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Querci L, Grifagni D, Trindade IB, Silva JM, Louro RO, Cantini F, Piccioli M. Paramagnetic NMR to study iron sulfur proteins: 13C detected experiments illuminate the vicinity of the metal center. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2023; 77:247-259. [PMID: 37853207 PMCID: PMC10687126 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-023-00425-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023]
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The robustness of NMR coherence transfer in proximity of a paramagnetic center depends on the relaxation properties of the nuclei involved. In the case of Iron-Sulfur Proteins, different pulse schemes or different parameter sets often provide complementary results. Tailored versions of HCACO and CACO experiments significantly increase the number of observed Cα/C' connectivities in highly paramagnetic systems, by recovering many resonances that were lost due to paramagnetic relaxation. Optimized 13C direct detected experiments can significantly extend the available assignments, improving the overall knowledge of these systems. The different relaxation properties of Cα and C' nuclei are exploited in CACO vs COCA experiments and the complementarity of the two experiments is used to obtain structural information. The two [Fe2S2]+ clusters containing NEET protein CISD3 and the one [Fe4S4]2+ cluster containing HiPIP protein PioC have been taken as model systems. We show that tailored experiments contribute to decrease the blind sphere around the cluster, to extend resonance assignment of cluster bound cysteine residues and to retrieve details on the topology of the iron-bound ligand residues.
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- Leonardo Querci
- Magnetic Resonance Center and Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Magnetic Resonance Center and Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB-NOVA), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República (EAN), 2780-157, Oeiras, Portugal
- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, CA 91125, Pasadena, USA
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- Magnetic Resonance Center and Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB-NOVA), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República (EAN), 2780-157, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Magnetic Resonance Center and Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Magnetic Resonance Center and Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
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Camponeschi F, Gallo A, Piccioli M, Banci L. The long-standing relationship between paramagnetic NMR and iron-sulfur proteins: the mitoNEET example. An old method for new stories or the other way around? MAGNETIC RESONANCE (GOTTINGEN, GERMANY) 2021; 2:203-221. [PMID: 37904758 PMCID: PMC10539769 DOI: 10.5194/mr-2-203-2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2021] [Accepted: 03/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/01/2023]
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Paramagnetic NMR spectroscopy and iron-sulfur (Fe-S) proteins have maintained a synergic relationship for decades. Indeed, the hyperfine shifts with their temperature dependencies and the relaxation rates of nuclei of cluster-bound residues have been extensively used as a fingerprint of the type and of the oxidation state of the Fe-S cluster within the protein frame. The identification of NMR signals from residues surrounding the metal cofactor is crucial for understanding the structure-function relationship in Fe-S proteins, but it is generally impaired in standard NMR experiments by paramagnetic relaxation enhancement due to the presence of the paramagnetic cluster(s). On the other hand, the availability of systems of different sizes and stabilities has, over the years, stimulated NMR spectroscopists to exploit iron-sulfur proteins as paradigmatic cases to develop experiments, models, and protocols. Here, the cluster-binding properties of human mitoNEET have been investigated by 1D and 2D 1 H diamagnetic and paramagnetic NMR, in its oxidized and reduced states. The NMR spectra of both oxidation states of mitoNEET appeared to be significantly different from those reported for previously investigated [ Fe 2 S 2 ] 2 + / + proteins. The protocol we have developed in this work conjugates spectroscopic information arising from "classical" paramagnetic NMR with an extended mapping of the signals of residues around the cluster which can be taken, even before the sequence-specific assignment is accomplished, as a fingerprint of the protein region constituting the functional site of the protein. We show how the combined use of 1D NOE experiments, 13 C direct-detected experiments, and double- and triple-resonance experiments tailored using R1 - and/or R2 -based filters significantly reduces the "blind" sphere of the protein around the paramagnetic cluster. This approach provided a detailed description of the unique electronic properties of mitoNEET, which are responsible for its biological function. Indeed, the NMR properties suggested that the specific electronic structure of the cluster possibly drives the functional properties of different [ Fe 2 S 2 ] proteins.
