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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]
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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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Affiliation(s)
- 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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Swartjes A, White PB, Bruekers JPJ, Elemans JAAW, Nolte RJM. Paramagnetic relaxation enhancement NMR as a tool to probe guest binding and exchange in metallohosts. Nat Commun 2022; 13:1846. [PMID: 35388004 PMCID: PMC8986849 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29406-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Paramagnetic metallohost systems can bind guest molecules and find application as biomimetic catalysts. Due to the presence of the paramagnetic metal center, rigorous characterization of these systems by NMR spectroscopy can be very difficult. We report here that metallohost-guest systems can be studied by using the paramagnetic relaxation enhancement (PRE) effect. Manganese(III) porphyrin cage compounds are shown through their PRE to thread and bind viologen guests, including a polymeric one. The binding constants and dethreading activation parameters are lower than those of the metal-free porphyrin cage compounds, which is proposed to be a result of charge repulsion of the trivalent metal center and dicationic viologen guest. The threading rate of the manganese(III) porphyrin cage onto the polymer is more than 10 times faster than that of the non-metallated one, which is ascribed to initial binding of the cage to the polymer chain prior to threading, and to an entron effect. Paramagnetic metallohost systems are difficult to characterize. Here the authors report that the paramagnetic relaxation enhancement effect can be used to prove by nuclear magnetic resonance experiments that Mn(III) porphyrin cage compounds can bind and thread low molecular weight and polymeric guests.
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- Anne Swartjes
- Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Müntener T, Joss D, Häussinger D, Hiller S. Pseudocontact Shifts in Biomolecular NMR Spectroscopy. Chem Rev 2022; 122:9422-9467. [PMID: 35005884 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Paramagnetic centers in biomolecules, such as specific metal ions that are bound to a protein, affect the nuclei in their surrounding in various ways. One of these effects is the pseudocontact shift (PCS), which leads to strong chemical shift perturbations of nuclear spins, with a remarkably long range of 50 Å and beyond. The PCS in solution NMR is an effect originating from the anisotropic part of the dipole-dipole interaction between the magnetic momentum of unpaired electrons and nuclear spins. The PCS contains spatial information that can be exploited in multiple ways to characterize structure, function, and dynamics of biomacromolecules. It can be used to refine structures, magnify effects of dynamics, help resonance assignments, allows for an intermolecular positioning system, and gives structural information in sensitivity-limited situations where all other methods fail. Here, we review applications of the PCS in biomolecular solution NMR spectroscopy, starting from early works on natural metalloproteins, following the development of non-natural tags to chelate and attach lanthanoid ions to any biomolecular target to advanced applications on large biomolecular complexes and inside living cells. We thus hope to not only highlight past applications but also shed light on the tremendous potential the PCS has in structural biology.
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- Thomas Müntener
- Biozentrum, University of Basel, Spitalstrasse 41, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Biozentrum, University of Basel, Spitalstrasse 41, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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Saio T, Hiramatsu S, Asada M, Nakagawa H, Shimizu K, Kumeta H, Nakamura T, Ishimori K. Conformational ensemble of a multidomain protein explored by Gd 3+ electron paramagnetic resonance. Biophys J 2021; 120:2943-2951. [PMID: 34242587 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2021.06.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Revised: 06/07/2021] [Accepted: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Despite their importance in function, the conformational state of proteins and its changes are often poorly understood, mainly because of the lack of an efficient tool. MurD, a 47-kDa protein enzyme responsible for peptidoglycan biosynthesis, is one of those proteins whose conformational states and changes during their catalytic cycle are not well understood. Although it has been considered that MurD takes a single conformational state in solution as shown by a crystal structure, the solution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) study suggested the existence of multiple conformational state of apo MurD in solution. However, the conformational distribution has not been evaluated. In this work, we investigate the conformational states of MurD by the use of electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), especially intergadolinium distance measurement using double electron-electron resonance (DEER) measurement. The gadolinium ions are fixed on specific positions on MurD via a rigid double-arm paramagnetic lanthanide tag that has been originally developed for paramagnetic NMR. The combined use of NMR and EPR enables accurate interpretation of the DEER distance information to the structural information of MurD. The DEER distance measurement for apo MurD shows a broad distance distribution, whereas the presence of the inhibitor narrows the distance distribution. The results suggest that MurD exists in a wide variety of conformational states in the absence of ligands, whereas binding of the inhibitor eliminates variation in conformational states. The multiple conformational states of MurD were previously implied by NMR experiments, but our DEER data provided structural characterization of the conformational variety of MurD.
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- Tomohide Saio
- Division of Molecular Life Science, Institute of Advanced Medical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Instrument Center, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Japan
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- Materials Sciences Research CenterTokai, Ibaraki, Japan; J-PARC Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
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Mekkattu Tharayil S, Mahawaththa M, Loh CT, Adekoya I, Otting G. Phosphoserine for the generation of lanthanide-binding sites on proteins for paramagnetic nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. MAGNETIC RESONANCE (GOTTINGEN, GERMANY) 2021; 2:1-13. [PMID: 37904776 PMCID: PMC10539748 DOI: 10.5194/mr-2-1-2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 12/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/01/2023]
Abstract
Pseudocontact shifts (PCSs) generated by paramagnetic lanthanide ions provide valuable long-range structural information in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopic analyses of biological macromolecules such as proteins, but labelling proteins site-specifically with a single lanthanide ion remains an ongoing challenge, especially for proteins that are not suitable for ligation with cysteine-reactive lanthanide complexes. We show that a specific lanthanide-binding site can be installed on proteins by incorporation of phosphoserine in conjunction with other negatively charged residues, such as aspartate, glutamate or a second phosphoserine residue. The close proximity of the binding sites to the protein backbone leads to good immobilization of the lanthanide ion, as evidenced by the excellent quality of fits between experimental PCSs and PCSs calculated with a single magnetic susceptibility anisotropy (Δ χ ) tensor. An improved two-plasmid system was designed to enhance the yields of proteins with genetically encoded phosphoserine, and good lanthanide ion affinities were obtained when the side chains of the phosphoserine and aspartate residues are not engaged in salt bridges, although the presence of too many negatively charged residues in close proximity can also lead to unfolding of the protein. In view of the quality of the Δ χ tensors that can be obtained from lanthanide-binding sites generated by site-specific incorporation of phosphoserine, this method presents an attractive tool for generating PCSs in stable proteins, particularly as it is independent of cysteine residues.
