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Xiao H, Zhang Z, Kang H, Yang J. Solid-State NMR Double-Quantum Dipolar Recoupling Enhanced by Additional Phase Modulation. Chemphyschem 2023; 24:e202300141. [PMID: 37309720 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202300141] [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: 02/23/2023] [Revised: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Additional phase modulation (APM) is proposed to generally enhance the theoretical efficiency of homonuclear double-quantum (DQ) recoupling in solid-state NMR. APM applies an additional phase list to DQ recoupling in steps of an entire block. The sine-based phase list can enhance the theoretical efficiency by 15-30 %, from 0.52 to 0.68 (non-γ-encoded recoupling) or from 0.73 to 0.84 (γ-encoded recoupling), with doubled recoupling time. The genetic-algorithm (GA) optimized APM can adiabatically enhance the efficiency to ∼1.0 at longer times. The concept of APM has been tested on SPR-51 , BaBa, and SPR-31 , which represent γ-encoded recoupling, non-γ-encoded recoupling, and another kind beyond the former two, respectively. Simulations reveal that enhancements from APM are due to the activation of more crystallites in the powder. Experiments on 2,3-13 C labeled alanine are used to validate the APM recoupling. This new concept shall shed light on developing more efficient homonuclear recoupling methods.
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- Hang Xiao
- National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, 430071, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, 430071, China
- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, China
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- National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, 430071, China
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- National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, 430071, China
- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, China
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Biedenbänder T, Bensons ER, Corzilius B. Serial Polarization Transfer by Combination of Cross-Relaxation and Rotational Resonance for Sensitivity-Enhanced Solid-State NMR. Chemphyschem 2023; 24:e202300206. [PMID: 37306393 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202300206] [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: 03/23/2023] [Revised: 06/04/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Methods which induce site-specificity and sensitivity enhancement in solid-state magic-angle spinning NMR spectroscopy become more important for structural biology due to the increasing size of molecules under investigation. Recently, several strategies have been developed to increase site specificity and thus reduce signal overlap. Under dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) for NMR signal enhancement, it is possible to use cross-relaxation transfer induced by select dynamic groups within the molecules which is exploited by SCREAM-DNP (Specific Cross Relaxation Enhancement by Active Motions under DNP). Here, we present an approach where we additionally reintroduce the homonuclear dipolar coupling with rotational resonance (R2 ) during SCREAM-DNP to further boost the selectivity of the experiment. Detailed analysis of the polarization buildup dynamics of 13 C-methyl polarization source and 13 C-carbonyl target in 2-13 C-ethyl 1-13 C-acetate provides information about the sought-after and spurious transfer pathways. We show that dipolar-recoupled transfer rates greatly exceed the DNP buildup dynamics in our model system, indicating that significantly larger distances can be selectively and efficiently hyperpolarized.
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- Thomas Biedenbänder
- Institute of Chemistry, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 27, 18059, Rostock, Germany
- Department Life, Light & Matter, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 25, 18059, Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 27, 18059, Rostock, Germany
- Department Life, Light & Matter, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 25, 18059, Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 27, 18059, Rostock, Germany
- Department Life, Light & Matter, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 25, 18059, Rostock, Germany
- Leibniz Institute for Catalysis, Albert-Einstein-Str. 29, 18059, Rostock, Germany
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Nimerovsky E, Najbauer EÉ, Becker S, Andreas LB. Great Offset Difference Internuclear Selective Transfer. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:3939-3945. [PMID: 37078685 PMCID: PMC10150390 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Carbon-carbon dipolar recoupling sequences are frequently used building blocks in routine magic-angle spinning NMR experiments. While broadband homonuclear first-order dipolar recoupling sequences mainly excite intra-residue correlations, selective methods can detect inter-residue transfers and long-range correlations. Here, we present the great offset difference internuclear selective transfer (GODIST) pulse sequence optimized for selective carbonyl or aliphatic recoupling at fast magic-angle spinning, here, 55 kHz. We observe a 3- to 5-fold increase in intensities compared with broadband RFDR recoupling for perdeuterated microcrystalline SH3 and for the membrane protein influenza A M2 in lipid bilayers. In 3D (H)COCO(N)H and (H)CO(CO)NH spectra, inter-residue carbonyl-carbonyl correlations up to about 5 Å are observed in uniformly 13C-labeled proteins.
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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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Söldner B, Grohe K, Neidig P, Auch J, Blach S, Klein A, Vasa SK, Schäfer LV, Linser R. Integrated Assessment of the Structure and Dynamics of Solid Proteins. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:1725-1731. [PMID: 36757335 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c03398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Understanding macromolecular function, interactions, and stability hinges on detailed assessment of conformational ensembles. For solid proteins, accurate elucidation of the spatial aspects of dynamics at physiological temperatures is limited by the qualitative character or low abundance of solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance internuclear distance information. Here, we demonstrate access to abundant proton-proton internuclear distances for integrated structural biology and chemistry with unprecedented accuracy. Apart from highest-resolution single-state structures, the exact distances enable molecular dynamics (MD) ensemble simulations orchestrated by a dense network of experimental interproton distance boundaries gathered in the context of their physical lattices. This direct embedding of experimental ensemble distances into MD will provide access to representative, atomic-level spatial details of conformational dynamics in supramolecular assemblies, crystalline and lipid-embedded proteins, and beyond.
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- Benedikt Söldner
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Technical University Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Straße 4a, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Bruker BioSpin GmbH, Rudolf-Plank-Straße 23, 76275 Ettlingen, Germany
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- Bruker BioSpin GmbH, Rudolf-Plank-Straße 23, 76275 Ettlingen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Technical University Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Straße 4a, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Technical University Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Straße 4a, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Technical University Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Straße 4a, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Technical University Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Straße 4a, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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Liang L, Shang C, Chen K, Hou G. Supercycled R-symmetry sequences for robust heteronuclear polarization transfer in solid-state NMR. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2022; 344:107310. [PMID: 36334491 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2022.107310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2022] [Revised: 10/09/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Herein, we introduce supercycle of R-symmetry sequences (SR-sequences) and incomplete supercycle schemes of R-symmetry sequences (iSR-I- and iSR-II-sequences) to improve the robustness of PRESTO for heteronuclear polarization transfer in MAS NMR. The constructions of SR- and iSR-I/II- sequences are based on the different phase-inverted supercycles of R-symmetry sequences, and such supercycles can suppress the influence of CSA, resonance offset and RF mismatch when incorporated into the PRESTO method. Moreover, the SR- and iSR-II-sequences are more efficient in suppressing the interference of homonuclear dipolar coupling. The improved robustness of SR-, iSR-I- and iSR-II-PRESTO over the original R-PRESTO has been verified by numerical simulations and NMR experiments on NH4H2PO4 and gamma-alumina at fast MAS conditions. It is also important to note that the SR- and iSR-II-PRESTO can greatly lengthen the transverse relaxation times and lead to much higher polarization transfer efficiency compared to R-PRESTO, thanks to their superior tolerance to RF inhomogeneity and homonuclear dipolar coupling.
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- Lixin Liang
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, 2011-Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan Road 457, Dalian 116023, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, 2011-Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan Road 457, Dalian 116023, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, 2011-Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan Road 457, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, 2011-Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan Road 457, Dalian 116023, China.
