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Miao Q, Nitsche C, Orton H, Overhand M, Otting G, Ubbink M. Paramagnetic Chemical Probes for Studying Biological Macromolecules. Chem Rev 2022; 122:9571-9642. [PMID: 35084831 PMCID: PMC9136935 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Paramagnetic chemical probes have been used in electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy for more than four decades. Recent years witnessed a great increase in the variety of probes for the study of biological macromolecules (proteins, nucleic acids, and oligosaccharides). This Review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the existing paramagnetic chemical probes, including chemical synthetic approaches, functional properties, and selected applications. Recent developments have seen, in particular, a rapid expansion of the range of lanthanoid probes with anisotropic magnetic susceptibilities for the generation of structural restraints based on residual dipolar couplings and pseudocontact shifts in solution and solid state NMR spectroscopy, mostly for protein studies. Also many new isotropic paramagnetic probes, suitable for NMR measurements of paramagnetic relaxation enhancements, as well as EPR spectroscopic studies (in particular double resonance techniques) have been developed and employed to investigate biological macromolecules. Notwithstanding the large number of reported probes, only few have found broad application and further development of probes for dedicated applications is foreseen.
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- Qing Miao
- Leiden
Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, Leiden 2333 CC, The Netherlands
- School
of Chemistry &Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi’an710021, China
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- Research
School of Chemistry, The Australian National
University, Sullivans Creek Road, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Research
School of Chemistry, The Australian National
University, Sullivans Creek Road, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
- ARC
Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide & Protein Science,
Research School of Chemistry, Australian
National University, Sullivans Creek Road, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Leiden
Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, Leiden 2333 CC, The Netherlands
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- Research
School of Chemistry, The Australian National
University, Sullivans Creek Road, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
- ARC
Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide & Protein Science,
Research School of Chemistry, Australian
National University, Sullivans Creek Road, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Leiden
Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, Leiden 2333 CC, The Netherlands
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Johnson CN, Libich DS. Paramagnetic Relaxation Enhancement for Detecting and Characterizing Self-Associations of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins. JOURNAL OF VISUALIZED EXPERIMENTS : JOVE 2021:10.3791/63057. [PMID: 34633390 PMCID: PMC9910182 DOI: 10.3791/63057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Intrinsically disordered proteins and intrinsically disordered regions within proteins make up a large and functionally significant part of the human proteome. The highly flexible nature of these sequences allows them to form weak, long-range, and transient interactions with diverse biomolecular partners. Specific yet low-affinity interactions promote promiscuous binding and enable a single intrinsically disordered segment to interact with a multitude of target sites. Because of the transient nature of these interactions, they can be difficult to characterize by structural biology methods that rely on proteins to form a single, predominant conformation. Paramagnetic relaxation enhancement NMR is a useful tool for identifying and defining the structural underpinning of weak and transient interactions. A detailed protocol for using paramagnetic relaxation enhancement to characterize the lowly-populated encounter complexes that form between intrinsically disordered proteins and their protein, nucleic acid, or other biomolecular partners is described.
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- Courtney N. Johnson
- Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology and Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
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- Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology and Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
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Somireddy Venkata B, Keizers PHJ, Drijfhout JW, Ubbink M. A Focal Adhesion Kinase-Derived Peptide Binds the Src SH3 Domain in Two Orientations, As Demonstrated Using Paramagnetic Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Biochemistry 2016; 55:29-37. [PMID: 26645346 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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SH3 binding peptides contain polyproline helices and are classified according to their binding orientations as N-to-C-terminal or C-to-N-terminal. We have tested the hypothesis that such a peptide binds in both orientations but with different populations. A focal adhesion kinase (FAK)-derived peptide was tested for its binding orientation on the Src SH3 domain. Paramagnetic tags were introduced at several positions on the SH3 domain, and on the basis of the paramagnetic relaxation enhancements (PREs) of the amide protons, the positions of the paramagnetic centers were determined. Two peptides were synthesized with (13)C-enriched Ala or Pro, at the N-terminal or C-terminal side of the peptide, and the intermolecular PREs were measured. The results provide compelling evidence that the FAK-derived peptide binds the SH3 domain in two orientations. In the major state, the SH3 domain binds the peptide in the N-C orientation, whereas 20% of the time, the peptide binds in the C-N orientation. We conclude that the distinction between N-C and C-N orientations, which is based on crystal structures, might be artificial. The pseudosymmetric nature of the polyproline helix might allow for binding in both orientations in the solution state.
