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Duong NT, Viel S, Ziarelli F, Thureau P, Mollica G. A facile approach for estimating radio-frequency field strength of low-receptivity nuclei. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2024; 358:107614. [PMID: 38141495 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2023.107614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2023] [Revised: 12/03/2023] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 12/25/2023]
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Radio-frequency (RF) field calibration is essential in NMR spectroscopy. A common practice is to collect a nutation curve by varying the pulse length in a direct single-pulse excitation experiment or in a cross-polarization magic-angle spinning with a flip-back pulse experiment. From the null points on this curve, one can calculate the RF field strength. Nevertheless, the practical implementation is not always straightforward or can even be unrealizable, especially for low-receptivity nuclei owing to their associated low sensitivity. Several researchers used an approach that involves utilizing other nuclei with more sensitivity but nearly identical Larmor frequencies to that of the nucleus of interest. However, such an approach has not been a common practice so far. In this work, we have systematically revisited this approach using 3.2 mm rotors on different sets of nuclei covering a Larmor frequency range up to 80 MHz. The effect of solid- and solution-states on RF field strength measurements has been investigated. The detection of each set of nuclei is then carried out with a resonant circuit in the NMR probe consisting of identical coils and capacitors. Our methodology is illustrated by recording 135/137Ba NMR spectra of BaTiO3 without prior 135/137Ba RF field calibration.
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, ICR, Marseille, France; Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Centrale Méditerranée, FSCM, Marseille, France
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Nimerovsky E, Varkey AC, Kim M, Becker S, Andreas LB. Simplified Preservation of Equivalent Pathways Spectroscopy. JACS AU 2023; 3:2763-2771. [PMID: 37885577 PMCID: PMC10598565 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.3c00312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Revised: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 09/27/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023]
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Inspired by the recently proposed transverse mixing optimal control pulses (TROP) approach for improving signal in multidimensional magic-angle spinning (MAS) NMR experiments, we present simplified preservation of equivalent pathways spectroscopy (SPEPS). It transfers both transverse components of magnetization that occur during indirect evolutions, theoretically enabling a √2 improvement in sensitivity for each such dimension. We compare SPEPS transfer with TROP and cross-polarization (CP) using membrane protein and fibril samples at MAS of 55 and 100 kHz. In three-dimensional (3D) (H)CANH spectra, SPEPS outperformed TROP and CP by factors of on average 1.16 and 1.69, respectively, for the membrane protein, but only a marginal improvement of 1.09 was observed for the fibril. These differences are discussed, making note of the longer transfer time used for CP, 14 ms, as compared with 2.9 and 3.6 ms for SPEPS and TROP, respectively. Using SPEPS for two transfers in the 3D (H)CANCO experiment resulted in an even larger benefit in signal intensity, with an average improvement of 1.82 as compared with CP. This results in multifold time savings, in particular considering the weaker peaks that are observed to benefit the most from SPEPS.
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- Evgeny Nimerovsky
- Department of NMR based Structural
Biology, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary
Sciences, Am Fassberg 11, Göttingen 37077, Germany
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- Department of NMR based Structural
Biology, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary
Sciences, Am Fassberg 11, Göttingen 37077, Germany
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- Department of NMR based Structural
Biology, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary
Sciences, Am Fassberg 11, Göttingen 37077, Germany
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- Department of NMR based Structural
Biology, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary
Sciences, Am Fassberg 11, Göttingen 37077, Germany
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- Department of NMR based Structural
Biology, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary
Sciences, Am Fassberg 11, Göttingen 37077, Germany
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Šmelko A, Blahut J, Reif B, Tošner Z. Performance of the cross-polarization experiment in conditions of radiofrequency field inhomogeneity and slow to ultrafast magic angle spinning (MAS). MAGNETIC RESONANCE (GOTTINGEN, GERMANY) 2023; 4:199-215. [PMID: 37904859 PMCID: PMC10539755 DOI: 10.5194/mr-4-199-2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/01/2023]
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In this paper, we provide an analytical description of the performance of the cross-polarization (CP) experiment, including linear ramps and adiabatic tangential sweeps, using effective Hamiltonians and simple rotations in 3D space. It is shown that radiofrequency field inhomogeneity induces a reduction in the transfer efficiency at increasing magic angle spinning (MAS) frequencies for both the ramp and the adiabatic CP experiments. The effect depends on the ratio of the dipolar coupling constant and the sample rotation frequency. In particular, our simulations show that for small dipolar couplings (1 kHz ) and ultrafast MAS (above 100 kHz ) the transfer efficiency is below 40 % when extended contact times up to 20 ms are used and relaxation losses are ignored. New recoupling and magnetization transfer techniques that are designed explicitly to account for inhomogeneous radiofrequency fields are needed.
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- Andrej Šmelko
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Albertov 6, 12842 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS, Flemingovo náměstí 2, 16610, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Bayerisches NMR Zentrum (BNMRZ) at School of Natural Sciences, Department of Bioscience, Technische Universität München (TUM), Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747 Garching, Germany
- Helmholtz-Zentrum München (HMGU), Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Albertov 6, 12842 Prague, Czech Republic
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Pereira D, Sardo M, Marín-Montesinos I, Mafra L. One-Shot Resin 3D-Printed Stators for Low-Cost Fabrication of Magic-Angle Spinning NMR Probeheads. Anal Chem 2023. [PMID: 37376721 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c01323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/29/2023]
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Additive manufacturing such as three-dimensional (3D)-printing has revolutionized the fast and low-cost fabrication of otherwise expensive NMR parts. High-resolution solid-state NMR spectroscopy demands rotating the sample at a specific angle (54.74°) inside a pneumatic turbine, which must be designed to achieve stable and high spinning speeds without mechanical friction. Moreover, instability of the sample rotation often leads to crashes, resulting in costly repairs. Producing these intricate parts requires traditional machining, which is time-consuming, costly, and relies on specialized labor. Herein, we show that 3D-printing can be used to fabricate the sample holder housing (stator) in one shot, while the radiofrequency (RF) solenoid was constructed using conventional materials available in electronics stores. The 3D-printed stator, equipped with a homemade RF coil, showed remarkable spinning stability, yielding high-quality NMR data. At a cost below 5 €, the 3D-printed stator represents a cost reduction of over 99% compared to repaired commercial stators, illustrating the potential of 3D-printing for mass-producing affordable magic-angle spinning stators.