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Ahlawat S, Mote KR, Raran-Kurussi S, Agarwal V. Mechanism of selective polarization exchange amongst chemically similar and distinct protons during weak rf irradiation at fast magic angle spinning. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2022; 340:107236. [PMID: 35609347 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2022.107236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2021] [Revised: 04/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Band Selective Spectral Spin-Diffusion (BASS-SD) is a method to obtain selective 1H-1H contacts between chemically similar protons within a distance range of 5-6 Å in fully protonated proteins. BASS-SD combines low-amplitude proton spinlock radio frequency (rf) pulses with fast MAS frequency to enable selective polarization exchange in fully protonated molecules. The selectivity of transfer is dictated by the bandwidth of the spinlock pulse and has been used to observe selective HN-HN, Hα-Ηα and Hmethyl-Hmethyl correlations. These proton-proton spatial contacts are similar to those observed in perdeuterated samples and serve as useful structural restraints towards de novo protein structure determination. This study employs bimodal Floquet theory to derive the first- and second-order effective Hamiltonians necessary to understand the spin dynamics during BASS-SD. Analytical calculations combined with numerical simulations delineate two different mechanisms for polarization transfer amongst the proton spins. The BASS-SD recoupling condition has been reoptimized to observe selective correlations between chemically different protons (e.g., HN-Hα) while retaining the spatial contacts between chemically similar protons (e.g., HN-HN). The new BASS-SD condition is integrated with simultaneous and sequential acquisition approaches to generate four different types of structural restraints (HN-HN, Hα-Ηα, HN-Hα, Hα-HN) in one experiment. The approach has been demonstrated on microcrystalline U-[13C,15N] labeled GB1 protein at ∼ 95-100 kHz MAS.
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- Sahil Ahlawat
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, Sy. No. 36/P, Gopanpally Village, Serilingampally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad 500 046, India
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, Sy. No. 36/P, Gopanpally Village, Serilingampally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad 500 046, India
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, Sy. No. 36/P, Gopanpally Village, Serilingampally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad 500 046, India
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, Sy. No. 36/P, Gopanpally Village, Serilingampally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad 500 046, India.
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Liang L, Ji Y, Chen K, Gao P, Zhao Z, Hou G. Solid-State NMR Dipolar and Chemical Shift Anisotropy Recoupling Techniques for Structural and Dynamical Studies in Biological Systems. Chem Rev 2022; 122:9880-9942. [PMID: 35006680 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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With the development of NMR methodology and technology during the past decades, solid-state NMR (ssNMR) has become a particularly important tool for investigating structure and dynamics at atomic scale in biological systems, where the recoupling techniques play pivotal roles in modern high-resolution MAS NMR. In this review, following a brief introduction on the basic theory of recoupling in ssNMR, we highlight the recent advances in dipolar and chemical shift anisotropy recoupling methods, as well as their applications in structural determination and dynamical characterization at multiple time scales (i.e., fast-, intermediate-, and slow-motion). The performances of these prevalent recoupling techniques are compared and discussed in multiple aspects, together with the representative applications in biomolecules. Given the recent emerging advances in NMR technology, new challenges for recoupling methodology development and potential opportunities for biological systems are also discussed.
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- Lixin Liang
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, National Laboratory for Clean Energy, 2011-Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan Road 457, Dalian 116023, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, National Laboratory for Clean Energy, 2011-Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan Road 457, Dalian 116023, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, National Laboratory for Clean Energy, 2011-Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan Road 457, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, National Laboratory for Clean Energy, 2011-Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan Road 457, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, National Laboratory for Clean Energy, 2011-Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan Road 457, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, National Laboratory for Clean Energy, 2011-Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan Road 457, Dalian 116023, China
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Mathew R, Stevensson B, Edén M. Refined Structures of O-Phospho-l-serine and Its Calcium Salt by New Multinuclear Solid-State NMR Crystallography Methods. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:10985-11004. [PMID: 34553936 PMCID: PMC8503883 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c05587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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O-phospho-l-serine (Pser) and its Ca salt, Ca[O-phospho-l-serine]·H2O (CaPser), play important roles for bone mineralization and were recently also proposed to account for the markedly improved bone-adhesive properties of Pser-doped calcium phosphate-based cements for biomedical implants. However, the hitherto few proposed structural models of Pser and CaPser were obtained by X-ray diffraction, thereby leaving the proton positions poorly defined. Herein, we refine the Pser and CaPser structures by density functional theory (DFT) calculations and contrast them with direct interatomic-distance constraints from two-dimensional (2D) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) correlation experimentation at fast magic-angle spinning (MAS), encompassing double-quantum-single-quantum (2Q-1Q) 1H NMR along with heteronuclear 13C{1H} and 31P{1H} correlation NMR experiments. The Pser and CaPser structures before and after refinements by DFT were validated against sets of NMR-derived effective 1H-1H, 1H-31P, and 1H-13C distances, which confirmed the improved accuracy of the refined structures. Each distance set was derived from one sole 2D NMR experiment applied to a powder without isotopic enrichment. The distances were extracted without invoking numerical spin-dynamics simulations or approximate phenomenological models. We highlight the advantages and limitations of the new distance-extraction procedure. Isotropic 1H, 13C, and 31P chemical shifts obtained by DFT calculations using the gauge including projector augmented wave (GIPAW) method agreed very well with the experimental results. We discuss the isotropic and anisotropic 13C and 31P chemical-shift parameters in relation to the previous literature, where most data on CaPser are reported herein for the first time.
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- Renny Mathew
- Department of Materials and Environmental
Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Materials and Environmental
Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Materials and Environmental
Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Potnuru LR, Duong NT, Sasank B, Raran-Kurussi S, Nishiyama Y, Agarwal V. Selective 1H- 1H recoupling via symmetry sequences in fully protonated samples at fast magic angle spinning. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2021; 328:107004. [PMID: 34049237 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2021.107004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Revised: 05/09/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Proton-detected solid-state NMR at fast Magic Angle Spinning (MAS) is becoming the norm to characterize molecules. Routinely 1H-1H and 1H-X dipolar couplings are used to characterize the structure and dynamics of molecules. Selective proton recoupling techniques are emerging as a method for structural characterization via estimation of qualitative and quantitative distances. In the present study, we demonstrate through numerical simulations and experiments that the well-characterized CNvn sequences can also be tailored for selective recoupling of proton spins by employing C elements of the type (β)Φ(4β)Φ+π(3β)Φ. Herein, several CNvn sequences were examined through numerical simulations and experiments. C614 recoupling sequence with a modified POST-element ((β)Φ(4β)Φ+π(3β)Φ) shows selective polarization transfer efficiencies on the order of 40-50% between various proton spin pairs in fully protonated samples at rf amplitudes ranging from 0.3 to 0.8 times the MAS frequency. These selective recoupling sequences have been labeled as frequency-selective-CNvn sequences. The extent of selectivity, polarization transfer efficiency and the feasibility of experimentally measuring proton-proton distances in fully protonated samples are explored here. The development of efficient and robust selective 1H-1H recoupling experiments is required to structurally characterize molecules without artificial isotope enrichment or the need for diffracting crystals.
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- Lokeswara Rao Potnuru
- TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Hyderabad, Sy. No. 36/P, Gopanpally, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad 500 107, India
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- Nano-Crystallography Unit, RIKEN-JEOL Collaboration Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Hyderabad, Sy. No. 36/P, Gopanpally, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad 500 107, India; Department of Physical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Sector 81, Mohali 140306, India
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- TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Hyderabad, Sy. No. 36/P, Gopanpally, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad 500 107, India
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- Nano-Crystallography Unit, RIKEN-JEOL Collaboration Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan; JEOL RESONANCE Inc., Musashino, Akishima, Tokyo 196-8558, Japan.
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- TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Hyderabad, Sy. No. 36/P, Gopanpally, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad 500 107, India.
