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Rüdisser SH, Matabaro E, Sonderegger L, Güntert P, Künzler M, Gossert AD. Conformations of Macrocyclic Peptides Sampled by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: Models for Cell-Permeability. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:27601-27615. [PMID: 38062770 PMCID: PMC10739998 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c09367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2023] [Revised: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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The biological activities and pharmacological properties of peptides and peptide mimetics are determined by their conformational states. Therefore, a detailed understanding of the conformational landscape is crucial for rational drug design. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is the only method for structure determination in solution. However, it remains challenging to determine the structures of peptides using NMR because of very weak nuclear Overhauser effects (NOEs), the semiquantitative nature of the rotating frame Overhauser effect (ROE), and the low number of NOEs/ROEs in N-methylated peptides. In this study, we introduce a new approach to investigating the structures of modified macrocyclic peptides. We utilize exact NOEs (eNOEs) in viscous solvent mixtures to replicate various cellular environments. eNOEs provide detailed structural information for highly dynamic modified peptides. Structures of high precision were obtained for cyclosporin A, with a backbone atom rmsd of 0.10 Å. Distinct conformational states in different environments were identified for omphalotin A (OmphA), a fungal nematotoxic and multiple backbone N-methylated macrocyclic peptides. A model for cell-permeation is presented for OmphA, based on its structures in polar, apolar, and mixed polarity solvents. During the transition from a polar to an apolar environment, OmphA undergoes a rearrangement of its H-bonding network, accompanied by a cis to trans isomerization of the ω torsion angle within a type VIa β-turn. We hypothesize that the kinetics of these conformational transitions play a crucial role in determining the membrane-permeation capabilities of OmphA.
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- Department
of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH
Zürich, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
- Institute
of Biophysical Chemistry, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main 60438, Germany
- Department
of Chemistry, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
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- Department
of Biology, ETH Zürich, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
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Novikova D, Al Mustafa A, Grigoreva T, Vorona S, Selivanov S, Tribulovich V. NMR-Verified Dearomatization of 5,7-Substituted Pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines. Molecules 2023; 28:6584. [PMID: 37764360 PMCID: PMC10535613 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28186584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2023] [Revised: 09/03/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Tetrahydropyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine (THPP) is an attractive scaffold for designing biologically active compounds. The most obvious way to obtain such compounds is to reduce pyrazolopyrimidines with complex hydrides, because the pyrimidine ring is reduced in the preference over the pyrazole ring. The presence of substituents at positions five and seven of pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines complicates the set of reaction products but makes it more attractive for medicinal chemistry because four possible stereoisomers can be formed during reduction. However, the formation of only syn-isomers has been described in the literature. This article is the first report on the formation of anti-configured isomers along with syn-isomers in the reduction of model 5,7-dimethylpyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine, which was confirmed by NMR. The bicyclic core in the syn-configuration was shown to be conformationally stable, which was used to estimate the long-range interproton distances using NOESY data. At the same time, long-range dipole-dipole interactions corresponding to a distance between protons of more than 6 Å were first registered and quantified. In turn, the bicyclic core in the trans-configuration represents a conformationally labile system. For these structures, an analysis of conformations observed in solutions was carried out. Our results indicate the significant potential of trans-configured tetrahydropyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines for the development of active small molecules. While possessing structural lability due to the low energy of the conformational transition, they have the ability to adjust to the active site of the desired target.
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- Daria Novikova
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, St. Petersburg State Institute of Technology, St. Petersburg 190013, Russia; (A.A.M.); (T.G.); (S.V.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, St. Petersburg State Institute of Technology, St. Petersburg 190013, Russia; (A.A.M.); (T.G.); (S.V.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, St. Petersburg State Institute of Technology, St. Petersburg 190013, Russia; (A.A.M.); (T.G.); (S.V.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, St. Petersburg State Institute of Technology, St. Petersburg 190013, Russia; (A.A.M.); (T.G.); (S.V.)