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- Daniel Pereira
- CICECO─Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO─Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO─Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO─Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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Wurl A, Saalwächter K, Mendes Ferreira T. Time-domain proton-detected local-field NMR for molecular structure determination in complex lipid membranes. MAGNETIC RESONANCE (GOTTINGEN, GERMANY) 2023; 4:115-127. [PMID: 37904803 PMCID: PMC10583295 DOI: 10.5194/mr-4-115-2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2022] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 11/01/2023]
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Proton-detected local-field (PDLF) NMR spectroscopy, using magic-angle spinning and dipolar recoupling, is presently the most powerful experimental technique for obtaining atomistic structural information from small molecules undergoing anisotropic motion. Common examples include peptides, drugs, or lipids in model membranes and molecules that form liquid crystals. The measurements on complex systems are however compromised by the larger number of transients required. Retaining sufficient spectral quality in the direct dimension requires that the indirect time-domain modulation becomes too short for yielding dipolar splittings in the frequency domain. In such cases, the dipolar couplings can be obtained by fitting the experimental data; however ideal models often fail to fit PDLF data properly due to effects of radiofrequency field (RF) spatial inhomogeneity. Here, we demonstrate that by accounting for RF spatial inhomogeneity in the modeling of R-symmetry-based PDLF NMR experiments, the fitting accuracy is improved, facilitating the analysis of the experimental data. In comparison to the analysis of dipolar splittings without any fitting procedure, the accurate modeling of PDLF measurements makes possible three important improvements: the use of shorter experiments that enable the investigation of samples with a higher level of complexity, the measurement of C-H bond order parameters with smaller magnitudes | S CH | and of smaller variations of | S CH | caused by perturbations of the system, and the determination of | S CH | values with small differences from distinct sites having the same chemical shift. The increase in fitting accuracy is demonstrated by comparison with 2 H NMR quadrupolar echo experiments on mixtures of deuterated and non-deuterated dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) and with 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-s n -glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (POPE) membranes. Accurate modeling of PDLF NMR experiments is highly useful for investigating complex membrane systems. This is exemplified by application of the proposed fitting procedure for the characterization of membranes composed of a brain lipid extract with many distinct lipid types.
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- Anika Wurl
- NMR group, Institute for Physics, Martin Luther University Halle–Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- NMR group, Institute for Physics, Martin Luther University Halle–Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- NMR group, Institute for Physics, Martin Luther University Halle–Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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Aebischer K, Ernst M. Residual proton line width under refocused frequency-switched Lee-Goldburg decoupling in MAS NMR. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:11959-11970. [PMID: 36987593 PMCID: PMC10155489 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp00414g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 03/16/2023] [Indexed: 03/19/2023]
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Despite many decades of research, homonuclear decoupling in solid-state NMR under magic-angle spinning (MAS) has yet to reach a point where the achievable proton line widths become comparable to the resolution obtained in solution-state NMR. This makes the precise determination of isotropic chemical shifts difficult and thus presents a limiting factor in the application of proton solid-state NMR to biomolecules and small molecules. In this publication we analyze the sources of the residual line width in refocused homonuclear-decoupled spectra in detail by comparing numerical simulations and experimental data. Using a hybrid analytical/numerical approach based on Floquet theory, we find that third-order effective Hamiltonian terms are required to realistically characterize the line shape and line width under frequency-switched Lee-Goldburg (FSLG) decoupling under MAS. Increasing the radio-frequency field amplitude enhances the influence of experimental rf imperfections such as pulse transients and the MAS-modulated radial rf-field inhomogeneity. While second- and third-order terms are, as expected, reduced in size at higher rf-field amplitudes, the line width becomes dominated by first-order terms which severely limits the achievable line width. We expect, therefore, that significant improvements in the line width of FSLG-decoupled spectra can only be achieved by reducing the influence of MAS-modulated rf-field inhomogeneity and pulse transients.
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- Kathrin Aebischer
- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
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- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
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Aebischer K, Ernst M. Echo modulations under homonuclear decoupling. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2023; 347:107360. [PMID: 36563419 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2022.107360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2022] [Revised: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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A simple Hahn echo in a single-spin system with a static Hamiltonian can lead to echo modulations if the static Hamiltonian contains a component along the direction of the echo pulse. These modulations manifest as side bands in the Fourier transform of the echo decay. Experimentally, echo modulations that can be explained by such a model have been observed under homonuclear decoupling in solids where pulse imperfections can lead to residual effective fields in the interaction frame that have arbitrary orientations in space. We show analytically that such echo modulations are significantly reduced in intensity using double-echo sequences in agreement with experimental observations. Using pulse shapes for homonuclear decoupling that mimic and amplify the pulse distortions expected from pulse transients, we show that these effective fields can be one explanation for the observed reduction in echo modulations going from a single to a double Hahn-echo sequence.
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- Kathrin Aebischer
- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, Zürich 8093, Switzerland
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- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, Zürich 8093, Switzerland.