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Daskalov A, El Mammeri N, Lends A, Shenoy J, Lamon G, Fichou Y, Saad A, Martinez D, Morvan E, Berbon M, Grélard A, Kauffmann B, Ferber M, Bardiaux B, Habenstein B, Saupe SJ, Loquet A. Structures of Pathological and Functional Amyloids and Prions, a Solid-State NMR Perspective. Front Mol Neurosci 2021; 14:670513. [PMID: 34276304 PMCID: PMC8280340 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2021.670513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2021] [Accepted: 05/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Infectious proteins or prions are a remarkable class of pathogens, where pathogenicity and infectious state correspond to conformational transition of a protein fold. The conformational change translates into the formation by the protein of insoluble amyloid aggregates, associated in humans with various neurodegenerative disorders and systemic protein-deposition diseases. The prion principle, however, is not limited to pathogenicity. While pathological amyloids (and prions) emerge from protein misfolding, a class of functional amyloids has been defined, consisting of amyloid-forming domains under natural selection and with diverse biological roles. Although of great importance, prion amyloid structures remain challenging for conventional structural biology techniques. Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (SSNMR) has been preferentially used to investigate these insoluble, morphologically heterogeneous aggregates with poor crystallinity. SSNMR methods have yielded a wealth of knowledge regarding the fundamentals of prion biology and have helped to solve the structures of several prion and prion-like fibrils. Here, we will review pathological and functional amyloid structures and will discuss some of the obtained structural models. We will finish the review with a perspective on integrative approaches combining solid-state NMR, electron paramagnetic resonance and cryo-electron microscopy, which can complement and extend our toolkit to structurally explore various facets of prion biology.
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- Asen Daskalov
- CNRS, CBMN UMR 5348, IECB, University of Bordeaux, Pessac, France
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- CNRS, CBMN UMR 5348, IECB, University of Bordeaux, Pessac, France
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- CNRS, CBMN UMR 5348, IECB, University of Bordeaux, Pessac, France
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- CNRS, CBMN UMR 5348, IECB, University of Bordeaux, Pessac, France
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- CNRS, CBMN UMR 5348, IECB, University of Bordeaux, Pessac, France
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- CNRS, CBMN UMR 5348, IECB, University of Bordeaux, Pessac, France
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- CNRS, CBMN UMR 5348, IECB, University of Bordeaux, Pessac, France
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- CNRS, INSERM, IECB, UMS 3033, University of Bordeaux, Pessac, France
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- CNRS, CBMN UMR 5348, IECB, University of Bordeaux, Pessac, France
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- CNRS, CBMN UMR 5348, IECB, University of Bordeaux, Pessac, France
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- CNRS, INSERM, IECB, UMS 3033, University of Bordeaux, Pessac, France
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- CNRS, IBGC UMR 5095, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- CNRS, CBMN UMR 5348, IECB, University of Bordeaux, Pessac, France
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Zhang Z, Oss A, Org ML, Samoson A, Li M, Tan H, Su Y, Yang J. Selectively Enhanced 1H- 1H Correlations in Proton-Detected Solid-State NMR under Ultrafast MAS Conditions. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:8077-8083. [PMID: 32880459 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c02412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Proton-detected solid-state NMR has emerged as a powerful analytical technique in structural elucidation via 1H-1H correlations, which are mostly established by broadband methods. We propose a new class of frequency-selective homonuclear recoupling methods to selectively enhance 1H-1H correlations of interest under ultrafast magic-angle spinning (MAS). These methods, dubbed as selective phase-optimized recoupling (SPR), can provide a sensitivity enhancement by a factor of ∼3 over the widely used radio-frequency-driven recoupling (RFDR) to observe 1HN-1HN contacts in a protonated tripeptide N-formyl-Met-Leu-Phe (fMLF) under 150 kHz MAS and are successfully utilized to probe a long-range 1H-1H contact in a pharmaceutical molecule, the hydrochloride form of pioglitazone (PIO-HCl). SPR is not only highly efficient in frequency-selective recoupling but also easy to implement, imparting to it great potential to probe 1H-1H contacts for the structural elucidation of organic solids such as proteins and pharmaceuticals under ultrafast MAS conditions.
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- Zhengfeng Zhang
- National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, P. R. China
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- Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn 19086, Estonia
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- Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn 19086, Estonia
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- Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn 19086, Estonia
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey 07033, United States
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- National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey 07033, United States
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- National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, P. R. China
- Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, P. R. China
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Potnuru LR, Duong NT, Ahlawat S, Raran-Kurussi S, Ernst M, Nishiyama Y, Agarwal V. Accuracy of 1H- 1H distances measured using frequency selective recoupling and fast magic-angle spinning. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:084202. [PMID: 32872876 DOI: 10.1063/5.0019717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Selective recoupling of protons (SERP) is a method to selectively and quantitatively measure magnetic dipole-dipole interaction between protons and, in turn, the proton-proton distance in solid-state samples at fast magic-angle spinning. We present a bimodal operator-based Floquet approach to describe the numerically optimized SERP recoupling sequence. The description calculates the allowed terms in the first-order effective Hamiltonian, explains the origin of selectivity during recoupling, and shows how different terms are modulated as a function of the radio frequency amplitude and the phase of the sequence. Analytical and numerical simulations have been used to evaluate the effect of higher-order terms and offsets on the polarization transfer efficiency and quantitative distance measurement. The experimentally measured 1H-1H distances on a fully protonated thymol sample are ∼10%-15% shorter than those reported from diffraction studies. A semi-quantitative model combined with extensive numerical simulations is used to rationalize the effect of the third-spin and the role of different parameters in the experimentally observed shorter distances. Measurements at high magnetic fields improve the match between experimental and diffraction distances. The measurement of 1H-1H couplings at offsets different from the SERP-offset has also been explored. Experiments were also performed on a perdeuterated ubiquitin sample to demonstrate the feasibility of simultaneously measuring multiple quantitative distances and to evaluate the accuracy of the measured distance in the absence of multispin effects. The estimation of proton-proton distances provides a boost to structural characterization of small pharmaceuticals and biomolecules, given that the positions of protons are generally not well defined in x-ray structures.
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- Lokeswara Rao Potnuru
- TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, Survey No. 36/P, Gopanpally, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad 500 107, India
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- NMR Science and Development Division, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, and Nano-Crystallography Unit, RIKEN-JEOL Collaboration Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, Survey No. 36/P, Gopanpally, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad 500 107, India
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- TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, Survey No. 36/P, Gopanpally, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad 500 107, India
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- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- NMR Science and Development Division, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, and Nano-Crystallography Unit, RIKEN-JEOL Collaboration Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, Survey No. 36/P, Gopanpally, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad 500 107, India
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Duong NT, Raran-Kurussi S, Nishiyama Y, Agarwal V. Can proton-proton recoupling in fully protonated solids provide quantitative, selective and efficient polarization transfer? JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2020; 317:106777. [PMID: 32619889 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2020.106777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Revised: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Dipolar recoupling sequences have been used to probe spatial proximity of nuclear spins and were traditionally designed to probe rare spins such as 13C and/or 15N nuclei. The multi-spin dipolar-coupling network of the rare spins is weak due to smaller couplings and large chemical shift dispersion. Therefore, the recoupling approaches were tailored to design offset compensated or broadband sequences. In contrast, protons have a substantially stronger dipolar-coupling network and much narrower chemical shift range. Broadband recoupling sequences such as radio-frequency driven recoupling (RFDR), back-to-back (BABA), and lab frame proton-proton spin diffusion have been routinely used to characterize the structures of protein/macromolecules and small molecules. Recently selective 1H-1H recoupling sequences have been proposed that combine chemical shift offset of the resolved proton spectrum (at fast MAS) with first- and second-order dipolar recoupling Hamiltonians to obtain quantitative and qualitative proton distances, respectively. Herein, we evaluate the performances of broadband and selective proton recoupling sequences such as finite pulse RFDR (fp-RFDR), band-selective spectral spin diffusion (BASS-SD), second-order cross-polarization (SOCP), and selective recoupling of proton (SERP) in terms of the selectivity and efficiency of 1H-1H polarization transfers in a dense network of proton spins and explore the possibility of measuring 1H-1H distances. We use theoretical considerations, numerical simulations, and experiments to support the distinct advantages and disadvantages of each recoupling sequence. Experiments were performed on L-histidine.HCl.H2O at a MAS frequency of 71.43 kHz. This study rationalizes the proper selection of 1H-1H recoupling sequences when working with fully protonated solids.