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- Sreelakshmi Mekkattu Tharayil
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein
Science, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University,
Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein
Science, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University,
Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein
Science, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University,
Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
- present address: Hangzhou Wayland Bioscience Co. Ltd, Hangzhou
310030, PR China
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein
Science, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University,
Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein
Science, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University,
Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
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Softley CA, Bostock MJ, Popowicz GM, Sattler M. Paramagnetic NMR in drug discovery. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2020; 74:287-309. [PMID: 32524233 PMCID: PMC7311382 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-020-00322-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2020] [Accepted: 05/26/2020] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
Abstract
The presence of an unpaired electron in paramagnetic molecules generates significant effects in NMR spectra, which can be exploited to provide restraints complementary to those used in standard structure-calculation protocols. NMR already occupies a central position in drug discovery for its use in fragment screening, structural biology and validation of ligand-target interactions. Paramagnetic restraints provide unique opportunities, for example, for more sensitive screening to identify weaker-binding fragments. A key application of paramagnetic NMR in drug discovery, however, is to provide new structural restraints in cases where crystallography proves intractable. This is particularly important at early stages in drug-discovery programs where crystal structures of weakly-binding fragments are difficult to obtain and crystallization artefacts are probable, but structural information about ligand poses is crucial to guide medicinal chemistry. Numerous applications show the value of paramagnetic restraints to filter computational docking poses and to generate interaction models. Paramagnetic relaxation enhancements (PREs) generate a distance-dependent effect, while pseudo-contact shift (PCS) restraints provide both distance and angular information. Here, we review strategies for introducing paramagnetic centers and discuss examples that illustrate the utility of paramagnetic restraints in drug discovery. Combined with standard approaches, such as chemical shift perturbation and NOE-derived distance information, paramagnetic NMR promises a valuable source of information for many challenging drug-discovery programs.
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- Charlotte A Softley
- Biomolecular NMR and Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich at Department Chemie, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstraße 4, 85747, Garching, Germany
- Institute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Biomolecular NMR and Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich at Department Chemie, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstraße 4, 85747, Garching, Germany
- Institute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Biomolecular NMR and Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich at Department Chemie, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstraße 4, 85747, Garching, Germany
- Institute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Biomolecular NMR and Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich at Department Chemie, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstraße 4, 85747, Garching, Germany.
- Institute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany.
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Accelerating structural life science by paramagnetic lanthanide probe methods. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2020; 1864:129332. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2019.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2019] [Revised: 03/18/2019] [Accepted: 03/20/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Joss D, Häussinger D. Design and applications of lanthanide chelating tags for pseudocontact shift NMR spectroscopy with biomacromolecules. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2019; 114-115:284-312. [PMID: 31779884 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2019.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2019] [Revised: 08/21/2019] [Accepted: 08/24/2019] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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In this review, lanthanide chelating tags and their applications to pseudocontact shift NMR spectroscopy as well as analysis of residual dipolar couplings are covered. A complete overview is presented of DOTA-derived and non-DOTA-derived lanthanide chelating tags, critical points in the design of lanthanide chelating tags as appropriate linker moieties, their stability under reductive conditions, e.g., for in-cell applications, the magnitude of the anisotropy transferred from the lanthanide chelating tag to the biomacromolecule under investigation and structural properties, as well as conformational bias of the lanthanide chelating tags are discussed. Furthermore, all DOTA-derived lanthanide chelating tags used for PCS NMR spectroscopy published to date are displayed in tabular form, including their anisotropy parameters, with all employed lanthanide ions, CB-Ln distances and tagging reaction conditions, i.e., the stoichiometry of lanthanide chelating tags, pH, buffer composition, temperature and reaction time. Additionally, applications of lanthanide chelating tags for pseudocontact shifts and residual dipolar couplings that have been reported for proteins, protein-protein and protein-ligand complexes, carbohydrates, carbohydrate-protein complexes, nucleic acids and nucleic acid-protein complexes are presented and critically reviewed. The vast and impressive range of applications of lanthanide chelating tags to structural investigations of biomacromolecules in solution clearly illustrates the significance of this particular field of research. The extension of the repertoire of lanthanide chelating tags from proteins to nucleic acids holds great promise for the determination of valuable structural parameters and further developments in characterizing intermolecular interactions.
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- Daniel Joss
- University of Basel, St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
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Kuenze G, Bonneau R, Leman JK, Meiler J. Integrative Protein Modeling in RosettaNMR from Sparse Paramagnetic Restraints. Structure 2019; 27:1721-1734.e5. [PMID: 31522945 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2019.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2019] [Revised: 08/05/2019] [Accepted: 08/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Computational methods to predict protein structure from nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) restraints that only require assignment of backbone signals, hold great potential to study larger proteins. Ideally, computational methods designed to work with sparse data need to add atomic detail that is missing in the experimental restraints. We introduce a comprehensive framework into the Rosetta suite that uses NMR restraints derived from paramagnetic labeling. Specifically, RosettaNMR incorporates pseudocontact shifts, residual dipolar couplings, and paramagnetic relaxation enhancements. It continues to use backbone chemical shifts and nuclear Overhauser effect distance restraints. We assess RosettaNMR for protein structure prediction by folding 28 monomeric proteins and 8 homo-oligomeric proteins. Furthermore, the general applicability of RosettaNMR is demonstrated on two protein-protein and three protein-ligand docking examples. Paramagnetic restraints generated more accurate models for 85% of the benchmark proteins and, when combined with chemical shifts, sampled high-accuracy models (≤2Å) in 50% of the cases.
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- Georg Kuenze
- Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, USA.
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- Center for Computational Biology, Flatiron Institute, Simons Foundation, New York, NY 10010, USA; Department of Biology and Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA; Department of Computer Science, New York University, New York, NY 10012, USA
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- Center for Computational Biology, Flatiron Institute, Simons Foundation, New York, NY 10010, USA; Department of Biology and Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, USA.
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Zimmermann K, Joss D, Müntener T, Nogueira ES, Schäfer M, Knörr L, Monnard FW, Häussinger D. Localization of ligands within human carbonic anhydrase II using 19F pseudocontact shift analysis. Chem Sci 2019; 10:5064-5072. [PMID: 31183057 PMCID: PMC6530540 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc05683h] [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: 12/19/2018] [Accepted: 04/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Unraveling the native structure of protein-ligand complexes in solution enables rational drug design. We report here the use of 19F pseudocontact shift (PCS) NMR as a method to determine fluorine positions of high affinity ligands bound within the drug target human carbonic anhydrase II with high accuracy. Three different ligands were localized within the protein by analysis of the obtained PCS from simple one-dimensional 19F spectra with an accuracy of up to 0.8 Å. In order to validate the PCS, four to five independent magnetic susceptibility tensors induced by lanthanide chelating tags bound site-specifically to single cysteine mutants were refined. Least-squares minimization and a Monte-Carlo approach allowed the assessment of experimental errors on the intersection of the corresponding four to five PCS isosurfaces. By defining an angle score that reflects the relative isosurface orientation for different tensor combinations, it was established that the ligand can be localized accurately using only three tensors, if the isosurfaces are close to orthogonal. For two out of three ligands, the determined position closely matched the X-ray coordinates. Our results for the third ligand suggest, in accordance with previously reported ab initio calculations, a rotated position for the difluorophenyl substituent, enabling a favorable interaction with Phe-131. The lanthanide-fluorine distance varied between 22 and 38 Å and induced 19F PCS ranged from 0.078 to 0.409 ppm, averaging to 0.213 ppm. Accordingly, even longer metal-fluorine distances will lead to meaningful PCS, rendering the investigation of protein-ligand complexes significantly larger than 30 kDa feasible.