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Blahut J, Brandl MJ, Pradhan T, Reif B, Tošner Z. Sensitivity-Enhanced Multidimensional Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy by Optimal-Control-Based Transverse Mixing Sequences. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:17336-17340. [PMID: 36074981 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c06568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Recently, proton-detected magic-angle spinning (MAS) solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy has become an attractive tool to study the structure and dynamics of insoluble proteins at atomic resolution. The sensitivity of the employed multidimensional experiments can be systematically improved when both transversal components of the magnetization are transferred simultaneously after an evolution period. The method of preservation of equivalent pathways has been explored in solution-state NMR; however, it does not find widespread application due to relaxation issues connected with increased molecular size. We present here for the first time heteronuclear transverse mixing sequences for correlation experiments at moderate and fast MAS frequencies. Optimal control allows to boost the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) beyond the expected factor of 2 for each indirect dimension. In addition to the carbon-detected sensitivity-enhanced 2D NCA experiment, we present a novel proton-detected, doubly sensitivity-enhanced 3D hCANH pulse sequence for which we observe a 3-fold improvement in SNR compared to the conventional experimental implementation. The sensitivity gain turned out to be essential to unambiguously characterize a minor fibril polymorph of a human lambda-III immunoglobulin light chain protein that escaped detection so far.
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- Jan Blahut
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Albertov 6, 12842 Prague, Czech Republic.,Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS, Flemingovo nám. 2, 16610, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Bayerisches NMR Zentrum (BNMRZ) at Department Chemie, Technische Universität München (TUM), 85747 Garching, Germany
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- Bayerisches NMR Zentrum (BNMRZ) at Department Chemie, Technische Universität München (TUM), 85747 Garching, Germany
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- Bayerisches NMR Zentrum (BNMRZ) at Department Chemie, Technische Universität München (TUM), 85747 Garching, Germany.,Helmholtz-Zentrum München (HMGU), Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Albertov 6, 12842 Prague, Czech Republic
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Porat-Dahlerbruch G, Struppe J, Quinn CM, Gronenborn AM, Polenova T. Determination of accurate 19F chemical shift tensors with R-symmetry recoupling at high MAS frequencies (60-100 kHz). JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2022; 340:107227. [PMID: 35568013 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2022.107227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2022] [Revised: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 04/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Fluorination is a versatile and valuable modification for numerous systems, and 19F NMR spectroscopy is the premier method for their structural characterization. 19F chemical shift anisotropy is a sensitive probe of structure and dynamics, even though 19F chemical shift tensors have been reported for only a handful of systems to date. Here, we explore γ-encoded R-symmetry based recoupling sequences for the determination of 19F chemical shift tensors in fully protonated organic solids at high, 60-100 kHz MAS frequencies. We show that the performance of 19F-RNCSA experiments improves with increasing MAS frequencies, and that 1H decoupling is required to determine accurate chemical shift tensor parameters. In addition, these sequences are tolerant to B1-field inhomogeneity making them suitable for a wide range of systems and experimental conditions.
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- Gal Porat-Dahlerbruch
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States
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- Bruker Biospin Corporation, 15 Fortune Drive, Billerica, MA 01821, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States; Department of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3501 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States; Pittsburgh Center for HIV Protein Interactions, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1051 Biomedical Science Tower 3, 3501 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States; Department of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3501 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States; Pittsburgh Center for HIV Protein Interactions, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1051 Biomedical Science Tower 3, 3501 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States.
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Wang J, Lu R, Bazzi L, Jiang X, Chen Y, Wu Z, Yang Q, Ni Z, Yi H, Xiao D. Optimized radio frequency coil for noninvasive magnetic resonance relaxation detection of human finger. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2022; 335:107125. [PMID: 34954546 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2021.107125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2021] [Revised: 11/11/2021] [Accepted: 12/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Noninvasive NMR measurement of human tissues, such as fingers, to achieve early detection for metabolic diseases is of important significance. The NMR relaxation measurements have a wide application prospect due to simplicity, portability, and low cost, as the static magnetic field is not required to be highly homogeneous. However, the inhomogeneous radiofrequency (RF) magnetic field (B1) results in errors in the magnetic resonance relaxation times. This is inevitable in in-vivo localized human tissue measurements with a portable MR scanner, as signals from tissues close to the edge of RF coil are excited with a different B1 field amplitude. A novel RF coil termed T coil with high B1 field homogeneity is presented. Numerical simulation and phantom measurements were implemented. The novel RF coil was compared with a regular solenoid coil and a variable width coil. In-vivo experiments were performed. The T coil has a better B1 field homogeneity than the regular solenoid coil and the variable width coil, producing more accurate magnetic resonance relaxation times. Improved detection accuracy has been achieved with the T coil. This work may promote the development of noninvasive human tissue diagnosis based on NMR relaxation methods.
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- Junnan Wang
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Design and Manufacture of Micro-Nano Biomedical Instruments, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China; School of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Design and Manufacture of Micro-Nano Biomedical Instruments, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China; School of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China; National Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China.
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- Department of Physics, University of Windsor, Canada
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Design and Manufacture of Micro-Nano Biomedical Instruments, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China; School of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Design and Manufacture of Micro-Nano Biomedical Instruments, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China; School of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Design and Manufacture of Micro-Nano Biomedical Instruments, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China; School of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Design and Manufacture of Micro-Nano Biomedical Instruments, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China; School of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Design and Manufacture of Micro-Nano Biomedical Instruments, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China; School of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Design and Manufacture of Micro-Nano Biomedical Instruments, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China; School of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Windsor, Canada
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Xue K, Nimerovsky E, Tekwani Movellan KA, Becker S, Andreas LB. Backbone Torsion Angle Determination Using Proton Detected Magic-Angle Spinning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:18-24. [PMID: 34957837 PMCID: PMC8762656 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c03267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Protein torsion angles define the backbone secondary structure of proteins. Magic-angle spinning (MAS) NMR methods using carbon detection have been developed to measure torsion angles by determining the relative orientation between two anisotropic interactions─dipolar coupling or chemical shift anisotropy. Here we report a new proton-detection based method to determine the backbone torsion angle by recoupling NH and CH dipolar couplings within the HCANH pulse sequence, for protonated or partly deuterated samples. We demonstrate the efficiency and precision of the method with microcrystalline chicken α spectrin SH3 protein and the influenza A matrix 2 (M2) membrane protein, using 55 or 90 kHz MAS. For M2, pseudo-4D data detect a turn between transmembrane and amphipathic helices.