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- Bharat Somireddy Venkata
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University , Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University , Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) , P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University , Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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Myriad biological processes proceed through states that defy characterization by conventional atomic-resolution structural biological methods. The invisibility of these 'dark' states can arise from their transient nature, low equilibrium population, large molecular weight, and/or heterogeneity. Although they are invisible, these dark states underlie a range of processes, acting as encounter complexes between proteins and as intermediates in protein folding and aggregation. New methods have made these states accessible to high-resolution analysis by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, as long as the dark state is in dynamic equilibrium with an NMR-visible species. These methods - paramagnetic NMR, relaxation dispersion, saturation transfer, lifetime line broadening, and hydrogen exchange - allow the exploration of otherwise invisible states in exchange with a visible species over a range of timescales, each taking advantage of some unique property of the dark state to amplify its effect on a particular NMR observable. In this review, we introduce these methods and explore two specific techniques - paramagnetic relaxation enhancement and dark state exchange saturation transfer - in greater detail.
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- Nicholas J. Anthis
- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0520, USA
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- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0520, USA
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Zheng T, Boyle A, Robson Marsden H, Valdink D, Martelli G, Raap J, Kros A. Probing coiled-coil assembly by paramagnetic NMR spectroscopy. Org Biomol Chem 2015; 13:1159-68. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ob02125h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Here a new method to determine the orientation of coiled-coil peptide motifs is described.
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- TingTing Zheng
- Dept. Supramolecular & Biomaterials Chemistry
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry
- Leiden University
- Leiden
- The Netherlands
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- Dept. Supramolecular & Biomaterials Chemistry
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry
- Leiden University
- Leiden
- The Netherlands
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- Dept. Supramolecular & Biomaterials Chemistry
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry
- Leiden University
- Leiden
- The Netherlands
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- Dept. Supramolecular & Biomaterials Chemistry
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry
- Leiden University
- Leiden
- The Netherlands
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- Dept. Supramolecular & Biomaterials Chemistry
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry
- Leiden University
- Leiden
- The Netherlands
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- Dept. Supramolecular & Biomaterials Chemistry
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry
- Leiden University
- Leiden
- The Netherlands
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- Dept. Supramolecular & Biomaterials Chemistry
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry
- Leiden University
- Leiden
- The Netherlands
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Guan JY, Foerster JM, Drijfhout JW, Timmer M, Blok A, Ullmann GM, Ubbink M. An Ensemble of Rapidly Interconverting Orientations in Electrostatic Protein-Peptide Complexes Characterized by NMR Spectroscopy. Chembiochem 2014; 15:556-66. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201300623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Lindfors HE, Drijfhout JW, Ubbink M. The Src SH2 domain interacts dynamically with the focal adhesion kinase binding site as demonstrated by paramagnetic NMR spectroscopy. IUBMB Life 2012; 64:538-44. [PMID: 22550026 DOI: 10.1002/iub.1038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2012] [Accepted: 03/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The interaction between the tyrosine kinases Src and focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is a key step in signaling processes from focal adhesions. The phosphorylated tyrosine residue 397 in FAK is able to bind the Src SH2 domain. To establish the extent of the FAK binding motif, the binding affinity of the SH2 domain for phosphorylated and unphosphorylated FAK-derived peptides of increasing length was determined and compared with that of the internal Src SH2 binding site. It is shown that the FAK peptides have higher affinity than the internal binding site and that seven negative residues adjacent to the core SH2 binding motif increase the binding constant 30-fold. A rigid spin-label incorporated in the FAK peptides was used to establish on the basis of paramagnetic relaxation enhancement whether the peptide-protein complex is well defined. A large spread of the paramagnetic effects on the surface of the SH2 domain suggests that the peptide-protein complex exhibits dynamics, despite the high affinity of the peptide. The strong electrostatic interaction between the positive side of the SH2 domain and the negative peptide results in a high affinity but may also favor a dynamic interaction.
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- Hanna E Lindfors
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Kroncke BM, Columbus L. Identification and removal of nitroxide spin label contaminant: impact on PRE studies of α-helical membrane proteins in detergent. Protein Sci 2012; 21:589-95. [PMID: 22389096 DOI: 10.1002/pro.2038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2011] [Revised: 01/23/2012] [Accepted: 01/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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NMR paramagnetic relaxation enhancement (PRE) provides long-range distance constraints (~15-25 Å) that can be critical to determining overall protein topology, especially where long-range NOE information is unavailable such as in the case of larger proteins that require deuteration. However, several challenges currently limit the use of NMR PRE for α-helical membrane proteins. One challenge is the nonspecific association of the nitroxide spin label to the protein-detergent complex that can result in spurious PRE derived distance restraints. The effect of the nitroxide spin label contaminant is evaluated and quantified and a robust method for the removal of the contaminant is provided to advance the application of PRE restraints to membrane protein NMR structure determination.