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- Kaspar Zimmermann
- Department of Chemistry , University of Basel , St. Johanns-Ring 19 , 4056 Basel , Switzerland .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Basel , St. Johanns-Ring 19 , 4056 Basel , Switzerland .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Basel , St. Johanns-Ring 19 , 4056 Basel , Switzerland .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Basel , St. Johanns-Ring 19 , 4056 Basel , Switzerland .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Basel , St. Johanns-Ring 19 , 4056 Basel , Switzerland .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Basel , St. Johanns-Ring 19 , 4056 Basel , Switzerland .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Basel , St. Johanns-Ring 19 , 4056 Basel , Switzerland .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Basel , St. Johanns-Ring 19 , 4056 Basel , Switzerland .
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Ravera E, Takis PG, Fragai M, Parigi G, Luchinat C. NMR Spectroscopy and Metal Ions in Life Sciences. Eur J Inorg Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201800875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Enrico Ravera
- Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM) and Interuniversity Consortium for Magnetic Resonance of Metallo Proteins (CIRMMP); 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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- Giotto Biotech S.R.L.; Via Madonna del Piano 6 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI) Italy
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- Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM) and Interuniversity Consortium for Magnetic Resonance of Metallo Proteins (CIRMMP); 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) and Interuniversity Consortium for Magnetic Resonance of Metallo Proteins (CIRMMP); 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) and Interuniversity Consortium for Magnetic Resonance of Metallo Proteins (CIRMMP); 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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Lescanne M, Ahuja P, Blok A, Timmer M, Akerud T, Ubbink M. Methyl group reorientation under ligand binding probed by pseudocontact shifts. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2018; 71:275-285. [PMID: 29860649 PMCID: PMC6132577 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-018-0190-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2017] [Accepted: 05/26/2018] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Liquid-state NMR spectroscopy is a powerful technique to elucidate binding properties of ligands on proteins. Ligands binding in hydrophobic pockets are often in close proximity to methyl groups and binding can lead to subtle displacements of methyl containing side chains to accommodate the ligand. To establish whether pseudocontact shifts can be used to characterize ligand binding and the effects on methyl groups, the N-terminal domain of HSP90 was tagged with caged lanthanoid NMR probe 5 at three positions and titrated with a ligand. Binding was monitored using the resonances of leucine and valine methyl groups. The pseudocontact shifts (PCS) caused by ytterbium result in enhanced dispersion of the methyl spectrum, allowing more resonances to be observed. The effects of tag attachment on the spectrum and ligand binding are small. Significant changes in PCS were observed upon ligand binding, indicating displacements of several methyl groups. By determining the cross-section of PCS iso-surfaces generated by two or three paramagnetic centers, the new position of a methyl group can be estimated, showing displacements in the range of 1-3 Å for methyl groups in the binding site. The information about such subtle but significant changes may be used to improve docking studies and can find application in fragment-based drug discovery.
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- Mathilde Lescanne
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Structure, Biophysics & Fragment-Based Lead Generation, Discovery Sciences, IMED Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- 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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- Structure, Biophysics & Fragment-Based Lead Generation, Discovery Sciences, IMED Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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Becker W, Bhattiprolu KC, Gubensäk N, Zangger K. Investigating Protein-Ligand Interactions by Solution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. Chemphyschem 2018; 19:895-906. [PMID: 29314603 PMCID: PMC5915746 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201701253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2017] [Revised: 01/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Protein-ligand interactions are of fundamental importance in almost all processes in living organisms. The ligands comprise small molecules, drugs or biological macromolecules and their interaction strength varies over several orders of magnitude. Solution NMR spectroscopy offers a large repertoire of techniques to study such complexes. Here, we give an overview of the different NMR approaches available. The information they provide ranges from the simple information about the presence of binding or epitope mapping to the complete 3 D structure of the complex. NMR spectroscopy is particularly useful for the study of weak interactions and for the screening of binding ligands with atomic resolution.
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- Walter Becker
- Institute of ChemistryUniversity of GrazHeinrichstrasse 28A-8010GrazAustria
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- Institute of ChemistryUniversity of GrazHeinrichstrasse 28A-8010GrazAustria
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- Institute of ChemistryUniversity of GrazHeinrichstrasse 28A-8010GrazAustria
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Pinto LF, Correa J, Zhao L, Riguera R, Fernandez-Megia E. Fast NMR Screening of Macromolecular Complexes by a Paramagnetic Spin Relaxation Filter. ACS OMEGA 2018; 3:2974-2983. [PMID: 31458565 PMCID: PMC6641404 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b02074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2017] [Accepted: 02/28/2018] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The paramagnetic spin relaxation filter is described for the rapid NMR screening of intermolecular interactions between ligands and macromolecular anionic receptors with large transverse relaxation enhancements (R 2p). The addition of micromolar concentrations of Gd3+ to the mixture produces the immediate broadening/suppression of the NMR signals of interacting species while leaving unaffected those of noncompetitive binders (one-dimensional and two-dimensional experiments). The method is highly sensitive, unveiling interactions that are too weak to generate changes in chemical shifts or relaxation times. It is operationally very simple and hence, it is amenable to ready implementation by nonspecialists. Examples of application such as detecting the formation of interpolymer complexes, cyclodextrin host-guest interactions, and the screening of DNA ligands are included that demonstrate the reliability and broad applicability of the method.
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- Centro Singular de Investigación
en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CIQUS)
and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Jenaro de la Fuente s/n, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Centro Singular de Investigación
en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CIQUS)
and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Jenaro de la Fuente s/n, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Centro Singular de Investigación
en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CIQUS)
and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Jenaro de la Fuente s/n, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Paramagnetic NMR as a new tool in structural biology. Emerg Top Life Sci 2018; 2:19-28. [DOI: 10.1042/etls20170084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2017] [Revised: 12/19/2017] [Accepted: 12/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) investigation through the exploitation of paramagnetic effects is passing from an approach limited to few specialists in the field to a generally applicable method that must be considered, especially for the characterization of systems hardly affordable with other techniques. This is mostly due to the fact that paramagnetic data are long range in nature, thus providing information for the structural and dynamic characterization of complex biomolecular architectures in their native environment. On the other hand, this information usually needs to be complemented by data from other sources. Integration of paramagnetic NMR with other techniques, and the development of protocols for a joint analysis of all available data, is fundamental for achieving a comprehensive characterization of complex biological systems. We describe here a few examples of the new possibilities offered by paramagnetic data used in integrated structural approaches.