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Tošner Z, Brandl MJ, Blahut J, Glaser SJ, Reif B. Maximizing efficiency of dipolar recoupling in solid-state NMR using optimal control sequences. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2021; 7:eabj5913. [PMID: 34644121 PMCID: PMC8514097 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abj5913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2021] [Accepted: 08/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Dipolar recoupling is a central concept in the nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of powdered solids and is used to establish correlations between different nuclei by magnetization transfer. The efficiency of conventional cross-polarization methods is low because of the inherent radio frequency (rf) field inhomogeneity present in the magic angle spinning (MAS) experiments and the large chemical shift anisotropies at high magnetic fields. Very high transfer efficiencies can be obtained using optimal control–derived experiments. These sequences had to be optimized individually for a particular MAS frequency. We show that by adjusting the length and the rf field amplitude of the shaped pulse synchronously with sample rotation, optimal control sequences can be successfully applied over a range of MAS frequencies without the need of reoptimization. This feature greatly enhances their applicability on spectrometers operating at differing external fields where the MAS frequency needs to be adjusted to avoid detrimental resonance effects.
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- Zdeněk Tošner
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Albertov 6, 12842 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Bayerisches NMR Zentrum (BNMRZ) at Department Chemie, Technische Universität München (TUM), 85747 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Albertov 6, 12842 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Bayerisches NMR Zentrum (BNMRZ) at Department Chemie, Technische Universität München (TUM), 85747 Garching, Germany
- Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST), Schellingstr. 4, D-80799 München, Germany
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- Bayerisches NMR Zentrum (BNMRZ) at Department Chemie, Technische Universität München (TUM), 85747 Garching, Germany
- Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU), Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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Nagashima H, Trébosc J, Kon Y, Lafon O, Amoureux JP. Efficient transfer of DNP-enhanced 1 H magnetization to half-integer quadrupolar nuclei in solids at moderate spinning rate. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2021; 59:920-939. [PMID: 33300128 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.5121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Revised: 12/02/2020] [Accepted: 12/05/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We show herein how the proton magnetization enhanced by dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) can be efficiently transferred at moderate magic-angle spinning (MAS) frequencies to half-integer quadrupolar nuclei, S ≥ 3/2, using the Dipolar-mediated Refocused Insensitive Nuclei Enhanced by Polarization Transfer (D-RINEPT) technique, in which a symmetry-based SR 4 1 2 recoupling scheme built from adiabatic inversion 1 H pulses reintroduces the 1 H-S dipolar couplings, while suppressing the 1 H-1 H ones. The use of adiabatic pulses also improves the robustness to offsets and radiofrequency (rf)-field inhomogeneity. Furthermore, the efficiency of the polarization transfer is further improved by using 1 H composite pulses and continuous-wave irradiations between the recoupling blocks, as well as by manipulating the S satellite transitions during the first recoupling block. Furthermore, in the case of large 1 H-S dipolar couplings, the D-RINEPT variant with two pulses on the quadrupolar channel results in an improved transfer efficiency. We compare here the performances of this new adiabatic scheme with those of its parent version with single π pulses, as well as with those of PRESTO and CPMAS transfers. This comparison is performed using simulations as well as DNP-enhanced 27 Al, 95 Mo, and 17 O NMR experiments on isotopically unmodified γ-alumina, hydrated titania-supported MoO3 , Mg(OH)2 , and l-histidine·HCl·H2 O. The introduced RINEPT method outperforms the existing methods, both in terms of efficiency and robustness to rf-field inhomogeneity and offset.
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- Hiroki Nagashima
- Interdisciplinary Research Center for Catalytic Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, Univ. Artois, UMR 8181-UCCS-Unité de Catalyse et de Chimie du Solide, Lille, France
- Univ. Lille, CNRS, INRAE, Centrale Lille, Univ. Artois, FR 2638 - IMEC - Institut Michel-Eugène Chevreul, Lille, France
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- Interdisciplinary Research Center for Catalytic Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, Univ. Artois, UMR 8181-UCCS-Unité de Catalyse et de Chimie du Solide, Lille, France
- Institut Universitaire de France, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, Univ. Artois, UMR 8181-UCCS-Unité de Catalyse et de Chimie du Solide, Lille, France
- Bruker BioSpin, Wissembourg, France
- NMR Science and Development Division, Riken, Yokohama, Japan
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Vugmeyster L, Ostrovsky D, Greenwood A, Fu R. Deuteron Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer for the Detection of Slow Motions in Rotating Solids. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 8:705572. [PMID: 34386521 PMCID: PMC8353179 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.705572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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We utilized the 2H Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (CEST) technique under magic angle spinning (MAS) conditions to demonstrate the feasibility of the method for studies of slow motions in the solid state. For the quadrupolar anisotropic interaction, the essence of CEST is to scan the saturation pattern over a range of offsets corresponding to the entire spectral region(s) for all conformational states involved, which translates into a range of −60–+ 60 kHz for methyl groups. Rotary resonances occur when the offsets are at half-and full-integer of the MAS rates. The choice of the optimal MAS rate is governed by the condition to reduce the number of rotary resonances in the CEST profile patterns and retain a sufficiently large quadrupolar interaction active under MAS to maintain sensitivity to motions. As examples, we applied this technique to a well-known model compound dimethyl-sulfone (DMS) as well as amyloid-β fibrils selectively deuterated at a single methyl group of A2 belonging to the disordered domain. It is demonstrated that the obtained exchange rate between the two rotameric states of DMS at elevated temperatures fell within known ranges and the fitted model parameters for the fibrils agree well with the previously obtained value using static 2H NMR techniques. Additionally, for the fibrils we have observed characteristic broadening of rotary resonances in the presence of conformational exchange, which provides implications for model selection and refinement. This work sets the stage for future potential extensions of the 2H CEST under MAS technique to multiple-labeled samples in small molecules and proteins.