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- Laboratory of Biomolecular NMR, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia;
- Department of Organic Chemistry, St. Petersburg State Institute of Technology, St. Petersburg 190013, Russia
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, St. Petersburg State Institute of Technology, St. Petersburg 190013, Russia; (A.A.M.); (T.G.); (S.V.)
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Hussain A, Paukovich N, Henen MA, Vögeli B. Advances in the exact nuclear Overhauser effect 2018-2022. Methods 2022; 206:87-98. [PMID: 35985641 PMCID: PMC9596134 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2022.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2022] [Revised: 08/05/2022] [Accepted: 08/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The introduction of the exact nuclear Overhauser enhancement (eNOE) methodology to solution-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy results in tighter distance restraints from NOEs than in convention analysis. These improved restraints allow for higher resolution in structure calculation and even the disentanglement of different conformations of macromolecules. While initial work primarily focused on technical development of the eNOE, structural studies aimed at the elucidation of spatial sampling in proteins and nucleic acids were published in parallel prior to 2018. The period of 2018-2022 saw a continued series of technical innovation, but also major applications addressing biological questions. Here, we review both aspects, covering topics from the implementation of non-uniform sampling of NOESY buildups, novel pulse sequences, adaption of the eNOE to solid-state NMR, advances in eNOE data analysis, and innovations in structural ensemble calculation, to applications to protein, RNA, and DNA structure elucidation.
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- Alya Hussain
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, 12801 E. 17(th) Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, 12801 E. 17(th) Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, 12801 E. 17(th) Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, 12801 E. 17(th) Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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Pokharna A, Torres F, Kadavath H, Orts J, Riek R. An improved, time-efficient approach to extract accurate distance restraints for NMR 2 structure calculation. MAGNETIC RESONANCE (GOTTINGEN, GERMANY) 2022; 3:137-144. [PMID: 37904864 PMCID: PMC10539809 DOI: 10.5194/mr-3-137-2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/01/2023]
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Exact nuclear Overhauser enhancement (eNOE) yields highly accurate, ensemble averaged 1 H-1 H distance restraints with an accuracy of up to 0.1 Å for the multi-state structure determination of proteins as well as for nuclear magnetic resonance molecular replacement (N MR2 ) to determine the structure of the protein-ligand interaction site in a time-efficient manner. However, in the latter application, the acquired eNOEs lack the obtainable precision of 0.1 Å because of the asymmetrical nature of the filtered nuclear Overhauser enhancement spectroscopy (NOESY) experiment used in N MR2 . This error is further propagated to the eNOE equations used to fit and extract the distance restraints. In this work, a new analysis method is proposed to obtain inter-molecular distance restraints from the filtered NOESY spectrum more accurately and intuitively by dividing the NOE cross peak by the corresponding diagonal peak of the ligand. The method termed diagonal-normalised eNOEs was tested on the data acquired by on the complex of PIN1 and a small, weak-binding phenylimidazole fragment. N MR2 calculations performed using the distances derived from diagonal-normalised eNOEs yielded the right orientation of the fragment in the binding pocket and produced a structure that more closely resembles the benchmark X-ray structure (2XP6) with an average heavy-atom root-mean-square deviation (RMSD) of 1.681 Å with respect to it, when compared to the one produced with traditional N MR2 with an average heavy atom RMSD of 3.628 Å. This is attributed to the higher precision of the evaluated distance restraints.