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Chen JL, Zhao Y, Gong YJ, Pan BB, Wang X, Su XC. Stable and rigid DTPA-like paramagnetic tags suitable for in vitro and in situ protein NMR analysis. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2018; 70:77-92. [PMID: 29224182 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-017-0160-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2017] [Accepted: 12/05/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Organic synthesis of a ligand with high binding affinities for paramagnetic lanthanide ions is an effective way of generating paramagnetic effects on proteins. These paramagnetic effects manifested in high-resolution NMR spectroscopy are valuable dynamic and structural restraints of proteins and protein-ligand complexes. A paramagnetic tag generally contains a metal chelating moiety and a reactive group for protein modification. Herein we report two new DTPA-like tags, 4PS-PyDTTA and 4PS-6M-PyDTTA that can be site-specifically attached to a protein with a stable thioether bond. Both protein-tag adducts form stable lanthanide complexes, of which the binding affinities and paramagnetic tensors are tunable with respect to the 6-methyl group in pyridine. Paramagnetic relaxation enhancement (PRE) effects of Gd(III) complex on protein-tag adducts were evaluated in comparison with pseudocontact shift (PCS), and the results indicated that both 4PS-PyDTTA and 4PS-6M-PyDTTA tags are rigid and present high-quality PREs that are crucially important in elucidation of the dynamics and interactions of proteins and protein-ligand complexes. We also show that these two tags are suitable for in-situ protein NMR analysis.
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- Jia-Liang Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China.
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Sugiki T, Furuita K, Fujiwara T, Kojima C. Current NMR Techniques for Structure-Based Drug Discovery. Molecules 2018; 23:molecules23010148. [PMID: 29329228 PMCID: PMC6017608 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23010148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2017] [Revised: 12/28/2017] [Accepted: 01/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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A variety of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) applications have been developed for structure-based drug discovery (SBDD). NMR provides many advantages over other methods, such as the ability to directly observe chemical compounds and target biomolecules, and to be used for ligand-based and protein-based approaches. NMR can also provide important information about the interactions in a protein-ligand complex, such as structure, dynamics, and affinity, even when the interaction is too weak to be detected by ELISA or fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based high-throughput screening (HTS) or to be crystalized. In this study, we reviewed current NMR techniques. We focused on recent progress in NMR measurement and sample preparation techniques that have expanded the potential of NMR-based SBDD, such as fluorine NMR (19F-NMR) screening, structure modeling of weak complexes, and site-specific isotope labeling of challenging targets.
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- Toshihiko Sugiki
- Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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- Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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- Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
- Graduate School of Engineering, Yokohama National University, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan.
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NMR in structure-based drug design. Essays Biochem 2017; 61:485-493. [PMID: 29118095 DOI: 10.1042/ebc20170037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2017] [Revised: 09/21/2017] [Accepted: 09/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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NMR spectroscopy is a powerful technique that can provide valuable structural information for drug discovery endeavors. Here, we discuss the strengths (and limitations) of NMR applications to structure-based drug discovery, highlighting the different levels of resolution and throughput obtainable. Additionally, the emerging field of paramagnetic NMR in drug discovery and recent developments in approaches to speed up and automate protein-observed NMR data collection and analysis are discussed.
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Nitsche C, Otting G. Pseudocontact shifts in biomolecular NMR using paramagnetic metal tags. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2017; 98-99:20-49. [PMID: 28283085 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2016.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2016] [Revised: 11/11/2016] [Accepted: 11/12/2016] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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- Christoph Nitsche
- Australian National University, Research School of Chemistry, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
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- Australian National University, Research School of Chemistry, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. http://www.rsc.anu.edu.au/~go/index.html
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Ma FH, Wang X, Chen JL, Wen X, Sun H, Su XC. Deciphering the Multisite Interactions of a Protein and Its Ligand at Atomic Resolution by Using Sensitive Paramagnetic Effects. Chemistry 2017; 23:926-934. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201604393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Fei-He Ma
- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Collaborative, Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin); Nankai University; Tianjin 300071 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Collaborative, Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin); Nankai University; Tianjin 300071 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Collaborative, Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin); Nankai University; Tianjin 300071 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Collaborative, Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin); Nankai University; Tianjin 300071 China
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- Department of Structural Biology; Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP); Robert-Roessle-Str. 10 13125 Berlin Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Collaborative, Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin); Nankai University; Tianjin 300071 China
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Computational modeling of proteins using evolutionary or de novo approaches offers rapid structural characterization, but often suffers from low success rates in generating high quality models comparable to the accuracy of structures observed in X-ray crystallography or nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. A computational/experimental hybrid approach incorporating sparse experimental restraints in computational modeling algorithms drastically improves reliability and accuracy of 3D models. This chapter discusses the use of structural information obtained from various paramagnetic NMR measurements and demonstrates computational algorithms implementing pseudocontact shifts as restraints to determine the structure of proteins at atomic resolution.
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Hikone Y, Hirai G, Mishima M, Inomata K, Ikeya T, Arai S, Shirakawa M, Sodeoka M, Ito Y. A new carbamidemethyl-linked lanthanoid chelating tag for PCS NMR spectroscopy of proteins in living HeLa cells. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2016; 66:99-110. [PMID: 27631409 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-016-0059-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2016] [Accepted: 09/02/2016] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Structural analyses of proteins under macromolecular crowding inside human cultured cells by in-cell NMR spectroscopy are crucial not only for explicit understanding of their cellular functions but also for applications in medical and pharmaceutical sciences. In-cell NMR experiments using human cultured cells however suffer from low sensitivity, thus pseudocontact shifts from protein-tagged paramagnetic lanthanoid ions, analysed using sensitive heteronuclear two-dimensional correlation NMR spectra, offer huge potential advantage in obtaining structural information over conventional NOE-based approaches. We synthesised a new lanthanoid-chelating tag (M8-CAM-I), in which the eight-fold, stereospecifically methylated DOTA (M8) scaffold was retained, while a stable carbamidemethyl (CAM) group was introduced as the functional group connecting to proteins. M8-CAM-I successfully fulfilled the requirements for in-cell NMR: high-affinity to lanthanoid, low cytotoxicity and the stability under reducing condition inside cells. Large PCSs for backbone N-H resonances observed for M8-CAM-tagged human ubiquitin mutant proteins, which were introduced into HeLa cells by electroporation, demonstrated that this approach readily provides the useful information enabling the determination of protein structures, relative orientations of domains and protein complexes within human cultured cells.
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- Yuya Hikone
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0397, Japan
- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
- AMED-CREST, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, 1-7-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0004, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0397, Japan
- CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan
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- Quantitative Biology Center, RIKEN, 1-7-22 Suehirocho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, 230-0045, Japan
- PRESTO/Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0397, Japan
- CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0397, Japan
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- AMED-CREST, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, 1-7-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0004, Japan
- Department of Molecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan
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- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
- AMED-CREST, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, 1-7-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0004, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0397, Japan.
- CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan.
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Ma R, Wang P, Wu J, Ruan K. Process of Fragment-Based Lead Discovery-A Perspective from NMR. Molecules 2016; 21:molecules21070854. [PMID: 27438813 PMCID: PMC6273320 DOI: 10.3390/molecules21070854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2016] [Revised: 05/22/2016] [Accepted: 05/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Fragment-based lead discovery (FBLD) has proven fruitful during the past two decades for a variety of targets, even challenging protein–protein interaction (PPI) systems. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy plays a vital role, from initial fragment-based screening to lead generation, because of its power to probe the intrinsically weak interactions between targets and low-molecular-weight fragments. Here, we review the NMR FBLD process from initial library construction to lead generation. We describe technical aspects regarding fragment library design, ligand- and protein-observed screening, and protein–ligand structure model generation. For weak binders, the initial hit-to-lead evolution can be guided by structural information retrieved from NMR spectroscopy, including chemical shift perturbation, transferred pseudocontact shifts, and paramagnetic relaxation enhancement. This perspective examines structure-guided optimization from weak fragment screening hits to potent leads for challenging PPI targets.