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- Liliya Vugmeyster
- Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, United States
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- Department of Mathematics, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- National High Field Magnetic Laboratory, Tallahassee, FL, United States
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Aebischer K, Tošner Z, Ernst M. Effects of radial radio-frequency field inhomogeneity on MAS solid-state NMR experiments. MAGNETIC RESONANCE (GOTTINGEN, GERMANY) 2021; 2:523-543. [PMID: 37904774 PMCID: PMC10539735 DOI: 10.5194/mr-2-523-2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2021] [Accepted: 06/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/01/2023]
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Radio-frequency field inhomogeneity is one of the most common imperfections in NMR experiments. They can lead to imperfect flip angles of applied radio-frequency (rf) pulses or to a mismatch of resonance conditions, resulting in artefacts or degraded performance of experiments. In solid-state NMR under magic angle spinning (MAS), the radial component becomes time-dependent because the rf irradiation amplitude and phase is modulated with integer multiples of the spinning frequency. We analyse the influence of such time-dependent MAS-modulated rf fields on the performance of some commonly used building blocks of solid-state NMR experiments. This analysis is based on analytical Floquet calculations and numerical simulations, taking into account the time dependence of the rf field. We find that, compared to the static part of the rf field inhomogeneity, such time-dependent modulations play a very minor role in the performance degradation of the investigated typical solid-state NMR experiments.
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- Kathrin Aebischer
- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Hlavova 8, 12842 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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Pradhan T, Annamalai K, Sarkar R, Hegenbart U, Schönland S, Fändrich M, Reif B. Solid state NMR assignments of a human λ-III immunoglobulin light chain amyloid fibril. BIOMOLECULAR NMR ASSIGNMENTS 2021; 15:9-16. [PMID: 32946005 PMCID: PMC7973639 DOI: 10.1007/s12104-020-09975-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 09/11/2020] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The aggregation of antibody light chains is linked to systemic light chain (AL) amyloidosis, a disease where amyloid deposits frequently affect the heart and the kidney. We here investigate fibrils from the λ-III FOR005 light chain (LC), which is derived from an AL-patient with severe cardiac involvement. In FOR005, five residues are mutated with respect to its closest germline gene segment IGLV3-19 and IGLJ3. All mutations are located close to the complementarity determining regions (CDRs). The sequence segments responsible for the fibril formation are not yet known. We use fibrils extracted from the heart of this particular amyloidosis patient as seeds to prepare fibrils for solid-state NMR. We show that the seeds induce the formation of a specific fibril structure from the biochemically produced protein. We have assigned the fibril core region of the FOR005-derived fibrils and characterized the secondary structure propensity of the observed amino acids. As the primary structure of the aggregated patient protein is different for every AL patient, it is important to study, analyze and report a greater number of light chain sequences associated with AL amyloidosis.
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- Tejaswini Pradhan
- Helmholtz-Zentrum München (HMGU), Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit Und Umwelt, Institute of Structural Biology, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
- Department of Chemistry, Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPS-M), Technische Universität München (TUM), Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747, Garching, Germany
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- Institute of Protein Biochemistry, Ulm University, Helmholtzstrasse 8/1, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum München (HMGU), Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit Und Umwelt, Institute of Structural Biology, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
- Department of Chemistry, Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPS-M), Technische Universität München (TUM), Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747, Garching, Germany
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- Medical Department V, Amyloidosis Center, Heidelberg University Hospital, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Medical Department V, Amyloidosis Center, Heidelberg University Hospital, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Protein Biochemistry, Ulm University, Helmholtzstrasse 8/1, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum München (HMGU), Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit Und Umwelt, Institute of Structural Biology, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany.
- Department of Chemistry, Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPS-M), Technische Universität München (TUM), Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747, Garching, Germany.
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Aebischer K, Wili N, Tošner Z, Ernst M. Using nutation-frequency-selective pulses to reduce radio-frequency field inhomogeneity in solid-state NMR. MAGNETIC RESONANCE (GOTTINGEN, GERMANY) 2020; 1:187-195. [PMID: 37904817 PMCID: PMC10500731 DOI: 10.5194/mr-1-187-2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Accepted: 08/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/01/2023]
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Radio-frequency (rf) field inhomogeneity is a common problem in NMR which leads to non-ideal rotations of spins in parts of the sample. Often, a physical volume restriction of the sample is used to reduce the effects of rf-field inhomogeneity, especially in solid-state NMR where spacers are inserted to reduce the sample volume to the centre of the coil. We show that band-selective pulses in the spin-lock frame can be used to apply B 1 -field selective inversions to spins that experience selected parts of the rf-field distribution. Any frequency band-selective pulse can be used for this purpose, but we chose the family of I-BURP pulses (Geen and Freeman, 1991) for the measurements demonstrated here. As an example, we show that the implementation of such pulses improves homonuclear frequency-switched Lee-Goldburg decoupling in solid-state NMR.
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- Kathrin Aebischer
- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093
Zürich, Switzerland
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- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093
Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University,
Hlavova 8, 12842 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093
Zürich, Switzerland
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Kelz JI, Kelly JE, Martin RW. 3D-printed dissolvable inserts for efficient and customizable fabrication of NMR transceiver coils. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2019; 305:89-92. [PMID: 31229757 PMCID: PMC6656594 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2019.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2018] [Revised: 06/01/2019] [Accepted: 06/14/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We describe a simplified method for improving the reproducibility of transceiver coil fabrication for nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) through single-use templates made from 3D-printed polymer forms. The utility of dissolvable inserts for achieving performance enhanced resonators (DIAPERs) is tested herein by a comparison of RF homogeneity along the rotor axis for variable-pitch solenoids with different inter-turn spacing. Simulated B1 field profiles are compared to experimental homogeneity measurements, demonstrating the potential of this approach for making NMR coils quickly and reproducibly.