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- Brett M Kroncke
- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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The spin label amino acid TOAC and its uses in studies of peptides: chemical, physicochemical, spectroscopic, and conformational aspects. Biophys Rev 2012; 4:45-66. [PMID: 22347893 PMCID: PMC3271205 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-011-0064-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2011] [Accepted: 12/20/2011] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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We review work on the paramagnetic amino acid 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-N-oxyl-4-amino-4-carboxylic acid, TOAC, and its applications in studies of peptides and peptide synthesis. TOAC was the first spin label probe incorporated in peptides by means of a peptide bond. In view of the rigid character of this cyclic molecule and its attachment to the peptide backbone via a peptide bond, TOAC incorporation has been very useful to analyze backbone dynamics and peptide secondary structure. Many of these studies were performed making use of EPR spectroscopy, but other physical techniques, such as X-ray crystallography, CD, fluorescence, NMR, and FT-IR, have been employed. The use of double-labeled synthetic peptides has allowed the investigation of their secondary structure. A large number of studies have focused on the interaction of peptides, both synthetic and biologically active, with membranes. In the latter case, work has been reported on ligands and fragments of GPCR, host defense peptides, phospholamban, and β-amyloid. EPR studies of macroscopically aligned samples have provided information on the orientation of peptides in membranes. More recent studies have focused on peptide–protein and peptide–nucleic acid interactions. Moreover, TOAC has been shown to be a valuable probe for paramagnetic relaxation enhancement NMR studies of the interaction of labeled peptides with proteins. The growth of the number of TOAC-related publications suggests that this unnatural amino acid will find increasing applications in the future.
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Jose RA, De Zotti M, Peggion C, Formaggio F, Toniolo C, De Borggraeve WM. Comparison of distance information in [TOAC(1) , Glu(OMe)(7, 18, 19) ] alamethicin F50/5 from paramagnetic relaxation enhancement measurements with data obtained from an X-ray diffraction-based model. J Pept Sci 2011; 17:377-82. [PMID: 21412956 DOI: 10.1002/psc.1354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2010] [Revised: 12/14/2010] [Accepted: 12/15/2010] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Peptaibol antibiotics are membrane-active linear peptides of fungal origin that are characterized by a high population of the C(α) -tetrasubstituted, strongly helicogenic, α-amino acid, α-aminoisobutyric acid, an N-terminal acetyl group, and a C-terminal 1,2-amino alcohol. Alamethicins (Alms), among the longest peptaibiotics, are a group of closely sequence-related peptides composed of 19 amino acid residues. [TOAC(1) , Glu(OMe)(7, 18, 19) ] Alm and [TOAC(16) , Glu(OMe)(7, 18, 19) ] Alm are synthetic, nitroxide free-radical labeled analogs of [Glu(OMe)(7, 18, 19) ] Alm F50/5. In this work, nitroxide to peptide NH proton distance information obtained from paramagnetic relaxation enhancement (PRE) studies on [TOAC(1) , Glu(OMe)(7, 18, 19) ] Alm is compared with distances derived from an X-ray diffraction-based model. The methodology for PRE determination, as well as the generation of the X-ray diffraction-based model three-dimensional structures, is discussed. The distances obtained from PRE measurements are in close agreement with the information derived from the X-ray diffraction-based model. This finding suggests that this type of information could be implemented as long-range distance restraints in NMR-based structure determination.
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- Rani Alphonsa Jose
- Molecular Design and Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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Keizers PHJ, Ubbink M. Paramagnetic tagging for protein structure and dynamics analysis. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2011; 58:88-96. [PMID: 21241885 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2010.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2010] [Accepted: 08/05/2010] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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- Peter H J Keizers
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Mangels C, Kellner R, Einsiedel J, Weiglmeier PR, Rosch P, Gmeiner P, Schwarzinger S. The therapeutically anti-prion active antibody-fragment scFv-W226: paramagnetic relaxation-enhanced NMR spectroscopy aided structure elucidation of the paratope-epitope interface. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2010; 28:13-22. [PMID: 20476792 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2010.10507340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Antibodies have become indispensable reagents with numerous applications in biological and biotechnical analysis, in diagnostics as well as in therapy. In all cases, selective interaction with an epitope is crucial and depends on the conformation of the paratope. While epitopes are routinely mapped at high throughput, methods revealing structural insights on a rather short timescale are rare. We here demonstrate paramagnetic relaxation-enhanced (PRE) NMR spectroscopy to be a powerful tool unraveling structural information about epitope-orientation in a groove spanned by the complementary determining regions. In particular, we utilize the spin label TOAC, which is fused to the peptidic epitope using standard solid-phase chemistry and which is characterized by a reduced mobility compared to, e.g., spin labels attached to the side-chain functionalities of cysteine or lysine residues. We apply the method to determine the orientation of helix 1 of the prion protein, which is the epitope for the therapeutically anti-prion active scF(v) fragment W226.