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- Rongsheng Ma
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at the Microscale, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, Anhui, China.
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at the Microscale, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, Anhui, China.
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at the Microscale, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, Anhui, China.
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at the Microscale, School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, Anhui, China.
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Chen WN, Nitsche C, Pilla KB, Graham B, Huber T, Klein CD, Otting G. Sensitive NMR Approach for Determining the Binding Mode of Tightly Binding Ligand Molecules to Protein Targets. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:4539-46. [PMID: 26974502 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b00416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Structure-guided drug design relies on detailed structural knowledge of protein-ligand complexes, but crystallization of cocomplexes is not always possible. Here we present a sensitive nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) approach to determine the binding mode of tightly binding lead compounds in complex with difficult target proteins. In contrast to established NMR methods, it does not depend on rapid exchange between bound and free ligand or on stable isotope labeling, relying instead on a tert-butyl group as a chemical label. tert-Butyl groups are found in numerous protein ligands and deliver an exceptionally narrow and tall (1)H NMR signal. We show that a tert-butyl group also produces outstandingly intense intra- and intermolecular NOESY cross-peaks. These enable measurements of pseudocontact shifts generated by lanthanide tags attached to the protein, which in turn allows positioning of the ligand on the protein. Once the ligand has been located, assignments of intermolecular NOEs become possible even without prior resonance assignments of protein side chains. The approach is demonstrated with the dengue virus NS2B-NS3 protease in complex with a high-affinity ligand containing a tert-butyl group.
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- Wan-Na Chen
- Australian National University , Research School of Chemistry, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Australian National University , Research School of Chemistry, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.,Medicinal Chemistry, Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, Heidelberg University , Im Neuenheimer Feld 364, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Australian National University , Research School of Chemistry, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University , Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Australian National University , Research School of Chemistry, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, Heidelberg University , Im Neuenheimer Feld 364, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Australian National University , Research School of Chemistry, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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Künze G, Köhling S, Vogel A, Rademann J, Huster D. Identification of the Glycosaminoglycan Binding Site of Interleukin-10 by NMR Spectroscopy. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:3100-13. [PMID: 26677224 PMCID: PMC4742770 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.681759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2015] [Revised: 12/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The biological function of interleukin-10 (IL-10), a pleiotropic cytokine with an essential role in inflammatory processes, is known to be affected by glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). GAGs are highly negatively charged polysaccharides and integral components of the extracellular matrix with important functions in the biology of many growth factors and cytokines. The molecular mechanism of the IL-10/GAG interaction is unclear. In particular, experimental evidence about IL-10/GAG binding sites is lacking, despite its importance for understanding the biological role of the interaction. Here, we report the experimental determination of a GAG binding site of IL-10. Although no co-crystal structure of the IL-10·GAG complex could be obtained, its structural characterization was possible by NMR spectroscopy. Chemical shift perturbations of IL-10 induced by GAG binding were used to narrow down the location of the binding site and to assess the affinity for different GAG molecules. Subsequent observation of NMR pseudocontact shifts of IL-10 and its heparin ligand, as induced by a protein-attached lanthanide spin label, provided structural restraints for the protein·ligand complex. Using these restraints, pseudocontact shift-based rigid body docking together with molecular dynamics simulations yielded a GAG binding model. The heparin binding site is located at the C-terminal end of helix D and the adjacent DE loop and coincides with a patch of positively charged residues involving arginines 102, 104, 106, and 107 and lysines 117 and 119. This study represents the first experimental characterization of the IL-10·GAG complex structure and provides the starting point for revealing the biological significance of the interaction of IL-10 with GAGs.
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- Georg Künze
- From the Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, University of Leipzig, Härtelstrasse 16/18, 04107 Leipzig, Germany and
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- From the Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, University of Leipzig, Härtelstrasse 16/18, 04107 Leipzig, Germany and the Institute of Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Strasse 2+4, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- From the Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, University of Leipzig, Härtelstrasse 16/18, 04107 Leipzig, Germany and
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- From the Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, University of Leipzig, Härtelstrasse 16/18, 04107 Leipzig, Germany and the Institute of Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Strasse 2+4, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- From the Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, University of Leipzig, Härtelstrasse 16/18, 04107 Leipzig, Germany and
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Carlon A, Ravera E, Andrałojć W, Parigi G, Murshudov GN, Luchinat C. How to tackle protein structural data from solution and solid state: An integrated approach. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2016; 92-93:54-70. [PMID: 26952192 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2016.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2015] [Revised: 01/13/2016] [Accepted: 01/13/2016] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Long-range NMR restraints, such as diamagnetic residual dipolar couplings and paramagnetic data, can be used to determine 3D structures of macromolecules. They are also used to monitor, and potentially to improve, the accuracy of a macromolecular structure in solution by validating or "correcting" a crystal model. Since crystal structures suffer from crystal packing forces they may not be accurate models for the macromolecular structures in solution. However, the presence of real differences should be tested for by simultaneous refinement of the structure using both crystal and solution NMR data. To achieve this, the program REFMAC5 from CCP4 was modified to allow the simultaneous use of X-ray crystallographic and paramagnetic NMR data and/or diamagnetic residual dipolar couplings. Inconsistencies between crystal structures and solution NMR data, if any, may be due either to structural rearrangements occurring on passing from the solution to solid state, or to a greater degree of conformational heterogeneity in solution with respect to the crystal. In the case of multidomain proteins, paramagnetic restraints can provide the correct mutual orientations and positions of domains in solution, as well as information on the conformational variability experienced by the macromolecule.
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- Azzurra Carlon
- Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM) and Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Italy(1).
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- Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM) and Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Italy(1).
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- Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM) and Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Italy(1).
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- Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM) and Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Italy(1).
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- MRC Laboratory for Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Ave, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.
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- Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM) and Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, Italy(1).
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Ligand-driven conformational changes of MurD visualized by paramagnetic NMR. Sci Rep 2015; 5:16685. [PMID: 26582338 PMCID: PMC4652230 DOI: 10.1038/srep16685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2015] [Accepted: 10/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Proteins, especially multi-domain proteins, often undergo drastic conformational changes upon binding to ligands or by post-translational modifications, which is a key step to regulate their function. However, the detailed mechanisms of such dynamic regulation of the functional processes are poorly understood because of the lack of an efficient tool. We here demonstrate detailed characterization of conformational changes of MurD, a 47 kDa protein enzyme consisting of three domains, by the use of solution NMR equipped with paramagnetic lanthanide probe. Quantitative analysis of pseudocontact shifts has identified a novel conformational state of MurD, named semi-closed conformation, which is found to be the key to understand how MurD regulates the binding of the ligands. The modulation of the affinity coupled with conformational changes accentuates the importance of conformational state to be evaluated in drug design.
