solution. The H(+)-dependent spectral change does not occur when a label is positioned just beyond Helix R, on the unstructured C-terminus of the protein. Together, the results suggest that H(+) binding is mechanistically coupled to closing of the intracellular access-pathway for Cl(-).
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- Sherwin J. Abraham
- Department of Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 279 Campus Drive West, Stanford, CA 94035
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 279 Campus Drive West, Stanford, CA 94035
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 279 Campus Drive West, Stanford, CA 94035
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 279 Campus Drive West, Stanford, CA 94035
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- Stanford Magnetic Resonance Laboratory, Stanford University School of Medicine, 299 Campus Drive West, D105 Fairchild Science Building, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, PO Box 10011, Charlottesville, VA 22906-0011
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, PO Box 10011, Charlottesville, VA 22906-0011
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 279 Campus Drive West, Stanford, CA 94035
- corresponding author, , tel (650)-723-9075, fax (650)-725-8021
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Burmann BM, Hiller S. Chaperones and chaperone-substrate complexes: Dynamic playgrounds for NMR spectroscopists. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2015; 86-87:41-64. [PMID: 25919198 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2015.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2014] [Revised: 02/19/2015] [Accepted: 02/19/2015] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The majority of proteins depend on a well-defined three-dimensional structure to obtain their functionality. In the cellular environment, the process of protein folding is guided by molecular chaperones to avoid misfolding, aggregation, and the generation of toxic species. To this end, living cells contain complex networks of molecular chaperones, which interact with substrate polypeptides by a multitude of different functionalities: transport them towards a target location, help them fold, unfold misfolded species, resolve aggregates, or deliver them towards a proteolysis machinery. Despite the availability of high-resolution crystal structures of many important chaperones in their substrate-free apo forms, structural information about how substrates are bound by chaperones and how they are protected from misfolding and aggregation is very sparse. This lack of information arises from the highly dynamic nature of chaperone-substrate complexes, which so far has largely hindered their crystallization. This highly dynamic nature makes chaperone-substrate complexes good targets for NMR spectroscopy. Here, we review the results achieved by NMR spectroscopy to understand chaperone function in general and details of chaperone-substrate interactions in particular. We assess the information content and applicability of different NMR techniques for the characterization of chaperones and chaperone-substrate complexes. Finally, we highlight three recent studies, which have provided structural descriptions of chaperone-substrate complexes at atomic resolution.
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- Björn M Burmann
- Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
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Böckmann A, Ernst M, Meier BH. Spinning proteins, the faster, the better? JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2015; 253:71-9. [PMID: 25797006 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2015.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2014] [Revised: 01/09/2015] [Accepted: 01/18/2015] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Magic-angle spinning (MAS) is a technique that is a prerequisite for high-resolution solid-state NMR spectroscopy of proteins and other biomolecules. Recently, the 100 kHz limit for the rotation frequency has been broken, arguably making MAS rotors the man-made objects with the highest rotation frequency. This development is expected to have a significant impact on biomolecular NMR as it facilitates proton detection, which allows to partially compensate the loss in overall sensitivity associated with the small sample amounts that fit into MAS rotors with less than 1 mm outer diameter. Under these conditions, the mass-normalized sensitivity of a small rotor becomes much higher than that of larger-volume rotor.
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- Anja Böckmann
- Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, BMSSI, UMR 5086 CNRS/Université de Lyon 1, 7 passage du Vercors, 69367 Lyon, France.
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- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Ravera E, Schubeis T, Martelli T, Fragai M, Parigi G, Luchinat C. NMR of sedimented, fibrillized, silica-entrapped and microcrystalline (metallo)proteins. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2015; 253:60-70. [PMID: 25797005 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2014.12.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2014] [Revised: 12/06/2014] [Accepted: 12/17/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Resolution and sensitivity in solid state NMR (SSNMR) can rival the results achieved by solution NMR, and even outperform them in the case of large systems. However, several factors affect the spectral quality in SSNMR samples, and not all systems turn out to be equally amenable for this methodology. In this review we attempt at analyzing the causes of this variable behavior and at providing hints to increase the chances of experimental success.
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- Enrico Ravera
- Center for Magnetic Resonance (CERM), University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Giotto Biotech, Via Madonna del Piano 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Center for Magnetic Resonance (CERM), University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Center for Magnetic Resonance (CERM), University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Center for Magnetic Resonance (CERM), University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Center for Magnetic Resonance (CERM), University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; Giotto Biotech, Via Madonna del Piano 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
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Gong Z, Schwieters CD, Tang C. Conjoined use of EM and NMR in RNA structure refinement. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0120445. [PMID: 25798848 PMCID: PMC4370883 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2014] [Accepted: 01/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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More than 40% of the RNA structures have been determined using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technique. NMR mainly provides local structural information of protons and works most effectively on relatively small biomacromolecules. Hence structural characterization of large RNAs can be difficult for NMR alone. Electron microscopy (EM) provides global shape information of macromolecules at nanometer resolution, which should be complementary to NMR for RNA structure determination. Here we developed a new energy term in Xplor-NIH against the density map obtained by EM. We conjointly used NMR and map restraints for the structure refinement of three RNA systems — U2/U6 small-nuclear RNA, genome-packing motif (ΨCD)2 from Moloney murine leukemia virus, and ribosome-binding element from turnip crinkle virus. In all three systems, we showed that the incorporation of a map restraint, either experimental or generated from known PDB structure, greatly improves structural precision and accuracy. Importantly, our method does not rely on an initial model assembled from RNA duplexes, and allows full torsional freedom for each nucleotide in the torsion angle simulated annealing refinement. As increasing number of macromolecules can be characterized by both NMR and EM, the marriage between the two techniques would enable better characterization of RNA three-dimensional structures.
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- Zhou Gong
- CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, National Magnetic Resonance Center at Wuhan, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei Province 430071, China
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- Division of Computational Bioscience, Center for Information Technology, National Institutes of Health, Building 12A, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States of America
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, National Magnetic Resonance Center at Wuhan, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei Province 430071, China
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