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- Aditya Pokharna
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, HCI F217, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, HCI F217, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 2F 353, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 2F 353, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, HCI F217, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Wieske LHE, Erdélyi M. Non-uniform sampling for NOESY? A case study on spiramycin. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2021; 59:723-737. [PMID: 33469934 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.5133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2020] [Revised: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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To date, most nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-based 3-D structure determinations of both small molecules and of biopolymers utilize the nuclear Overhauser effect (NOE) via NOESY spectra. The acquisition of high-quality NOESY spectra is a prerequisite for quantitative analysis providing accurate interatomic distances. As the acquisition of NOE build-ups is time-consuming, acceleration of the process by the use of non-uniform sampling (NUS) may seem beneficial; however, the quantitativity of NOESY spectra acquired with NUS has not yet been validated. Herein, NOESY spectra with various extents of NUS have been recorded, artificial NUS spectra with two different sampling schemes created, and by using two different NUS reconstruction algorithms the influence of NUS on the data quality was evaluated. Using statistical analyses, NUS is demonstrated to influence the accuracy of quantitative NOE experiments. The NOE-based distances show an increased error as the sampling density decreases. Weak NOE signals are affected more severely by NUS than more intense ones. The application of NUS with NOESY comes at two major costs: the interatomic distances are determined with lower accuracy and long-range correlations are lost.
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- Department of Chemistry-BMC, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Strotz D, Orts J, Kadavath H, Friedmann M, Ghosh D, Olsson S, Chi CN, Güntert P, Vögeli B, Riek R. Protein Allostery at Atomic Resolution. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:22132-22139. [PMID: 32797659 PMCID: PMC9202374 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202008734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Revised: 07/23/2020] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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Protein allostery is a phenomenon involving the long range coupling between two distal sites in a protein. In order to elucidate allostery at atomic resoluion on the ligand-binding WW domain of the enzyme Pin1, multistate structures were calculated from exact nuclear Overhauser effect (eNOE). In its free form, the protein undergoes a microsecond exchange between two states, one of which is predisposed to interact with its parent catalytic domain. In presence of the positive allosteric ligand, the equilibrium between the two states is shifted towards domain-domain interaction, suggesting a population shift model. In contrast, the allostery-suppressing ligand decouples the side-chain arrangement at the inter-domain interface thereby reducing the inter-domain interaction. As such, this mechanism is an example of dynamic allostery. The presented distinct modes of action highlight the power of the interplay between dynamics and function in the biological activity of proteins.
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- Dean Strotz
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH-Hönggerberg, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH-Hönggerberg, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH-Hönggerberg, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH-Hönggerberg, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH-Hönggerberg, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala Biomedical Center, Uppsala University, 751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH-Hönggerberg, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance, and Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, J.W. Goethe-Universität, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado at Denver, 12801 East 17 Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH-Hönggerberg, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Nichols PJ, Born A, Henen MA, Strotz D, Jones DN, Delaglio F, Vögeli B. Reducing the measurement time of exact NOEs by non-uniform sampling. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2020; 74:717-739. [PMID: 32880802 PMCID: PMC9204832 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-020-00344-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2020] [Accepted: 08/23/2020] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
Abstract
We have previously reported on the measurement of exact NOEs (eNOEs), which yield a wealth of additional information in comparison to conventional NOEs. We have used these eNOEs in a variety of applications, including calculating high-resolution structures of proteins and RNA molecules. The collection of eNOEs is challenging, however, due to the need to measure a NOESY buildup series consisting of typically four NOESY spectra with varying mixing times in a single measurement session. While the 2D version can be completed in a few days, a fully sampled 3D-NOESY buildup series can take 10 days or more to acquire. This can be both expensive as well as problematic in the case of samples that are not stable over such a long period of time. One potential method to significantly decrease the required measurement time of eNOEs is to use non-uniform sampling (NUS) to decrease the number of points measured in the indirect dimensions. The effect of NUS on the extremely tight distance restraints extracted from eNOEs may be very pronounced. Therefore, we investigated the fidelity of eNOEs measured from three test cases at decreasing NUS densities: the 18.4 kDa protein human Pin1, the 4.1 kDa WW domain of Pin1 (both in 3D), and a 4.6 kDa 14mer RNA UUCG tetraloop (2D). Our results show that NUS imparted negligible error on the eNOE distances derived from good quality data down to 10% sampling for all three cases, but there is a noticeable decrease in the eNOE yield that is dependent upon the underlying sparsity, and thus complexity, of the sample. For Pin1, this transition occurred at roughly 40% while for the WW domain and the UUCG tetraloop it occurred at lower NUS densities of 20% and 10%, respectively. We rationalized these numbers through reconstruction simulations under various conditions. The extent of this loss depends upon the number of scans taken as well as the number of peaks to be reconstructed. Based on these findings, we have created guidelines for choosing an optimal NUS density depending on the number of peaks needed to be reconstructed in the densest region of a 2D or 3D NOESY spectrum.