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Brath U, Swamy SI, Veiga AX, Tung CC, Van Petegem F, Erdélyi M. Paramagnetic Ligand Tagging To Identify Protein Binding Sites. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:11391-8. [PMID: 26289584 PMCID: PMC4583072 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b06220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Transient
biomolecular interactions are the cornerstones of the
cellular machinery. The identification of the binding sites for low
affinity molecular encounters is essential for the development of
high affinity pharmaceuticals from weakly binding leads but is hindered
by the lack of robust methodologies for characterization of weakly
binding complexes. We introduce a paramagnetic ligand tagging approach
that enables localization of low affinity protein–ligand binding
clefts by detection and analysis of intermolecular protein NMR pseudocontact
shifts, which are invoked by the covalent attachment of a paramagnetic
lanthanoid chelating tag to the ligand of interest. The methodology
is corroborated by identification of the low millimolar volatile anesthetic
interaction site of the calcium sensor protein calmodulin. It presents
an efficient route to binding site localization for low affinity complexes
and is applicable to rapid screening of protein–ligand systems
with varying binding affinity.
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- Ulrika Brath
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology and the Swedish NMR Centre, University of Gothenburg , SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology and the Swedish NMR Centre, University of Gothenburg , SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology and the Swedish NMR Centre, University of Gothenburg , SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia , Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia , Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology and the Swedish NMR Centre, University of Gothenburg , SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Andrałojć W, Berlin K, Fushman D, Luchinat C, Parigi G, Ravera E, Sgheri L. Information content of long-range NMR data for the characterization of conformational heterogeneity. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2015; 62:353-71. [PMID: 26044033 PMCID: PMC4782772 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-015-9951-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2015] [Accepted: 05/25/2015] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
Abstract
Long-range NMR data, namely residual dipolar couplings (RDCs) from external alignment and paramagnetic data, are becoming increasingly popular for the characterization of conformational heterogeneity of multidomain biomacromolecules and protein complexes. The question addressed here is how much information is contained in these averaged data. We have analyzed and compared the information content of conformationally averaged RDCs caused by steric alignment and of both RDCs and pseudocontact shifts caused by paramagnetic alignment, and found that, despite the substantial differences, they contain a similar amount of information. Furthermore, using several synthetic tests we find that both sets of data are equally good towards recovering the major state(s) in conformational distributions.
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- Witold Andrałojć
- Center for Magnetic Resonance (CERM), University of Florence, Via
L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Biomolecular
Structure and Organization, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Biomolecular
Structure and Organization, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
- Corresponding authors: David Fushman, ,
Claudio Luchinat,
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- Center for Magnetic Resonance (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
- Corresponding authors: David Fushman, ,
Claudio Luchinat,
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- Center for Magnetic Resonance (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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- Center for Magnetic Resonance (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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- Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo, Sezione di Firenze,
CNR, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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Crick DJ, Wang JX, Graham B, Swarbrick JD, Mott HR, Nietlispach D. Integral membrane protein structure determination using pseudocontact shifts. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2015; 61:197-207. [PMID: 25604936 PMCID: PMC4412549 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-015-9899-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2014] [Accepted: 01/13/2015] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Obtaining enough experimental restraints can be a limiting factor in the NMR structure determination of larger proteins. This is particularly the case for large assemblies such as membrane proteins that have been solubilized in a membrane-mimicking environment. Whilst in such cases extensive deuteration strategies are regularly utilised with the aim to improve the spectral quality, these schemes often limit the number of NOEs obtainable, making complementary strategies highly beneficial for successful structure elucidation. Recently, lanthanide-induced pseudocontact shifts (PCSs) have been established as a structural tool for globular proteins. Here, we demonstrate that a PCS-based approach can be successfully applied for the structure determination of integral membrane proteins. Using the 7TM α-helical microbial receptor pSRII, we show that PCS-derived restraints from lanthanide binding tags attached to four different positions of the protein facilitate the backbone structure determination when combined with a limited set of NOEs. In contrast, the same set of NOEs fails to determine the correct 3D fold. The latter situation is frequently encountered in polytopical α-helical membrane proteins and a PCS approach is thus suitable even for this particularly challenging class of membrane proteins. The ease of measuring PCSs makes this an attractive route for structure determination of large membrane proteins in general.
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- Duncan J. Crick
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Lee MD, Loh CT, Shin J, Chhabra S, Dennis ML, Otting G, Swarbrick JD, Graham B. Compact, hydrophilic, lanthanide-binding tags for paramagnetic NMR spectroscopy. Chem Sci 2015; 6:2614-2624. [PMID: 29560247 PMCID: PMC5812434 DOI: 10.1039/c4sc03892d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2014] [Accepted: 02/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The design, synthesis and evaluation of four novel lanthanide-binding tags for paramagnetic NMR spectroscopy are reported.
The design, synthesis and evaluation of four novel lanthanide-binding tags for paramagnetic NMR spectroscopy are reported. Each tag is based on the ((2S,2′S,2′′S,2′′′S)-1,1′,1′′,1′′′-(1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetrayl)tetrakis(propan-2-ol)) scaffold, featuring small chiral alcohol coordinating pendants to minimise the size and hydrophobic character of each tag. The tags feature different linkers of variable length for conjugation to protein via a single cysteine residue. Each tag's ability to induce pseudocontact shifts (PCS) was assessed on a ubiquitin A28C mutant. Two enantiomeric tags of particular note, C7 and C8, produced significantly larger Δχ-tensors compared to a previously developed tag, C1, attributed to the extremely short linker utilised, limiting the mobility of the bound lanthanide ion. The C7 and C8 tags' capacity to induce PCSs was further demonstrated on GB1 Q32C and 6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin pyrophosphokinase (HPPK) S112C/C80A mutants. Whilst factors such as the choice of lanthanide ion, pH and site of conjugation influence the size of the PCSs obtained, the tags represent a significant advance in the field.
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- M D Lee
- Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Monash University , Parkville , VIC 3052 , Australia . ;
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- Research School of Chemistry , Australian National University , Canberra , ACT 0200 , Australia
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- Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Monash University , Parkville , VIC 3052 , Australia . ;
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- Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Monash University , Parkville , VIC 3052 , Australia . ;
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- Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Monash University , Parkville , VIC 3052 , Australia . ;
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- Research School of Chemistry , Australian National University , Canberra , ACT 0200 , Australia
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- Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Monash University , Parkville , VIC 3052 , Australia . ;
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- Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Monash University , Parkville , VIC 3052 , Australia . ;
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Loh CT, Graham B, Abdelkader EH, Tuck KL, Otting G. Generation of pseudocontact shifts in proteins with lanthanides using small "clickable" nitrilotriacetic acid and iminodiacetic acid tags. Chemistry 2015; 21:5084-92. [PMID: 25676727 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201406274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2014] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
Pseudocontact shifts (PCS) induced by paramagnetic lanthanide ions provide unique long-range structural information in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra, but the site-specific attachment of lanthanide tags to proteins remains a challenge. Here we incorporated p-azido-phenylalanine (AzF) site-specifically into the proteins ubiquitin and GB1, and ligated the AzF residue with alkyne derivatives of small nitrilotriacetic acid and iminodiacetic acid tags using the Cu(I) -catalysed "click" reaction. These tags form lanthanide complexes with no or only a small net charge and produced sizeable PCSs with paramagnetic lanthanide ions in all mutants tested. The PCSs were readily fitted by single magnetic susceptibility anisotropy tensors. Protein precipitation during the click reaction was greatly alleviated by the presence of 150 mM NaCl.