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- Nghia Tuan Duong
- NMR Science and Development Division, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, and Nano-Crystallography Unit, RIKEN-JEOL Collaboration Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, Sy. No. 36/P, Gopanpally, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad 500 107, India
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- NMR Science and Development Division, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, and Nano-Crystallography Unit, RIKEN-JEOL Collaboration Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan; JEOL RESONANCE Inc., Musashino, Akishima, Tokyo 196-8558, Japan.
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- TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, Sy. No. 36/P, Gopanpally, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad 500 107, India.
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Thureau P, Sturniolo S, Zilka M, Ziarelli F, Viel S, Yates JR, Mollica G. Reducing the computational cost of NMR crystallography of organic powders at natural isotopic abundance with the help of 13 C- 13 C dipolar couplings. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2019; 57:256-264. [PMID: 30735578 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.4848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Revised: 01/22/2019] [Accepted: 02/02/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Structure determination of functional organic compounds remains a formidable challenge when the sample exists as a powder. Nuclear magnetic resonance crystallography approaches based on the comparison of experimental and Density Functional Theory (DFT)-computed 1 H chemical shifts have already demonstrated great potential for structure determination of organic powders, but limitations still persist. In this study, we discuss the possibility of using 13 C-13 C dipolar couplings quantified on powdered theophylline at natural isotopic abundance with the help of dynamic nuclear polarization, to realize a DFT-free, rapid screening of a pool of structures predicted by ab initio random structure search. We show that although 13 C-13 C dipolar couplings can identify structures possessing long range structural motifs and unit cell parameters close to those of the true structure, it must be complemented with other data to recover information about the presence and the chemical nature of the supramolecular interactions.
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- Scientific Computing Department, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, UK
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, FSCM FR1739, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, ICR, Marseille, France
- Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
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Zhang Z, Liu H, Deng J, Tycko R, Yang J. Optimization of band-selective homonuclear dipolar recoupling in solid-state NMR by a numerical phase search. J Chem Phys 2019; 150:154201. [PMID: 31005077 DOI: 10.1063/1.5092986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Spin polarization transfers among aliphatic 13C nuclei, especially 13Cα-13Cβ transfers, permit correlations of their nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) frequencies that are essential for signal assignments in multidimensional solid-state NMR of proteins. We derive and demonstrate a new radio-frequency (RF) excitation sequence for homonuclear dipolar recoupling that enhances spin polarization transfers among aliphatic 13C nuclei at moderate magic-angle spinning (MAS) frequencies. The phase-optimized recoupling sequence with five π pulses per MAS rotation period (denoted as PR5) is derived initially from systematic numerical simulations in which only the RF phases are varied. Subsequent theoretical analysis by average Hamiltonian theory explains the favorable properties of numerically optimized phase schemes. The high efficiency of spin polarization transfers in simulations is preserved in experiments, in part because the RF field amplitude in PR5 is only 2.5 times the MAS frequency so that relatively low 1H decoupling powers are required. Experiments on a microcrystalline sample of the β1 immunoglobulin binding domain of protein G demonstrate an average enhancement factor of 1.6 for 13Cα → 13Cβ polarization transfers, compared to the standard 13C-13C spin-diffusion method, implying a two-fold time saving in relevant 2D and 3D experiments.
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- Zhengfeng Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0520, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, People's Republic of China
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Demers JP, Fricke P, Shi C, Chevelkov V, Lange A. Structure determination of supra-molecular assemblies by solid-state NMR: Practical considerations. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2018; 109:51-78. [PMID: 30527136 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2018.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2018] [Revised: 06/15/2018] [Accepted: 06/15/2018] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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In the cellular environment, biomolecules assemble in large complexes which can act as molecular machines. Determining the structure of intact assemblies can reveal conformations and inter-molecular interactions that are only present in the context of the full assembly. Solid-state NMR (ssNMR) spectroscopy is a technique suitable for the study of samples with high molecular weight that allows the atomic structure determination of such large protein assemblies under nearly physiological conditions. This review provides a practical guide for the first steps of studying biological supra-molecular assemblies using ssNMR. The production of isotope-labeled samples is achievable via several means, which include recombinant expression, cell-free protein synthesis, extraction of assemblies directly from cells, or even the study of assemblies in whole cells in situ. Specialized isotope labeling schemes greatly facilitate the assignment of chemical shifts and the collection of structural data. Advanced strategies such as mixed, diluted, or segmental subunit labeling offer the possibility to study inter-molecular interfaces. Detailed and practical considerations are presented with respect to first setting up magic-angle spinning (MAS) ssNMR experiments, including the selection of the ssNMR rotor, different methods to best transfer the sample and prepare the rotor, as well as common and robust procedures for the calibration of the instrument. Diagnostic spectra to evaluate the resolution and sensitivity of the sample are presented. Possible improvements that can reduce sample heterogeneity and improve the quality of ssNMR spectra are reviewed.
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- Jean-Philippe Demers
- Department of Molecular Biophysics, Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), 13125 Berlin, Germany; Laboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research (CCR), National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics, Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics, Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics, Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics, Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), 13125 Berlin, Germany; Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10115 Berlin, Germany.
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Roos M, Mandala VS, Hong M. Determination of Long-Range Distances by Fast Magic-Angle-Spinning Radiofrequency-Driven 19F- 19F Dipolar Recoupling NMR. J Phys Chem B 2018; 122:9302-9313. [PMID: 30211552 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b06878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Nanometer-range distances are important for restraining the three-dimensional structure and oligomeric assembly of proteins and other biological molecules. Solid-state NMR determination of protein structures typically utilizes 13C-13C and 13C-15N distance restraints, which can only be measured up to ∼7 Å because of the low gyromagnetic ratios of these nuclear spins. To extend the distance reach of NMR, one can harvest the power of 19F, whose large gyromagnetic ratio in principle allows distances up to 2 nm to be measured. However, 19F possesses large chemical shift anisotropies (CSAs) as well as large isotropic chemical shift dispersions, which pose challenges to dipolar coupling measurements. Here, we demonstrate 19F-19F distance measurements at high magnetic fields under fast magic-angle spinning (MAS) using radiofrequency-driven dipolar recoupling (RFDR). We show that 19F-19F cross-peaks for distances up to 1 nm can be readily observed in two-dimensional 19F-19F correlation spectra using less than 5 ms of RFDR mixing. This efficient 19F-19F dipolar recoupling is achieved using practically accessible MAS frequencies of 15-55 kHz, moderate 19F radio frequency field strengths, and no 1H decoupling. Experiments and simulations show that the fastest polarization transfer for aromatic fluorines with the highest distance accuracy is achieved using either fast MAS (e.g., 60 kHz) with large pulse duty cycles (>50%) or slow MAS with strong 19F pulses. Fast MAS considerably reduces relaxation losses during the RFDR π-pulse train, making finite-pulse RFDR under fast-MAS the method of choice. Under intermediate MAS frequencies (25-40 kHz) and intermediate pulse duty cycles (15-30%), the 19F CSA tensor orientation has a quantifiable effect on the polarization transfer rate; thus, the RFDR buildup curves encode both distance and orientation information. At fast MAS, the impact of CSA orientation is minimized, allowing pure distance restraints to be extracted. We further investigate how relayed transfer and dipolar truncation in multifluorine environments affect polarization transfer. This fast-MAS 19F RFDR approach is complementary to 19F spin diffusion for distance measurements and will be the method of choice under high-field fast-MAS conditions that are increasingly important for protein structure determination by solid-state NMR.