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- Parker J Nichols
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, 12801 East 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, 12801 East 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, 12801 East 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, 35516, Egypt
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, ETH-Hönggerberg, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, 12801 East 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Maryland, 9600 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, ML, 20850, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, 12801 East 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA.
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Grohe K, Nimerovsky E, Singh H, Vasa SK, Söldner B, Vögeli B, Rienstra CM, Linser R. Exact distance measurements for structure and dynamics in solid proteins by fast-magic-angle-spinning NMR. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:7899-7902. [PMID: 31199417 DOI: 10.1039/c9cc02317h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
Fast-magic-angle-spinning solid-state NMR is a developing technique for determination of protein structure and dynamics. Proton-proton correlations usually lead to rough distance restraints, a serious hurdle towards high-resolution structures. Analogous to the "eNOE" concept in solution, an integrative approach for more accurate restraints enables improved structural accuracy with minimal analytical effort.
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- Kristof Grohe
- Faculty for Chemistry and Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Butenandtstr. 5-13, 81377 Munich, Germany. and Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Technical University Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Straße 4a, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Faculty for Chemistry and Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Butenandtstr. 5-13, 81377 Munich, Germany. and Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Technical University Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Straße 4a, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Faculty for Chemistry and Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Butenandtstr. 5-13, 81377 Munich, Germany. and Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Technical University Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Straße 4a, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Faculty for Chemistry and Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Butenandtstr. 5-13, 81377 Munich, Germany.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver, 12801 East 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Faculty for Chemistry and Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Butenandtstr. 5-13, 81377 Munich, Germany. and Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Technical University Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Straße 4a, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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Nichols PJ, Born A, Henen MA, Strotz D, Celestine CN, Güntert P, Vögeli B. Extending the Applicability of Exact Nuclear Overhauser Enhancements to Large Proteins and RNA. Chembiochem 2018; 19:1695-1701. [PMID: 29883016 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201800237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Abstract
Distance-dependent nuclear Overhauser enhancements (NOEs) are one of the most popular and important experimental restraints for calculating NMR structures. Despite this, they are mostly employed as semiquantitative upper distance bounds, and this discards the wealth of information that is encoded in the cross-relaxation rate constant. Information that is lost includes exact distances between protons and dynamics that occur on the sub-millisecond timescale. Our recently introduced exact measurement of the NOE (eNOE) requires little additional experimental effort relative to other NMR observables. So far, we have used eNOEs to calculate multistate ensembles of proteins up to approximately 150 residues. Here, we briefly revisit eNOE methodology and present two new directions for the use of eNOEs: applications to large proteins and RNA.
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- Parker J Nichols
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, 12801 East 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, 12801 East 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, 12801 East 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, 35516, Egypt
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, BMC Box 582, 75123, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
- Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, Goethe Universität Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 9, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-ohsawa, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0397, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, 12801 East 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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Nichols PJ, Henen MA, Born A, Strotz D, Güntert P, Vögeli B. High-resolution small RNA structures from exact nuclear Overhauser enhancement measurements without additional restraints. Commun Biol 2018; 1:61. [PMID: 30271943 PMCID: PMC6123705 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-018-0067-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2018] [Accepted: 05/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
RNA not only translates the genetic code into proteins, but also carries out important cellular functions. Understanding such functions requires knowledge of the structure and dynamics at atomic resolution. Almost half of the published RNA structures have been solved by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). However, as a result of severe resonance overlap and low proton density, high-resolution RNA structures are rarely obtained from nuclear Overhauser enhancement (NOE) data alone. Instead, additional semi-empirical restraints and labor-intensive techniques are required for structural averages, while there are only a few experimentally derived ensembles representing dynamics. Here we show that our exact NOE (eNOE) based structure determination protocol is able to define a 14-mer UUCG tetraloop structure at high resolution without other restraints. Additionally, we use eNOEs to calculate a two-state structure, which samples its conformational space. The protocol may open an avenue to obtain high-resolution structures of small RNA of unprecedented accuracy with moderate experimental efforts.