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- Choy-Theng Loh
- Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 2601 (Australia)
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Rinaldelli M, Carlon A, Ravera E, Parigi G, Luchinat C. FANTEN: a new web-based interface for the analysis of magnetic anisotropy-induced NMR data. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2015; 61:21-34. [PMID: 25416616 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-014-9877-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2014] [Accepted: 11/15/2014] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Pseudocontact shifts (PCSs) and residual dipolar couplings (RDCs) arising from the presence of paramagnetic metal ions in proteins as well as RDCs due to partial orientation induced by external orienting media are nowadays routinely measured as a part of the NMR characterization of biologically relevant systems. PCSs and RDCs are becoming more and more popular as restraints (1) to determine and/or refine protein structures in solution, (2) to monitor the extent of conformational heterogeneity in systems composed of rigid domains which can reorient with respect to one another, and (3) to obtain structural information in protein-protein complexes. The use of both PCSs and RDCs proceeds through the determination of the anisotropy tensors which are at the origin of these NMR observables. A new user-friendly web tool, called FANTEN (Finding ANisotropy TENsors), has been developed for the determination of the anisotropy tensors related to PCSs and RDCs and has been made freely available through the WeNMR ( http://fanten-enmr.cerm.unifi.it:8080 ) gateway. The program has many new features not available in other existing programs, among which the possibility of a joint analysis of several sets of PCS and RDC data and the possibility to perform rigid body minimizations.
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- Mauro Rinaldelli
- CERM and Department of Chemistry "Ugo Schiff", University of Florence, via Sacconi 6, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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Canales Á, Mallagaray Á, Berbís MÁ, Navarro-Vázquez A, Domínguez G, Cañada FJ, André S, Gabius HJ, Pérez-Castells J, Jiménez-Barbero J. Lanthanide-Chelating Carbohydrate Conjugates Are Useful Tools To Characterize Carbohydrate Conformation in Solution and Sensitive Sensors to Detect Carbohydrate–Protein Interactions. J Am Chem Soc 2014; 136:8011-7. [DOI: 10.1021/ja502406x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Ángeles Canales
- Department
of Química Orgánica I, Fac. C.C. Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Avd. Complutense s/n 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Department
of De Biología Físico-Química, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Department
of De Biología Físico-Química, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Department
of Química Orgánica, Universidade de Vigo, Campus Universitario
Vigo, 36310, Pontevedra, Spain
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- Faculty
of De Farmacia, Department of Química, Universidad CEU San Pablo, Urb. Montepríncipe, ctra. Boadilla del Monte, 28668, Madrid, Spain
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- Department
of De Biología Físico-Química, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute
of Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians University, 80539, Munich, Germany
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- Institute
of Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians University, 80539, Munich, Germany
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- Faculty
of De Farmacia, Department of Química, Universidad CEU San Pablo, Urb. Montepríncipe, ctra. Boadilla del Monte, 28668, Madrid, Spain
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- Department
of De Biología Físico-Química, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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Huang F, Pei YY, Zuo HH, Chen JL, Yang Y, Su XC. Bioconjugation of proteins with a paramagnetic NMR and fluorescent tag. Chemistry 2013; 19:17141-9. [PMID: 24307370 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201302273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Site-specific labeling of proteins with lanthanide ions offers great opportunities for investigating the structure, function, and dynamics of proteins by virtue of the unique properties of lanthanides. Lanthanide-tagged proteins can be studied by NMR, X-ray, fluorescence, and EPR spectroscopy. However, the rigidity of a lanthanide tag in labeling of proteins plays a key role in the determination of protein structures and interactions. Pseudocontact shift (PCS) and paramagnetic relaxation enhancement (PRE) are valuable long-range structure restraints in structural-biology NMR spectroscopy. Generation of these paramagnetic restraints generally relies on site-specific tagging of the target proteins with paramagnetic species. To avoid nonspecific interaction between the target protein and paramagnetic tag and achieve reliable paramagnetic effects, the rigidity, stability, and size of lanthanide tag is highly important in paramagnetic labeling of proteins. Here 4'-mercapto-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine-6,6''-dicarboxylic acid (4MTDA) is introduced as a a rigid paramagnetic and fluorescent tag which can be site-specifically attached to a protein by formation of a disulfide bond. 4MTDA can be readily immobilized by coordination of the protein side chain to the lanthanide ion. Large PCSs and RDCs were observed for 4MTDA-tagged proteins in complexes with paramagnetic lanthanide ions. At an excitation wavelength of 340 nm, the complex formed by protein-4MTDA and Tb(3+) produces high fluorescence with the main emission at 545 nm. These interesting features of 4MTDA make it a very promising tag that can be exploited in NMR, fluorescence, and EPR spectroscopic studies on protein structure, interaction, and dynamics.
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- Feng Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-organic Chemistry and College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Weijin Road 94, Tianjin 300071 (P. R. China), Fax: (+86) 22-23500623
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Shishmarev D, Otting G. How reliable are pseudocontact shifts induced in proteins and ligands by mobile paramagnetic metal tags? A modelling study. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2013; 56:203-16. [PMID: 23652856 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-013-9738-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2013] [Accepted: 04/27/2013] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The anisotropic component of the magnetic susceptibility tensor (Δχ tensor) associated with various paramagnetic metal ions can induce pseudocontact shifts (PCSs) and residual dipolar couplings (RDCs) in proteins, yielding valuable restraints in structural studies. In particular, PCSs have successfully been used to study ligands that bind to proteins tagged with a paramagnetic metal ion, which is of great interest in fragment-based drug design. To create easy-to-interpret PCSs, the metal ion must be attached to the protein in a rigid manner. Most of the existing methods for site-specific attachment of a metal tag, however, result in tethers with residual flexibility. Here we present model calculations to quantify the extent, to which mobility of the metal-binding tag can compromise the quality of the Δχ tensor that can be determined from the PCSs observed in the protein. Assuming that the protein can be approximated by a sphere and the tag is attached by a single tether, the results show that a single effective ∆χ tensor can describe the PCSs and RDCs of the protein spins very well even in the presence of substantial tag mobility, implying that PCSs of ligands in binding pockets of the protein can be predicted with similar accuracy. In contrast, the quality of the PCS prediction for nuclear spins positioned above the surface of the protein is significantly poorer, with implications for studies of protein-protein complexes. The simulations probed the sensitivity of the effective Δχ tensor to different parameters, including length of the tether between protein and metal ion, protein size, type and amplitude of tag motion, tensor orientation relative to the protein and direction of tag motion. Tether length and amplitude of motion were identified as two key parameters. It is shown that the amplitude of tag motions cannot be quantified by simple comparisons of the effective Δχ tensor with the alignment tensor determined from RDCs.