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- Matthias Roos
- Department of Chemistry , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 170 Albany Street , Cambridge , Massachusetts 02139 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 170 Albany Street , Cambridge , Massachusetts 02139 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 170 Albany Street , Cambridge , Massachusetts 02139 , United States
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Hellwagner J, Sharma K, Tan KO, Wittmann JJ, Meier BH, Madhu PK, Ernst M. Optimizing symmetry-based recoupling sequences in solid-state NMR by pulse-transient compensation and asynchronous implementation. J Chem Phys 2017; 146:244202. [PMID: 28668064 DOI: 10.1063/1.4989542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Pulse imperfections like pulse transients and radio-frequency field maladjustment or inhomogeneity are the main sources of performance degradation and limited reproducibility in solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance experiments. We quantitatively analyze the influence of such imperfections on the performance of symmetry-based pulse sequences and describe how they can be compensated. Based on a triple-mode Floquet analysis, we develop a theoretical description of symmetry-based dipolar recoupling sequences, in particular, R26411, calculating first- and second-order effective Hamiltonians using real pulse shapes. We discuss the various origins of effective fields, namely, pulse transients, deviation from the ideal flip angle, and fictitious fields, and develop strategies to counteract them for the restoration of full transfer efficiency. We compare experimental applications of transient-compensated pulses and an asynchronous implementation of the sequence to a supercycle, SR26, which is known to be efficient in compensating higher-order error terms. We are able to show the superiority of R26 compared to the supercycle, SR26, given the ability to reduce experimental error on the pulse sequence by pulse-transient compensation and a complete theoretical understanding of the sequence.
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- Johannes Hellwagner
- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences, 21 Brundavan Colony, Narsingi, Hyderabad 500075, India
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- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences, 21 Brundavan Colony, Narsingi, Hyderabad 500075, India
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- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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Shankar R, Ernst M, Madhu PK, Vosegaard T, Nielsen NC, Nielsen AB. A general theoretical description of the influence of isotropic chemical shift in dipolar recoupling experiments for solid-state NMR. J Chem Phys 2017; 146:134105. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4979123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Wittmann JJ, Agarwal V, Hellwagner J, Lends A, Cadalbert R, Meier BH, Ernst M. Accelerating proton spin diffusion in perdeuterated proteins at 100 kHz MAS. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2016; 66:233-242. [PMID: 27803998 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-016-0071-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2016] [Accepted: 10/19/2016] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Fast magic-angle spinning (>60 kHz) has many advantages but makes spin-diffusion-type proton-proton long-range polarization transfer inefficient and highly dependent on chemical-shift offset. Using 100%-HN-[2H,13C,15N]-ubiquitin as a model substance, we quantify the influence of the chemical-shift difference on the spin diffusion between proton spins and compare two experiments which lead to an improved chemical-shift compensation of the transfer: rotating-frame spin diffusion and a new experiment, reverse amplitude-modulated MIRROR. Both approaches enable broadband spin diffusion, but the application of the first variant is limited due to fast spin relaxation in the rotating frame. The reverse MIRROR experiment, in contrast, is a promising candidate for the determination of structurally relevant distance restraints. The applied tailored rf-irradiation schemes allow full control over the range of recoupled chemical shifts and efficiently drive spin diffusion. Here, the relevant relaxation time is the larger longitudinal relaxation time, which leads to a higher signal-to-noise ratio in the spectra.
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- Johannes J Wittmann
- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
- TIFR Center for Interdisciplinary Science, 21 Brundavan Colony, Narsingi, Hyderabad, 500075, India
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- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Basse K, Shankar R, Bjerring M, Vosegaard T, Nielsen NC, Nielsen AB. Handling the influence of chemical shift in amplitude-modulated heteronuclear dipolar recoupling solid-state NMR. J Chem Phys 2016; 145:094202. [PMID: 27608995 DOI: 10.1063/1.4961736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We present a theoretical analysis of the influence of chemical shifts on amplitude-modulated heteronuclear dipolar recoupling experiments in solid-state NMR spectroscopy. The method is demonstrated using the Rotor Echo Short Pulse IRrAdiaTION mediated Cross-Polarization ((RESPIRATION)CP) experiment as an example. By going into the pulse sequence rf interaction frame and employing a quintuple-mode operator-based Floquet approach, we describe how chemical shift offset and anisotropic chemical shift affect the efficiency of heteronuclear polarization transfer. In this description, it becomes transparent that the main attribute leading to non-ideal performance is a fictitious field along the rf field axis, which is generated from second-order cross terms arising mainly between chemical shift tensors and themselves. This insight is useful for the development of improved recoupling experiments. We discuss the validity of this approach and present quaternion calculations to determine the effective resonance conditions in a combined rf field and chemical shift offset interaction frame transformation. Based on this, we derive a broad-banded version of the (RESPIRATION)CP experiment. The new sequence is experimentally verified using SNNFGAILSS amyloid fibrils where simultaneous (15)N → (13)CO and (15)N → (13)Cα coherence transfer is demonstrated on high-field NMR instrumentation, requiring great offset stability.
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- Kristoffer Basse
- Center for Insoluble Protein Structures (inSPIN) and Center for Ultrahigh-Field NMR Spectroscopy, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Center for Insoluble Protein Structures (inSPIN) and Center for Ultrahigh-Field NMR Spectroscopy, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Center for Insoluble Protein Structures (inSPIN) and Center for Ultrahigh-Field NMR Spectroscopy, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Center for Insoluble Protein Structures (inSPIN) and Center for Ultrahigh-Field NMR Spectroscopy, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Center for Insoluble Protein Structures (inSPIN) and Center for Ultrahigh-Field NMR Spectroscopy, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Center for Insoluble Protein Structures (inSPIN) and Center for Ultrahigh-Field NMR Spectroscopy, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Straasø LA, Shankar R, Tan KO, Hellwagner J, Meier BH, Hansen MR, Nielsen NC, Vosegaard T, Ernst M, Nielsen AB. Improved transfer efficiencies in radio-frequency-driven recoupling solid-state NMR by adiabatic sweep through the dipolar recoupling condition. J Chem Phys 2016; 145:034201. [PMID: 27448878 DOI: 10.1063/1.4958318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The homonuclear radio-frequency driven recoupling (RFDR) experiment is commonly used in solid-state NMR spectroscopy to gain insight into the structure of biological samples due to its ease of implementation, stability towards fluctuations/missetting of radio-frequency (rf) field strength, and in general low rf requirements. A theoretical operator-based Floquet description is presented to appreciate the effect of having a temporal displacement of the π-pulses in the RFDR experiment. From this description, we demonstrate improved transfer efficiency for the RFDR experiment by generating an adiabatic passage through the zero-quantum recoupling condition. We have compared the performances of RFDR and the improved sequence to mediate efficient (13)CO to (13)Cα polarization transfer for uniformly (13)C,(15)N-labeled glycine and for the fibril forming peptide SNNFGAILSS (one-letter amino acid codes) uniformly (13)C,(15)N-labeled at the FGAIL residues. Using numerically optimized sweeps, we get experimental gains of approximately 20% for glycine where numerical simulations predict an improvement of 25% relative to the standard implementation. For the fibril forming peptide, using the same sweep parameters as found for glycine, we have gains in the order of 10%-20% depending on the spectral regions of interest.