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- Parker J Nichols
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, 12801 East 17th Avenue, Aurora,, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, 12801 East 17th Avenue, Aurora,, CO, 80045, USA
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, 35516, Egypt
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, 12801 East 17th Avenue, Aurora,, CO, 80045, USA
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, ETH-Hönggerberg, Zürich, 8093, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, ETH-Hönggerberg, Zürich, 8093, Switzerland
- Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, 60438, Germany
- Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0397, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, 12801 East 17th Avenue, Aurora,, CO, 80045, USA.
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Structure determination of protein-ligand complexes by NMR in solution. Methods 2018; 138-139:3-25. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2018.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2017] [Revised: 01/24/2018] [Accepted: 01/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Chi CN, Strotz D, Riek R, Vögeli B. NOE-Derived Methyl Distances from a 360 kDa Proteasome Complex. Chemistry 2018; 24:2270-2276. [PMID: 29265588 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201705551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy is the prime tool to probe structure and dynamics of biomolecules at atomic resolution. A serious challenge for that method is the size limit imposed on molecules to be studied. Standard studies are typically restricted to ca. 30-40 kDa. More recent developments lead to spin relaxation measurements in methyl groups in single proteins or protein complexes as large as a mega-Dalton, which directly allow the extraction of angular information or experiments with paramagnetic samples. However, these probes are all of indirect nature in contrast to the most intuitive and easy-to-interpret structural/dynamics restraint, the internuclear distance, which can be measured by nuclear Overhauser enhancement (NOE). Herein, we demonstrate time-averaged distance measurements on the 360 kDa half proteasome from Thermoplasma acidophilium. The approach is based on exact quantification of the NOE (eNOE). Our findings open up an avenue for such measurements on very large molecules. These restraints will help in a detailed determination of conformational changes upon perturbation such as ligand binding.
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- Celestine N Chi
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala Biomedical Center, Uppsala University, 751 23, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH-Hönggerberg, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg, 28093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH-Hönggerberg, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg, 28093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado at Denver, 12801 East 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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Strotz D, Orts J, Chi CN, Riek R, Vögeli B. eNORA2 Exact NOE Analysis Program. J Chem Theory Comput 2017; 13:4336-4346. [PMID: 28727914 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.7b00436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
We have recently developed an NMR protocol to extract exact distances between nuclei in proteins from an exact interpretation of NOESY buildup intensities (eNOEs). This enabled us to calculate multistate structural ensembles that exhibit realistic spatial sampling and long-range correlations. Our initial studies were laborious and required a deep understanding of the underlying spin dynamics. Here, we present a MatLab package that integrates all data processing steps required to convert intensities of assigned peaks in NOESY series into upper and lower distance limits for structure calculation. Those steps include organization of the data in object format, extraction of autorelaxation and cross-relaxation rate constants by fitting of diagonal peak decays and cross peak buildups, validation of the data, correction for spin diffusion, graphical display of the results, and generation of distance limits in CYANA compatible format. The analysis may be carried out using a full relaxation matrix or a simplified "divide and conquer" approach that allows for partial deuteration of protons. As the program does not require expertise beyond that of standard resonance assignment/structure calculation, it is suitable for experts and nonexperts alike.