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- Jessica I Kelz
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine 92697-2025, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine 92697-2025, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine 92697-2025, United States; Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine 92697-3900, United States.
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Rankin AGM, Trébosc J, Paluch P, Lafon O, Amoureux JP. Evaluation of excitation schemes for indirect detection of 14N via solid-state HMQC NMR experiments. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2019; 303:28-41. [PMID: 30999136 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2019.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2019] [Revised: 04/03/2019] [Accepted: 04/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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It has previously been shown that 14N NMR spectra can be reliably obtained through indirect detection via HMQC experiments. This method exploits the transfer of coherence between single-(SQ) or double-quantum (DQ) 14N coherences, and SQ coherences of a suitable spin-1/2 'spy' nucleus, e.g., 1H. It must be noted that SQ-SQ methods require a carefully optimized setup to minimize the broadening related to the first-order quadrupole interaction (i.e., an extremely well-adjusted magic angle and a highly stable spinning speed), whereas DQ-SQ ones do not. In this work, the efficiencies of four 14N excitation schemes (DANTE, XiX, Hard Pulse (HP), and Selective Long Pulse (SLP)) are compared using J-HMQC based numerical simulations and either SQ-SQ or DQ-SQ 1H-{14N} D-HMQC experiments on l-histidine HCl and N-acetyl-l-valine at 18.8 T and 62.5 kHz MAS. The results demonstrate that both DANTE and SLP provide a more efficient 14N excitation profile than XiX and HP. Furthermore, it is shown that the SLP scheme: (i) is efficient over a large range of quadrupole interaction, (ii) is highly robust to offset and rf-pulse length and amplitude, and (iii) is very simple to set up. These factors make SLP ideally suited to widespread, non-specialist use in solid-state NMR analyses of nitrogen-containing materials.
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- Andrew G M Rankin
- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, ENSCL, Univ. Artois, UMR 8181 - UCCS - Unit of Catalysis and Chemistry of Solids, F-59000 Lille, France.
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, ENSCL, Univ. Artois, UMR 8181 - UCCS - Unit of Catalysis and Chemistry of Solids, F-59000 Lille, France; Univ. Lille, CNRS-FR2638, Fédération Chevreul, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, ENSCL, Univ. Artois, UMR 8181 - UCCS - Unit of Catalysis and Chemistry of Solids, F-59000 Lille, France; Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewicza 112, PL-90363 Lodz, Poland
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, ENSCL, Univ. Artois, UMR 8181 - UCCS - Unit of Catalysis and Chemistry of Solids, F-59000 Lille, France; Institut Universitaire de France, 1 rue Descartes, F-75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, ENSCL, Univ. Artois, UMR 8181 - UCCS - Unit of Catalysis and Chemistry of Solids, F-59000 Lille, France; Bruker Biospin, 34 rue de l'industrie, F-67166 Wissembourg, France.
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Gopinath T, Wang S, Lee J, Aihara H, Veglia G. Hybridization of TEDOR and NCX MAS solid-state NMR experiments for simultaneous acquisition of heteronuclear correlation spectra and distance measurements. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2019; 73:141-153. [PMID: 30805819 PMCID: PMC6526076 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-019-00237-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2018] [Accepted: 02/12/2019] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Magic angle spinning (MAS) solid-state NMR (ssNMR) spectroscopy is a major technique for the characterization of the structural dynamics of biopolymers at atomic resolution. However, the intrinsic low sensitivity of this technique poses significant limitations to its routine application in structural biology. Here we achieve substantial savings in experimental time using a new subclass of Polarization Optimized Experiments (POEs) that concatenate TEDOR and SPECIFIC-CP transfers into a single pulse sequence. Specifically, we designed new 2D and 3D experiments (2D TEDOR-NCX, 3D TEDOR-NCOCX, and 3D TEDOR-NCACX) to obtain distance measurements and heteronuclear chemical shift correlations for resonance assignments using only one experiment. We successfully tested these experiments on N-Acetyl-Val-Leu dipeptide, microcrystalline U-13C,15N ubiquitin, and single- and multi-span membrane proteins reconstituted in lipid membranes. These pulse sequences can be implemented on any ssNMR spectrometer equipped with standard solid-state hardware using only one receiver. Since these new POEs speed up data acquisition considerably, we anticipate their broad application to fibrillar, microcrystalline, and membrane-bound proteins.
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- T Gopinath
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, 6-155 Jackson Hall, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, 6-155 Jackson Hall, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, 6-155 Jackson Hall, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, 6-155 Jackson Hall, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, 6-155 Jackson Hall, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
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Perras FA, Goh TW, Wang LL, Huang W, Pruski M. Enhanced 1H-X D-HMQC performance through improved 1H homonuclear decoupling. SOLID STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE 2019; 98:12-18. [PMID: 30669006 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssnmr.2019.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2018] [Revised: 01/05/2019] [Accepted: 01/06/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The sensitivity of solid-state NMR experiments that utilize 1H zero-quantum heteronuclear dipolar recoupling, such as D-HMQC, is compromised by poor homonuclear decoupling. This leads to a rapid decay of recoupled magnetization and an inefficient recoupling of long-range dipolar interactions, especially for nuclides with low gyromagnetic ratios. We investigated the use, in symmetry-based 1H heteronuclear recoupling sequences, of a basic R element that was principally designed for efficient homonuclear decoupling. By shortening the time required to suppress the effects of homonuclear dipolar interactions to the duration of a single inversion pulse, spin diffusion was effectively quenched and long-lived recoupled coherence lifetimes could be obtained. We show, both theoretically and experimentally, that these modified sequences can yield considerable sensitivity improvements over the current state-of-the-art methods and applied them to the indirect detection of 89Y in a metal-organic framework.