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- Lasse A Straasø
- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- 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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- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstrasse 28/30, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Habenstein B, Loquet A. Solid-state NMR: An emerging technique in structural biology of self-assemblies. Biophys Chem 2016; 210:14-26. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2015.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2015] [Accepted: 07/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Teymoori G, Pahari B, Edén M. Low-power broadband homonuclear dipolar recoupling in MAS NMR by two-fold symmetry pulse schemes for magnetization transfers and double-quantum excitation. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2015; 261:205-20. [PMID: 26515279 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2015.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2015] [Revised: 08/31/2015] [Accepted: 09/07/2015] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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We provide an experimental, numerical, and high-order average Hamiltonian evaluation of an open-ended series of homonuclear dipolar recoupling sequences, SR [Formula: see text] with p=1,2,3,…. While operating at a very low radio-frequency (rf) power, corresponding to a nutation frequency of 1/2 of the magic-angle spinning (MAS) rate (ωnut=ωr/2), these recursively generated double-quantum (2Q) dipolar recoupling schemes offer a progressively improved compensation to resonance offsets and rf inhomogeneity for increasing pulse-sequence order p. The excellent recoupling robustness to these experimental obstacles, as well as to CSA, is demonstrated for 2Q filtering (2QF) experiments and for driving magnetization transfers in 2D NMR correlation spectroscopy, where the sequences may provide either double or zero quantum dipolar Hamiltonians during mixing. Experimental and numerical demonstrations, which mostly target conditions of "ultra-fast" MAS (≳50kHz) and high magnetic fields, are provided for recoupling of (13)C across a wide range of isotropic and anisotropic chemical shifts, as well as dipolar coupling constants, encompassing [2,3-(13)C2]alanine, [1,3-(13)C2]alanine, diammonium [1,4-(13)C2]fumarate, and [U-(13)C]tyrosine. When compared at equal power levels, a superior performance is observed for the SR [Formula: see text] sequences with p⩾3 relative to existing and well-established 2Q recoupling techniques. At ultra-fast MAS, proton decoupling is redundant during the homonuclear dipolar recoupling of dilute spins in organic solids, which renders the family of SR [Formula: see text] schemes the first efficient 2Q recoupling option for general applications, such as 2Q-1Q correlation NMR and high-order multiple-quantum excitation, under truly low-power rf conditions.
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- Gholamhasan Teymoori
- Physical Chemistry Division, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Physical Chemistry Division, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Physical Chemistry Division, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Zhang R, Ramamoorthy A. Dynamics-based selective 2D (1)H/(1)H chemical shift correlation spectroscopy under ultrafast MAS conditions. J Chem Phys 2015; 142:204201. [PMID: 26026440 PMCID: PMC4449354 DOI: 10.1063/1.4921381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2015] [Accepted: 05/08/2015] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Dynamics plays important roles in determining the physical, chemical, and functional properties of a variety of chemical and biological materials. However, a material (such as a polymer) generally has mobile and rigid regions in order to have high strength and toughness at the same time. Therefore, it is difficult to measure the role of mobile phase without being affected by the rigid components. Herein, we propose a highly sensitive solid-state NMR approach that utilizes a dipolar-coupling based filter (composed of 12 equally spaced 90° RF pulses) to selectively measure the correlation of (1)H chemical shifts from the mobile regions of a material. It is interesting to find that the rotor-synchronized dipolar filter strength decreases with increasing inter-pulse delay between the 90° pulses, whereas the dipolar filter strength increases with increasing inter-pulse delay under static conditions. In this study, we also demonstrate the unique advantages of proton-detection under ultrafast magic-angle-spinning conditions to enhance the spectral resolution and sensitivity for studies on small molecules as well as multi-phase polymers. Our results further demonstrate the use of finite-pulse radio-frequency driven recoupling pulse sequence to efficiently recouple weak proton-proton dipolar couplings in the dynamic regions of a molecule and to facilitate the fast acquisition of (1)H/(1)H correlation spectrum compared to the traditional 2D NOESY (Nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy) experiment. We believe that the proposed approach is beneficial to study mobile components in multi-phase systems, such as block copolymers, polymer blends, nanocomposites, heterogeneous amyloid mixture of oligomers and fibers, and other materials.
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- Rongchun Zhang
- Biophysics and Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, USA
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- Biophysics and Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, USA
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Mollica G, Dekhil M, Ziarelli F, Thureau P, Viel S. Quantitative Structural Constraints for Organic Powders at Natural Isotopic Abundance Using Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201501172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Mollica G, Dekhil M, Ziarelli F, Thureau P, Viel S. Quantitative structural constraints for organic powders at natural isotopic abundance using dynamic nuclear polarization solid-state NMR spectroscopy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 54:6028-31. [PMID: 25809550 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201501172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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A straightforward method is reported to quantitatively relate structural constraints based on (13)C-(13)C double-quantum build-up curves obtained by dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) solid-state NMR to the crystal structure of organic powders at natural isotopic abundance. This method relies on the significant gain in NMR sensitivity provided by DNP (approximately 50-fold, lowering the experimental time from a few years to a few days), and is sensitive to the molecular conformation and crystal packing of the studied powder sample (in this case theophylline). This method allows trial crystal structures to be rapidly and effectively discriminated, and paves the way to three-dimensional structure elucidation of powders through combination with powder X-ray diffraction, crystal-structure prediction, and density functional theory computation of NMR chemical shifts.
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- Giulia Mollica
- Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, ICR (UMR 7273), 13397 Marseille cedex 20 (France)
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Mollica G, Dekhil M, Ziarelli F, Thureau P, Viel S. Probing crystal packing of uniformly (13)C-enriched powder samples using homonuclear dipolar coupling measurements. SOLID STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE 2015; 65:114-121. [PMID: 25595367 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssnmr.2014.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2014] [Revised: 11/26/2014] [Accepted: 12/05/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The relationship between the crystal packing of powder samples and long-range (13)C-(13)C homonuclear dipolar couplings is presented and illustrated for the case of uniformly (13)C-enriched L-alanine and L-histidine·HCl·H2O. Dipolar coupling measurement is based on the partial reintroduction of dipolar interactions by spinning the sample slightly off-magic-angle, while the coupling of interest for a given spin pair is isolated with a frequency-selective pulse. A cost function is used to correlate the so-derived dipolar couplings to trial crystal structures of the samples under study. This procedure allowed for the investigation of the l-alanine space group and L-histidine·HCl·H2O space group and unit-cell parameters.
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- Giulia Mollica
- Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, ICR UMR 7273, 13397 Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, ICR UMR 7273, 13397 Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université, Centrale Marseille, CNRS, Fédération des sciences chimiques de Marseille FR 1739, 13397 Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, ICR UMR 7273, 13397 Marseille, France.
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- Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, ICR UMR 7273, 13397 Marseille, France
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Lu X, Guo C, Hou G, Polenova T. Combined zero-quantum and spin-diffusion mixing for efficient homonuclear correlation spectroscopy under fast MAS: broadband recoupling and detection of long-range correlations. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2015; 61:7-20. [PMID: 25420598 PMCID: PMC4485404 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-014-9875-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2014] [Accepted: 10/14/2014] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Fast magic angle spinning (MAS) NMR spectroscopy is emerging as an essential analytical and structural biology technique. Large resolution and sensitivity enhancements observed under fast MAS conditions enable structural and dynamics analysis of challenging systems, such as large macromolecular assemblies and isotopically dilute samples, using only a fraction of material required for conventional experiments. Homonuclear dipolar-based correlation spectroscopy constitutes a centerpiece in the MAS NMR methodological toolbox, and is used essentially in every biological and organic system for deriving resonance assignments and distance restraints information necessary for structural analysis. Under fast MAS conditions (rotation frequencies above 35-40 kHz), dipolar-based techniques that yield multi-bond correlations and non-trivial distance information are ineffective and suffer from low polarization transfer efficiency. To overcome this limitation, we have developed a family of experiments, CORD-RFDR. These experiments exploit the advantages of both zero-quantum RFDR and spin-diffusion based CORD methods, and exhibit highly efficient and broadband dipolar recoupling across the entire spectrum, for both short-range and long-range correlations. We have verified the performance of the CORD-RFDR sequences experimentally on a U-(13)C,(15)N-MLF tripeptide and by numerical simulations. We demonstrate applications of 2D CORD-RFDR correlation spectroscopy in dynein light chain LC8 and HIV-1 CA tubular assemblies. In the CORD-RFDR spectra of LC8 acquired at the MAS frequency of 40 kHz, many new intra- and inter-residue correlations are detected, which were not observed with conventional dipolar recoupling sequences. At a moderate MAS frequency of 14 kHz, the CORD-RFDR experiment exhibits excellent performance as well, as demonstrated in the HIV-1 CA tubular assemblies. Taken together, the results indicate that CORD-RFDR experiment is beneficial in a broad range of conditions, including both high and moderate MAS frequencies and magnetic fields.