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- Dmitry Shishmarev
- Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia
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Guan JY, Keizers PHJ, Liu WM, Löhr F, Skinner SP, Heeneman EA, Schwalbe H, Ubbink M, Siegal G. Small-molecule binding sites on proteins established by paramagnetic NMR spectroscopy. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 135:5859-68. [PMID: 23509882 DOI: 10.1021/ja401323m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Determining the three-dimensional structure of a small molecule-protein complex with weak affinity can be a significant challenge. We present a paramagnetic NMR method to determine intermolecular structure restraints based on pseudocontact shifts (PCSs). Since the ligand must be in fast exchange between free and bound states and the fraction bound can be as low as a few percent, the method is ideal for ligands with high micromolar to millimolar dissociation constants. Paramagnetic tags are attached, one at a time, in a well-defined way via two arms at several sites on the protein surface. The ligand PCSs were measured from simple 1D (1)H spectra and used as docking restraints. An independent confirmation of the complex structure was carried out using intermolecular NOEs. The results show that structures derived from these two approaches are similar. The best results are obtained if the magnetic susceptibility tensors of the tags are known, but it is demonstrated that with two-armed probes, the magnetic susceptibility tensor can be predicted with sufficient accuracy to provide a low-resolution model of the ligand orientation and the location of the binding site in the absence of isotope-labeled protein. This approach can facilitate fragment-based drug discovery in obtaining structural information on the initial fragment hits.
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- Jia-Ying Guan
- Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Post Office Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Yagi H, Maleckis A, Otting G. A systematic study of labelling an α-helix in a protein with a lanthanide using IDA-SH or NTA-SH tags. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2013; 55:157-166. [PMID: 23263916 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-012-9697-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2012] [Accepted: 12/15/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The previously published IDA-SH and NTA-SH tags are small synthetic lanthanide-binding tags derived from cysteine, which afford site-specific lanthanide labelling by disulfide-bond formation with a cysteine residue of the target protein. Following attachment to a single cysteine in an α-helix, sizeable pseudocontact shifts (PCS) can be observed, if the lanthanide is immobilized by additional coordination to a negatively charged amino-acid side chain that is located in a neighboring turn of the helix. To identify the best labelling strategy for PCS measurements, we performed a systematic study, where IDA-SH or NTA-SH tags were ligated to a cysteine residue in position i of an α-helix, and aspartate or glutamate residues were placed in the positions i - 4 or i + 4. The largest anisotropy components of the magnetic susceptibility tensor were observed for an NTA-SH tag in position i with a glutamate residue in position i - 4. While the NTA-SH tag produced sizeable PCSs regardless of the presence of nearby carboxyl groups of the protein, the IDA-SH tag generated a good lanthanide binding site only if an aspartate was placed in position i + 4. The findings provide a firm basis for the design of site-directed mutants that are suitable for the reliable generation of PCSs in proteins with paramagnetic lanthanides.
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- Hiromasa Yagi
- Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia
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Loh CT, Ozawa K, Tuck KL, Barlow N, Huber T, Otting G, Graham B. Lanthanide Tags for Site-Specific Ligation to an Unnatural Amino Acid and Generation of Pseudocontact Shifts in Proteins. Bioconjug Chem 2013; 24:260-8. [DOI: 10.1021/bc300631z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Choy Theng Loh
- Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200,
Australia
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- School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Parkville,
VIC 3052, Australia
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- Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200,
Australia
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- Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200,
Australia
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Parkville,
VIC 3052, Australia
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Liu WM, Keizers PHJ, Hass MAS, Blok A, Timmer M, Sarris AJC, Overhand M, Ubbink M. A pH-sensitive, colorful, lanthanide-chelating paramagnetic NMR probe. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:17306-13. [PMID: 22994925 DOI: 10.1021/ja307824e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Paramagnetic lanthanides ions are broadly used in NMR spectroscopy. The effects of unpaired electrons on NMR spectral parameters provide a powerful tool for the characterization of macromolecular structures and dynamics. Here, a new lanthanide-chelating NMR probe, Caged Lanthanide NMR Probe-7 (CLaNP-7), is presented. It can be attached to protein surfaces via two disulfide bridges, yielding a probe that is rigid relative to the protein backbone. CLaNP-7 extends the application range of available probes. It has a yellow color, which is helpful for sample preparation. Its effects are comparable to those of CLaNP-5, but its charge is two units lower (+1) than that of CLaNP-5 (+3), reducing the change in surface potential after probe attachment. It also has a different magnetic susceptibility tensor, so by using both tags, two sets of structural restraints can be obtained per engineered cysteine pair. Moreover, it was found that the orientation of the magnetic susceptibility tensor is pH dependent (pK(a) ≈ 7) when a histidine residue is located in the neighborhood of the probe attachment site. The results show that the His imidazole group interacts with the CLaNP-7 tag. It is proposed that the histidine residue forms a hydrogen bond to a water/hydroxyl molecule that occupies the ninth coordination position on the lanthanide, thus breaking the two-fold symmetry of the CLaNP tag in a pH-dependent way.
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- Wei-Min Liu
- Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Kobashigawa Y, Saio T, Ushio M, Sekiguchi M, Yokochi M, Ogura K, Inagaki F. Convenient method for resolving degeneracies due to symmetry of the magnetic susceptibility tensor and its application to pseudo contact shift-based protein-protein complex structure determination. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2012; 53:53-63. [PMID: 22487935 PMCID: PMC3351616 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-012-9623-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2012] [Accepted: 03/27/2012] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
Abstract
Pseudo contact shifts (PCSs) induced by paramagnetic lanthanide ions fixed in a protein frame provide long-range distance and angular information, and are valuable for the structure determination of protein-protein and protein-ligand complexes. We have been developing a lanthanide-binding peptide tag (hereafter LBT) anchored at two points via a peptide bond and a disulfide bond to the target proteins. However, the magnetic susceptibility tensor displays symmetry, which can cause multiple degenerated solutions in a structure calculation based solely on PCSs. Here we show a convenient method for resolving this degeneracy by changing the spacer length between the LBT and target protein. We applied this approach to PCS-based rigid body docking between the FKBP12-rapamycin complex and the mTOR FRB domain, and demonstrated that degeneracy could be resolved using the PCS restraints obtained from two-point anchored LBT with two different spacer lengths. The present strategy will markedly increase the usefulness of two-point anchored LBT for protein complex structure determination.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yoshihiro Kobashigawa
- Department of Structural Biology, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, N-21, W-11, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 001-0021 Japan
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- Department of Structural Biology, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, N-21, W-11, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 001-0021 Japan
| | - Masahiro Ushio
- Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
| | - Mitsuhiro Sekiguchi
- Analysis and Pharmacokinetics Research Labs, Department of Drug Discovery, Astellas Pharma Inc., Tokyo, Japan
| | - Masashi Yokochi
- Department of Structural Biology, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, N-21, W-11, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 001-0021 Japan
| | - Kenji Ogura
- Department of Structural Biology, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, N-21, W-11, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 001-0021 Japan
| | - Fuyuhiko Inagaki
- Department of Structural Biology, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, N-21, W-11, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 001-0021 Japan
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