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Affiliation(s)
- Dean Strotz
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH-Hönggerberg , Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH-Hönggerberg , Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala Biomedical Center, Uppsala University , 751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH-Hönggerberg , Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado at Denver , 12801 East 17th Avenue, Aurora, Colorado 80045, United States
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The Exact Nuclear Overhauser Enhancement: Recent Advances. Molecules 2017; 22:molecules22071176. [PMID: 28708092 PMCID: PMC6152122 DOI: 10.3390/molecules22071176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2017] [Accepted: 07/10/2017] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Although often depicted as rigid structures, proteins are highly dynamic systems, whose motions are essential to their functions. Despite this, it is difficult to investigate protein dynamics due to the rapid timescale at which they sample their conformational space, leading most NMR-determined structures to represent only an averaged snapshot of the dynamic picture. While NMR relaxation measurements can help to determine local dynamics, it is difficult to detect translational or concerted motion, and only recently have significant advances been made to make it possible to acquire a more holistic representation of the dynamics and structural landscapes of proteins. Here, we briefly revisit our most recent progress in the theory and use of exact nuclear Overhauser enhancements (eNOEs) for the calculation of structural ensembles that describe their conformational space. New developments are primarily targeted at increasing the number and improving the quality of extracted eNOE distance restraints, such that the multi-state structure calculation can be applied to proteins of higher molecular weights. We then review the implications of the exact NOE to the protein dynamics and function of cyclophilin A and the WW domain of Pin1, and finally discuss our current research and future directions.
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Vögeli B, Olsson S, Güntert P, Riek R. The Exact NOE as an Alternative in Ensemble Structure Determination. Biophys J 2016; 110:113-26. [PMID: 26745415 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.11.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2015] [Revised: 11/22/2015] [Accepted: 11/23/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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The structure-function paradigm is increasingly replaced by the structure-dynamics-function paradigm. All protein activity is steered by the interplay between enthalpy and entropy. Conformational dynamics serves as a proxy of conformational entropy. Therefore, it is essential to study not only the average conformation but also the spatial sampling of a protein on all timescales. To this purpose, we have established a protocol for determining multiple-state ensembles of proteins based on exact nuclear Overhauser effects (eNOEs). We have recently extended our previously reported eNOE data set for the protein GB3 by a very large set of backbone and side-chain residual dipolar couplings and three-bond J couplings. Here, we demonstrate that at least four structural states are required to represent the complete data set by dissecting the contributions to the CYANA target function, which quantifies restraint violations in structure calculation. We present a four-state ensemble of GB3, which largely preserves the characteristics obtained from eNOEs only. Due to the abundance of the input data, the ensemble and χ(1) angles in particular are well suited for cross-validation of the input data and comparison to x-ray structures. Principal component analysis is used to automatically identify and validate relevant states of the ensembles. Overall, our findings suggest that eNOEs are a valuable alternative to traditional NMR probes in spatial elucidation of proteins.
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- Beat Vögeli
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH-Hönggerberg, Zürich, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH-Hönggerberg, Zürich, Switzerland; Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH-Hönggerberg, Zürich, Switzerland; Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance and Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, J.W. Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH-Hönggerberg, Zürich, Switzerland
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The Dynamic Basis for Signal Propagation in Human Pin1-WW. Structure 2016; 24:1464-75. [PMID: 27499442 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2016.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2016] [Revised: 06/11/2016] [Accepted: 06/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Allostery is the structural manifestation of information transduction in biomolecules. Its hallmark is conformational change induced by perturbations at a distal site. An increasing body of evidence demonstrates the presence of allostery in very flexible and even disordered proteins, encouraging a thermodynamic description of this phenomenon. Still, resolving such processes at atomic resolution is difficult. Here we establish a protocol to determine atomistic thermodynamic models of such systems using high-resolution solution state nuclear magnetic resonance data and extensive molecular simulations. Using this methodology, we study information transduction in the WW domain of a key cell-cycle regulator Pin1. Pin1 binds promiscuously to phospho-Ser/Thr-Pro motifs, however, disparate structural and dynamic responses have been reported upon binding different ligands. Our model consists of two topologically distinct states whose relative population may be specifically skewed by an incoming ligand. This model provides a canonical basis for the understanding of multi-functionality in Pin1.
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