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- Xingyu Lu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA
- Pittsburgh Center for HIV Protein Interactions, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA
- Pittsburgh Center for HIV Protein Interactions, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA
- Pittsburgh Center for HIV Protein Interactions, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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We describe a more broad-banded version of the DREAM double-quantum dipolar-recoupling sequence, which is devised by superimposing a phase-alternating RF irradiation scheme, that is, XiX pulses, on top of the original DREAM sequence. We call this sequence XiX(CW) DREAM. The recoupling conditions and the corresponding first-order effective Hamiltonian are analyzed using triple-mode Floquet theory. The performance of the XiX(CW) DREAM sequence is compared to the original DREAM sequence by numerical simulations and experiments on small model substances and the model protein ubiquitin. The results confirm that XiX(CW) DREAM shows a wider recoupling bandwidth compared to that of DREAM, therefore making the choice for the position of the carrier frequency less critical.
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- Kong Ooi Tan
- 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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- 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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Wittmann JJ, Hendriks L, Meier BH, Ernst M. Controlling spin diffusion by tailored rf-irradiation schemes. Chem Phys Lett 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2014.05.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Tan KO, Scholz I, van Beek JD, Meier BH, Ernst M. Improved decoupling during symmetry-based C9-TOBSY sequences. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2014; 239:61-68. [PMID: 24384065 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2013.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2013] [Revised: 11/26/2013] [Accepted: 11/29/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We show that heteronuclear decoupling during symmetry-based C9 TOBSY sequences can be improved by using phase-alternating pulse sequences (XiX) instead of cw irradiation. The use of XiX sequences makes the optimization of the decoupling rf-field amplitude simpler and lowers the decoupling rf-field requirements to attain a comparable performance. A Floquet analysis of the first-order resonance conditions was used to determine the correct timing of the XiX sequence to avoid interference between the C sequence and the decoupling. The decoupling performance is analyzed analytically using Floquet theory and verified using numerical simulations as well as experimental results.
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- Kong Ooi Tan
- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
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- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
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Brinkmann A, Edén M. Central-transition double-quantum sideband NMR spectroscopy of half-integer quadrupolar nuclei: estimating internuclear distances and probing clusters within multi-spin networks. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:7037-50. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cp00029c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Clusters within quadrupolar spin networks are probed and internuclear distances between quadrupolar nuclei are estimated by central-transition double-quantum sideband NMR spectroscopy.
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- Andreas Brinkmann
- Measurement Science and Standards
- National Research Council Canada
- Ottawa, Canada
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- Physical Chemistry Division
- Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry
- Arrhenius Laboratory
- Stockholm University
- 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Mithu VS, Tan KO, Madhu PK. Selective inversion of 1H resonances in solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance: Use of double-DANTE pulse sequence. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2013; 237:11-16. [PMID: 24121475 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2013.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2013] [Revised: 09/07/2013] [Accepted: 09/16/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We here present a method based on DANTE pulses and homonuclear dipolar decoupling scheme to invert selectively any desired resonance in a proton spin system under magic-angle spinning. Experimental results are reported on a sample of L-histidine·HCl·H2O at magic-angle spinning frequencies of 15 and 60kHz. The results are also substantiated numerically.
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- Venus Singh Mithu
- Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, Mumbai 400 005, India
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, Mumbai 400 005, India; TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences, 21 Brundavan Colony, Narsinghi, Hyderabad 500 075, India.
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Nielsen AB, Jain S, Ernst M, Meier BH, Nielsen NC. Adiabatic Rotor-Echo-Short-Pulse-Irradiation mediated cross-polarization. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2013; 237:147-151. [PMID: 24220613 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2013.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2013] [Revised: 08/25/2013] [Accepted: 09/05/2013] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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We present a new dipolar recoupling method for efficient and robust heteronuclear polarization transfer in solid-state NMR under magic-angle-spinning (MAS) conditions. The method combines the recent (RESPIRATION)CP method with a modulation of the amplitude of the rotor-synchronized pulses at one of the involved rf channels through the recoupling condition. In this manner, it is possible to achieve high transfer efficiencies while maintaining robustness towards rf-field inhomogeneities and resonance offsets. The performance of the so-called adiabatic-(RESPIRATION)CP experiment is demonstrated numerically and experimentally using uniformly (13)C,(15)N-labeled samples of alanine and ubiquitin. In particular for cases with relatively high rf inhomogeneity, the scheme offers advantages over the commonly used dipolar recoupling pulse sequences.
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- Anders B Nielsen
- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Center for Insoluble Protein Structures (inSPIN), Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Center for Insoluble Protein Structures (inSPIN), Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
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Teymoori G, Pahari B, Viswanathan E, Edén M. Multiple-quantum spin counting in magic-angle-spinning NMR via low-power symmetry-based dipolar recoupling. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2013; 236:31-40. [PMID: 24044967 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2013.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2013] [Revised: 08/05/2013] [Accepted: 08/14/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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By using a symmetry-based R2(8)(1)R2(8)(-1) double-quantum (2Q) dipolar recoupling sequence, we demonstrate high-order multiple-quantum coherence (MQC) excitation at fast magic-angle spinning (MAS) frequencies up to 34 kHz. This scheme combines several attractive features, such as a relatively high dipolar scaling factor, good compensation to rf-errors, isotropic and anisotropic chemical shifts, as well as an ultra-low radio-frequency (rf) power requirement. The latter translates into nutation frequencies below 30 kHz for MAS rates up to 60 kHz, thereby permitting rf application for very long excitation periods without risk of damaging the NMR probehead or sample, while the compensation to chemical shifts improves as the MAS rate increases. (31)P MQC spin counting is demonstrated on powders of calcium hydroxyapatite (Ca5(PO4)3OH) and anhydrous sodium diphosphate (Na4P2O7), from which all even coherence orders up to 30 and 14 were detected, respectively, over the respective MAS ranges of 15-24 kHz and 20-34 kHz. The amplitude distributions among the (31)P MQC orders depend on the precise nutation frequency during recoupling, despite that the highest detected order was relatively insensitive to this parameter. An observed gradual transition from a Gaussian to exponential functionality of the MQC amplitude-profile is discussed in relation to the prevailing approach to derive spin-cluster sizes by fitting the MQC amplitude-distribution to a Gaussian decay, where minor systematic deviations between the model and experimental data are frequently reported.
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- Gholamhasan Teymoori
- Physical Chemistry Division, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Jayanthi S, Akbey Ü, Uluca B, Oschkinat H, Vega S. A Floquet description of phase alternated sequences for efficient homonuclear recoupling in solid perdeuterated systems. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2013; 234:10-20. [PMID: 23831836 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2013.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2013] [Revised: 05/08/2013] [Accepted: 05/21/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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A Floquet description of a phase alternated homonuclear recoupling scheme for perdeuterated systems is presented. As a result, we demonstrate improvements in the recoupling efficiency of the DOuble Nucleus Enhanced Recoupling [DONER; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131 (2009) 17054] technique by utilizing Phase Alternated Recoupling Irradiation Schemes [PARIS; Chem. Phys. Lett. 469 (2009) 342]. The effect of proton and deuterium radio frequency irradiation during recoupling has been systematically studied and theoretical observations have been verified experimentally using a deuterated model compound, L-Alanine, at 10 and 20 kHz magic angle spinning frequency. Experimental results are well in agreement with theoretical observations, thereby significantly increasing the recoupling efficiency of conventional DONER in perdeuterated systems.