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- Christian Mangels
- Department of Biopolymers, Universitat Bayreuth, Universitatsstrasse 30, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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Shen Y, Bax A. Prediction of Xaa-Pro peptide bond conformation from sequence and chemical shifts. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2010; 46:199-204. [PMID: 20041279 PMCID: PMC2847849 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-009-9395-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2009] [Accepted: 12/07/2009] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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We present a program, named Promega, to predict the Xaa-Pro peptide bond conformation on the basis of backbone chemical shifts and the amino acid sequence. Using a chemical shift database of proteins of known structure together with the PDB-extracted amino acid preference of cis Xaa-Pro peptide bonds, a cis/trans probability score is calculated from the backbone and (13)C(beta) chemical shifts of the proline and its neighboring residues. For an arbitrary number of input chemical shifts, which may include Pro-(13)C(gamma), Promega calculates the statistical probability that a Xaa-Pro peptide bond is cis. Besides its potential as a validation tool, Promega is particularly useful for studies of larger proteins where Pro-(13)C(gamma) assignments can be challenging, and for on-going efforts to determine protein structures exclusively on the basis of backbone and (13)C(beta) chemical shifts.
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- Yang Shen
- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Building 5, Room 126, Bethesda, MD, 20892-0520, USA.
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Su XC, Otting G. Paramagnetic labelling of proteins and oligonucleotides for NMR. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2010; 46:101-112. [PMID: 19529883 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-009-9331-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2009] [Accepted: 05/20/2009] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Paramagnetic effects offer a rich source of long-range structural restraints. Here we review current methods for site-specific tagging of proteins and oligonucleotides with paramagnetic molecules. The paramagnetic tags include nitroxide radicals and metal chelators. Particular emphasis is placed on tags suitable for site-specific and rigid attachment of lanthanide ions to macromolecules.
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- Xun-Cheng Su
- The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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Clore GM, Iwahara J. Theory, practice, and applications of paramagnetic relaxation enhancement for the characterization of transient low-population states of biological macromolecules and their complexes. Chem Rev 2009; 109:4108-39. [PMID: 19522502 DOI: 10.1021/cr900033p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 588] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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- G Marius Clore
- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, Building 5, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0520, USA.
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Vieira RFF, Casallanovo F, Marín N, Paiva ACM, Schreier S, Nakaie CR. Conformational properties of angiotensin II and its active and inactive TOAC-labeled analogs in the presence of micelles. Electron paramagnetic resonance, fluorescence, and circular dichroism studies. Biopolymers 2009; 92:525-37. [DOI: 10.1002/bip.21295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Keizers PHJ, Saragliadis A, Hiruma Y, Overhand M, Ubbink M. Design, synthesis, and evaluation of a lanthanide chelating protein probe: CLaNP-5 yields predictable paramagnetic effects independent of environment. J Am Chem Soc 2008; 130:14802-12. [PMID: 18826316 DOI: 10.1021/ja8054832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Immobilized lanthanide ions offer the opportunity to refine structures of proteins and the complexes they form by using restraints obtained from paramagnetic NMR experiments. We report the design, synthesis, and spectroscopic evaluation of the lanthanide chelator, Caged Lanthanide NMR Probe 5 (CLaNP-5) readily attachable to a protein surface via two cysteine residues. The probe causes tunable pseudocontact shifts, alignment, paramagnetic relaxation enhancement, and luminescence, by chelating it to the appropriate lanthanide ion. The observation of single shifts and the finding that the magnetic susceptibility tensors obtained from shifts and alignment analyses are highly similar strongly indicate that the probe is rigid with respect to the protein backbone. By placing the probe at various positions on a model protein it is demonstrated that the size and orientation of the magnetic susceptibility tensor of the probe are independent of the local protein environment. Consequently, the effects of the probe are readily predictable using a protein structure only. These findings designate CLaNP-5 as a protein probe to deliver unambiguous high quality structural restraints in studies on protein-protein and protein-ligand interactions.
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- Peter H J Keizers
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, Post Office Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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