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- US Department of Energy, Ames Laboratory, Ames, IA, 50011, USA; Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- US Department of Energy, Ames Laboratory, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- US Department of Energy, Ames Laboratory, Ames, IA, 50011, USA; Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- US Department of Energy, Ames Laboratory, Ames, IA, 50011, USA; Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA.
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Giovine R, Trébosc J, Pourpoint F, Lafon O, Amoureux JP. Magnetization transfer from protons to quadrupolar nuclei in solid-state NMR using PRESTO or dipolar-mediated refocused INEPT methods. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2019; 299:109-123. [PMID: 30594000 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2018.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2018] [Revised: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 12/17/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In solid-state NMR spectroscopy, the through-space transfer of magnetization from protons to quadrupolar nuclei is employed to probe proximities between those isotopes. Furthermore, such transfer, in conjunction with Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP), can enhance the NMR sensitivity of quadrupolar nuclei, as it allows the transfer of DNP-enhanced 1H polarization to surrounding nuclei. We compare here the performances of two approaches to achieve such transfer: PRESTO (Phase-shifted Recoupling Effects a Smooth Transfer of Order), which is currently the method of choice to achieve the magnetization transfer from protons to quadrupolar nuclei and which has been shown to supersede Cross-Polarization under Magic-Angle Spinning (MAS) for quadrupolar nuclei and D-RINEPT (Dipolar-mediated Refocused Insensitive Nuclei Enhanced by Polarization Transfer) using symmetry-based SR412 recoupling, which has already been employed to transfer the magnetization in the reverse way from half-integer quadrupolar spin to protons. We also test the PRESTO sequence with R1676 recoupling using 270090180 composite π-pulses as inversion elements. This recoupling scheme, which has previously been proposed to reintroduce 1H Chemical Shift Anisotropy (CSA) at high MAS frequencies with high robustness to rf-field inhomogeneity, has not so far been employed to reintroduce dipolar couplings with protons. These various techniques to transfer magnetization from protons to quadrupolar nuclei are analyzed using (i) an average Hamiltonian theory, (ii) numerical simulations of spin dynamics, and (iii) experimental 1H → 27Al and 1H → 17O transfers in as-synthesized AlPO4-14 and 17O-labelled fumed silica, respectively. The experiments and simulations are done at two magnetic fields (9.4 and 18.8 T) and several spinning speeds (15, 18-24 and 60 kHz). This analysis indicates that owing to its γ-encoded character, PRESTO yields the highest transfer efficiency at low magnetic fields and MAS frequencies, whereas owing to its higher robustness to rf-field inhomogeneity and chemical shifts, D-RINEPT is more sensitive at high fields and MAS frequencies, notably for protons exhibiting large offset or CSA, such as those involved in hydrogen bonds.
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- Raynald Giovine
- Univ. Lille, CNRS-8181, UCCS: Unit of Catalysis and Chemistry of Solids, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS-8181, UCCS: Unit of Catalysis and Chemistry of Solids, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS-8181, UCCS: Unit of Catalysis and Chemistry of Solids, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS-8181, UCCS: Unit of Catalysis and Chemistry of Solids, F-59000 Lille, France; IUF, Institut Universitaire de France, 1 rue Descartes, 75231 Paris, France.
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS-8181, UCCS: Unit of Catalysis and Chemistry of Solids, F-59000 Lille, France; Bruker France, 34 rue de l'Industrie, F-67166 Wissembourg, France.
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Nagashima H, Lilly Thankamony AS, Trébosc J, Montagne L, Kerven G, Amoureux JP, Lafon O. Observation of proximities between spin-1/2 and quadrupolar nuclei in solids: Improved robustness to chemical shielding using adiabatic symmetry-based recoupling. SOLID STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE 2018; 94:7-19. [PMID: 30103084 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssnmr.2018.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2018] [Revised: 07/17/2018] [Accepted: 07/17/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We introduce a novel heteronuclear dipolar recoupling based on the R21-1 symmetry, which uses the tanh/tan (tt) shaped pulse as a basic inversion element and is denoted R21-1(tt). Using first-order average Hamiltonian theory, we show that this sequence is non-γ-encoded and that it reintroduces the |m| = 1 spatial component of the Chemical Shift Anisotropy (CSA) of the irradiated isotope and its heteronuclear dipolar interactions. Using numerical simulations and one-dimensional (1D) 27Al-{31P} through-space D-HMQC (Dipolar Heteronuclear Multiple-Quantum Correlation) experiments on VPI-5, we compare the performances of this recoupling to those of other non-γ-encoded |m| = 1 heteronuclear recoupling schemes: REDOR (Rotational-Echo DOuble Resonance), SFAM (Simultaneous Frequency and Amplitude Modulation) and R42-1(tt). Such comparison indicates that the R21-1(tt) scheme is more robust to CSA, offset and radiofrequency field inhomogeneities than the other schemes. We take advantage of the high robustness of R21-1(tt) to CSA and offset to demonstrate the possibility to correlate the signals of 207Pb isotope with those of neighboring half-integer spin quadrupolar nuclei. Such approach is demonstrated experimentally by acquiring 11B-{207Pb} D-HMQC 2D spectra of Pb4O(BO3)2 crystalline powder.
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- Hiroki Nagashima
- Univ. Lille, CNRS-8181, UCCS-Unit of Catalysis and Chemistry of Solids, F-59000, Lille, France; Interdisciplinary Research Center for Catalytic Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8565, Japan
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS-8181, UCCS-Unit of Catalysis and Chemistry of Solids, F-59000, Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS-8181, UCCS-Unit of Catalysis and Chemistry of Solids, F-59000, Lille, France
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- Univ. Lorraine, CNRS-7036, CRM2, F-54506, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS-8181, UCCS-Unit of Catalysis and Chemistry of Solids, F-59000, Lille, France; Bruker Biospin, 34 rue de l'industrie, F-67166, Wissembourg, France.
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS-8181, UCCS-Unit of Catalysis and Chemistry of Solids, F-59000, Lille, France; Institut Universitaire de France, 1 rue Descartes, F-75231, Paris, France.