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- Sundaresan Jayanthi
- Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Saalwächter K. Robust NMR Approaches for the Determination of Homonuclear Dipole-Dipole Coupling Constants in Studies of Solid Materials and Biomolecules. Chemphyschem 2013; 14:3000-14. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201300254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Li J, van der Wel PCA. Spinning-rate encoded chemical shift correlations from rotational resonance solid-state NMR experiments. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2013; 230:117-24. [PMID: 23475055 PMCID: PMC3635064 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2013.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2012] [Revised: 01/22/2013] [Accepted: 02/04/2013] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Structural measurements in magic-angle-spinning (MAS) solid-state NMR rely heavily on (13)C-(13)C distance measurements. Broadbanded recoupling methods are used to generate many cross-peaks, but have complex polarization transfer mechanisms that limit the precision of distance constraints and can suffer from weak intensities for distant peaks due to relaxation, the broad distribution of polarization, as well as dipolar truncation. Frequency-selective methods that feature narrow-banded recoupling can reduce these effects. Indeed, rotational resonance (R(2)) experiments have found application in many different biological systems, where they have afforded improved precision and accuracy. Unfortunately, a highly selective transfer mechanism also leads to few cross-peaks in the resulting spectra, which complicates the extraction of multiple constraints. R(2)-width (R(2)W) measurements that scan a range of MAS rates to probe the R(2) matching conditions of one or more sites can improve precision, and also permit multiple simultaneous distance measurements. However, multidimensional R(2)W can be very time-consuming. Here, we present an approach that facilitates the acquisition of 2D-like spectra based on a series of 1D R(2)W experiments, by taking advantage of the chemical shift information encoded in the MAS rates where matching occurs. This yields a more time-efficient experiment with many of the benefits of more conventional multidimensional R(2)W measurements. The obtained spectra reveal long-distance (13)C-(13)C cross-peaks resulting from R(2)-mediated polarization transfer. This experiment also enables the efficient setup and targeted implementation of traditional R(2) or R(2)W experiments. Analogous applications may extend to other variable-MAS and frequency-selective solid-state NMR experiments.
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- Jun Li
- Department of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Biomedical Science Tower 3, 3501 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Biomedical Science Tower 3, 3501 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
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Mithu VS, Bakthavatsalam S, Madhu PK. (13)C-(13)c homonuclear recoupling in solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance at a moderately high magic-angle-spinning frequency. PLoS One 2013; 8:e50504. [PMID: 23326308 PMCID: PMC3542364 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2012] [Accepted: 10/22/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Two-dimensional (13)C-(13)C correlation experiments are widely employed in structure determination of protein assemblies using solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance. Here, we investigate the process of (13)C-(13)C magnetisation transfer at a moderate magic-angle-spinning frequency of 30 kHz using some of the prominent second-order dipolar recoupling schemes. The effect of isotropic chemical-shift difference and spatial distance between two carbons and amplitude of radio frequency on (1)H channel on the magnetisation transfer efficiency of these schemes is discussed in detail.
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- Venus Singh Mithu
- Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, Mumbai, India
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Solid-state NMR spectroscopy proved to be a versatile tool for characterization of structure and dynamics of complex biochemical systems. In particular, magic angle spinning (MAS) solid-state NMR came to maturity for application towards structural elucidation of biological macromolecules. Current challenges in applying solid-state NMR as well as progress achieved recently will be discussed in the following chapter focusing on conceptual aspects important for structural elucidation of proteins.
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- Henrik Müller
- Institute of Physical Biology, Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Mou Y, Tsai TWT, Chan JCC. Constant time tensor correlation experiments by non-gamma-encoded recoupling pulse sequences. J Chem Phys 2012; 137:164201. [PMID: 23126702 DOI: 10.1063/1.4757957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Constant-time tensor correlation under magic-angle spinning conditions is an important technique in solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy for the measurements of backbone or side-chain torsion angles of polypeptides and proteins. We introduce a general method for the design of constant-time tensor correlation experiments under magic-angle spinning. Our method requires that the amplitude of the average Hamiltonian must depend on all the three Euler angles bringing the principal axis system to the rotor-fixed frame, which is commonly referred to as non-gamma encoding. We abbreviate this novel approach as COrrelation of Non-Gamma-Encoded Experiment (CONGEE), which exploits the orientation-dependence of non-gamma-encoded sequences with respect to the magic-angle rotation axis. By manipulating the relative orientation of the average Hamiltonians created by two non-gamma-encoded sequences, one can obtain a modulation of the detected signal, from which the structural information can be extracted when the tensor orientations relative to the molecular frame are known. CONGEE has a prominent feature that the number of rf pulses and the total pulse sequence duration can be maintained to be constant so that for torsion angle determination the effects of systematic errors owing to the experimental imperfections and/or T(2) effects could be minimized. As a proof of concept, we illustrate the utility of CONGEE in the correlation between the C' chemical shift tensor and the C(α)-H(α) dipolar tensor for the backbone psi angle determination. In addition to a detailed theoretical analysis, numerical simulations and experiments measured for [U-(13)C, (15)N]-L-alanine and N-acetyl-[U-(13)C, (15)N]-D,L-valine are used to validate our approach at a spinning frequency of 20 kHz.
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- Yun Mou
- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Section 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, Taiwan
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Chou FC, Tsai TWT, Cheng HM, Chan JCC. Measurements of 13C multiple-quantum coherences in amyloid fibrils under magic-angle spinning. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:7162-7. [PMID: 22632418 DOI: 10.1021/jp303455w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The excitation and detection of high-order multiple quantum coherences among (13)C nuclear spins are demonstrated in the samples of [1-(13)C]-L-alanine and (13)C labeled amyloid fibrils at a spinning frequency of 20 kHz. The technique is based on the double-quantum average Hamiltonian prepared by the DRAMA-XY4 pulse sequence. Empirically, we find that multiple supercycles are required to suppress the higher-order effects for real applications. Measurements for the fibril samples formed by the polypeptides of PrP(113-127) provide the first solid-state NMR evidence for the stacking of multiple β-sheet layers at the structural core of amyloid fibrils.
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- Fang-Chieh Chou
- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Section 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, Taiwan
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De Paëpe G. Dipolar Recoupling in Magic Angle Spinning Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Annu Rev Phys Chem 2012; 63:661-84. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physchem-032511-143726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Gaël De Paëpe
- Service de Chimie Inorganique et Biologique, UMR-E 3 CEA/UJF-Grenoble 1, Institut Nanosciences et Cryogénie, F-38054 Grenoble, France;
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Walczak M, Ciesielski W, Galeski A, Potrzebowski MJ, Regnier G, Hiltner A, Baer E. Structure and molecular dynamics of multilayered polycarbonate/polystyrene films. J Appl Polym Sci 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/app.36567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Pawlak T, Trzeciak-Karlikowska K, Czernek J, Ciesielski W, Potrzebowski MJ. Computed and Experimental Chemical Shift Parameters for Rigid and Flexible YAF Peptides in the Solid State. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:1974-83. [DOI: 10.1021/jp2111567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Tomasz Pawlak
- Centre of Molecular
and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewicza 112, PL-90-363 Lodz, Poland
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- Institute of Macromolecular
Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Heyrovsky Square 2, CZ-16206 Praha 6, Czech
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- Centre of Molecular
and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewicza 112, PL-90-363 Lodz, Poland
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- Centre of Molecular
and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewicza 112, PL-90-363 Lodz, Poland
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