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Martin RW, Kelly JE, Kelz JI. Advances in instrumentation and methodology for solid-state NMR of biological assemblies. J Struct Biol 2018; 206:73-89. [PMID: 30205196 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2018.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2018] [Revised: 07/08/2018] [Accepted: 09/06/2018] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
Abstract
Many advances in instrumentation and methodology have furthered the use of solid-state NMR as a technique for determining the structures and studying the dynamics of molecules involved in complex biological assemblies. Solid-state NMR does not require large crystals, has no inherent size limit, and with appropriate isotopic labeling schemes, supports solving one component of a complex assembly at a time. It is complementary to cryo-EM, in that it provides local, atomic-level detail that can be modeled into larger-scale structures. This review focuses on the development of high-field MAS instrumentation and methodology; including probe design, benchmarking strategies, labeling schemes, and experiments that enable the use of quadrupolar nuclei in biomolecular NMR. Current challenges facing solid-state NMR of biological assemblies and new directions in this dynamic research area are also discussed.
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- Rachel W Martin
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine 92697-2025, United States; Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine 92697-3900, United States.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine 92697-2025, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine 92697-2025, United States
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Tošner Z, Sarkar R, Becker-Baldus J, Glaubitz C, Wegner S, Engelke F, Glaser SJ, Reif B. Overcoming Volume Selectivity of Dipolar Recoupling in Biological Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:14514-14518. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201805002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2018] [Revised: 06/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Zdeněk Tošner
- Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPS-M) at, Department Chemie; Technische Universität München (TUM); Lichtenbergstr. 4 85747 Garching Germany
- Dept. of Chemistry; Faculty of Science; Charles University; Hlavova 8 CZ-12842 Prague 2 Czech Republic
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- Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPS-M) at, Department Chemie; Technische Universität München (TUM); Lichtenbergstr. 4 85747 Garching Germany
- Helmholtz-Zentrum München (HMGU); Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt; Ingolstädter Landstr. 1 85764 Neuherberg Germany
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- Institute for Biophysical Chemistry & Center for, Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance; Goethe-University Frankfurt; Frankfurt 60438 Germany
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- Institute for Biophysical Chemistry & Center for, Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance; Goethe-University Frankfurt; Frankfurt 60438 Germany
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- Bruker Biospin; Silberstreifen 4 76278 Rheinstetten Germany
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- Department Chemie; Technische Universität München (TUM); Lichtenbergstr. 4 85747 Garching Germany
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- Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPS-M) at, Department Chemie; Technische Universität München (TUM); Lichtenbergstr. 4 85747 Garching Germany
- Helmholtz-Zentrum München (HMGU); Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt; Ingolstädter Landstr. 1 85764 Neuherberg Germany
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Tošner Z, Sarkar R, Becker-Baldus J, Glaubitz C, Wegner S, Engelke F, Glaser SJ, Reif B. Overcoming Volume Selectivity of Dipolar Recoupling in Biological Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201805002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Zdeněk Tošner
- Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPS-M) at, Department Chemie; Technische Universität München (TUM); Lichtenbergstr. 4 85747 Garching Germany
- Dept. of Chemistry; Faculty of Science; Charles University; Hlavova 8 CZ-12842 Prague 2 Czech Republic
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- Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPS-M) at, Department Chemie; Technische Universität München (TUM); Lichtenbergstr. 4 85747 Garching Germany
- Helmholtz-Zentrum München (HMGU); Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt; Ingolstädter Landstr. 1 85764 Neuherberg Germany
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- Institute for Biophysical Chemistry & Center for, Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance; Goethe-University Frankfurt; Frankfurt 60438 Germany
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- Institute for Biophysical Chemistry & Center for, Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance; Goethe-University Frankfurt; Frankfurt 60438 Germany
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- Bruker Biospin; Silberstreifen 4 76278 Rheinstetten Germany
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- Department Chemie; Technische Universität München (TUM); Lichtenbergstr. 4 85747 Garching Germany
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- Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPS-M) at, Department Chemie; Technische Universität München (TUM); Lichtenbergstr. 4 85747 Garching Germany
- Helmholtz-Zentrum München (HMGU); Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt; Ingolstädter Landstr. 1 85764 Neuherberg Germany
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Krushelnitsky A, Gauto D, Rodriguez Camargo DC, Schanda P, Saalwächter K. Microsecond motions probed by near-rotary-resonance R 1ρ15N MAS NMR experiments: the model case of protein overall-rocking in crystals. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2018; 71:53-67. [PMID: 29845494 PMCID: PMC5986846 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-018-0191-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2018] [Accepted: 05/26/2018] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
Abstract
Solid-state near-rotary-resonance measurements of the spin-lattice relaxation rate in the rotating frame (R1ρ) is a powerful NMR technique for studying molecular dynamics in the microsecond time scale. The small difference between the spin-lock (SL) and magic-angle-spinning (MAS) frequencies allows sampling very slow motions, at the same time it brings up some methodological challenges. In this work, several issues affecting correct measurements and analysis of 15N R1ρ data are considered in detail. Among them are signal amplitude as a function of the difference between SL and MAS frequencies, "dead time" in the initial part of the relaxation decay caused by transient spin-dynamic oscillations, measurements under HORROR condition and proper treatment of the multi-exponential relaxation decays. The multiple 15N R1ρ measurements at different SL fields and temperatures have been conducted in 1D mode (i.e. without site-specific resolution) for a set of four different microcrystalline protein samples (GB1, SH3, MPD-ubiquitin and cubic-PEG-ubiquitin) to study the overall protein rocking in a crystal. While the amplitude of this motion varies very significantly, its correlation time for all four sample is practically the same, 30-50 μs. The amplitude of the rocking motion correlates with the packing density of a protein crystal. It has been suggested that the rocking motion is not diffusive but likely a jump-like dynamic process.
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS), Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS), Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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