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- Francesca Camponeschi
- Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche MetalloProteine,
Sesto Fiorentino, 50019, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Patras, 26504,
Greece
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- Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche MetalloProteine,
Sesto Fiorentino, 50019, Italy
- Magnetic Resonance Center and Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019, Italy
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- Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche MetalloProteine,
Sesto Fiorentino, 50019, Italy
- Magnetic Resonance Center and Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019, Italy
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Sequence-specific assignments in NMR spectra of paramagnetic systems: A non-systematic approach. Inorganica Chim Acta 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2020.119984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Paramagnetic NMR Spectroscopy Is a Tool to Address Reactivity, Structure, and Protein–Protein Interactions of Metalloproteins: The Case of Iron–Sulfur Proteins. MAGNETOCHEMISTRY 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/magnetochemistry6040046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The study of cellular machineries responsible for the iron–sulfur (Fe–S) cluster biogenesis has led to the identification of a large number of proteins, whose importance for life is documented by an increasing number of diseases linked to them. The labile nature of Fe–S clusters and the transient protein–protein interactions, occurring during the various steps of the maturation process, make their structural characterization in solution particularly difficult. Paramagnetic nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) has been used for decades to characterize chemical composition, magnetic coupling, and the electronic structure of Fe–S clusters in proteins; it represents, therefore, a powerful tool to study the protein–protein interaction networks of proteins involving into iron–sulfur cluster biogenesis. The optimization of the various NMR experiments with respect to the hyperfine interaction will be summarized here in the form of a protocol; recently developed experiments for measuring longitudinal and transverse nuclear relaxation rates in highly paramagnetic systems will be also reviewed. Finally, we will address the use of extrinsic paramagnetic centers covalently bound to diamagnetic proteins, which contributed over the last twenty years to promote the applications of paramagnetic NMR well beyond the structural biology of metalloproteins.
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Invernici M, Trindade IB, Cantini F, Louro RO, Piccioli M. Measuring transverse relaxation in highly paramagnetic systems. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2020; 74:431-442. [PMID: 32710399 PMCID: PMC7508935 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-020-00334-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The enhancement of nuclear relaxation rates due to the interaction with a paramagnetic center (known as Paramagnetic Relaxation Enhancement) is a powerful source of structural and dynamics information, widely used in structural biology. However, many signals affected by the hyperfine interaction relax faster than the evolution periods of common NMR experiments and therefore they are broadened beyond detection. This gives rise to a so-called blind sphere around the paramagnetic center, which is a major limitation in the use of PREs. Reducing the blind sphere is extremely important in paramagnetic metalloproteins. The identification, characterization, and proper structural restraining of the first coordination sphere of the metal ion(s) and its immediate neighboring regions is key to understand their biological function. The novel HSQC scheme we propose here, that we termed R2-weighted, HSQC-AP, achieves this aim by detecting signals that escaped detection in a conventional HSQC experiment and provides fully reliable R2 values in the range of 1H R2 rates ca. 50-400 s-1. Independently on the type of paramagnetic center and on the size of the molecule, this experiment decreases the radius of the blind sphere and increases the number of detectable PREs. Here, we report the validation of this approach for the case of PioC, a small protein containing a high potential 4Fe-4S cluster in the reduced [Fe4S4]2+ form. The blind sphere was contracted to a minimal extent, enabling the measurement of R2 rates for the cluster coordinating residues.
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- Michele Invernici
- Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM) and Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche Di Metallo Proteine (CIRMMP), Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB-NOVA), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República (EAN), 2780-157, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM) and Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche Di Metallo Proteine (CIRMMP), Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB-NOVA), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República (EAN), 2780-157, Oeiras, Portugal.
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- Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM) and Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
- Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche Di Metallo Proteine (CIRMMP), Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
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Vögeli B, Vugmeyster L. Distance-independent Cross-correlated Relaxation and Isotropic Chemical Shift Modulation in Protein Dynamics Studies. Chemphyschem 2018; 20:178-196. [PMID: 30110510 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201800602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Cross-correlated relaxation (CCR) in multiple-quantum coherences differs from other relaxation phenomena in its theoretical ability to be mediated across an infinite distance. The two interfering relaxation mechanisms may be dipolar interactions, chemical shift anisotropies, chemical shift modulations or quadrupolar interactions. These properties make multiple-quantum CCR an attractive probe for structure and dynamics of biomacromolecules not accessible from other measurements. Here, we review the use of multiple-quantum CCR measurements in dynamics studies of proteins. We compile a list of all experiments proposed for CCR rate measurements, provide an overview of the theory with a focus on protein dynamics, and present applications to various protein systems.
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- Beat Vögeli
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado at Denver, 12801 East 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO, 80045, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado at Denver, 1201 Laurimer Street Denver, CO, 80204, United States
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Vögeli B. Cross-correlated relaxation rates between protein backbone H-X dipolar interactions. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2017; 67:211-232. [PMID: 28286915 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-017-0098-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2017] [Accepted: 02/19/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The relaxation interference between dipole-dipole interactions of two separate spin pairs carries structural and dynamics information. In particular, when compared to individual dynamic behavior of those spin pairs, such cross-correlated relaxation (CCR) rates report on the correlation between the spin pairs. We have recently mapped out correlated motion along the backbone of the protein GB3, using CCR rates among and between consecutive HN-N and Hα-Cα dipole-dipole interactions. Here, we provide a detailed account of the measurement of the four types of CCR rates. All rates were obtained from at least two different pulse sequences, of which the yet unpublished ones are presented. Detailed comparisons between the different methods and corrections for unwanted pathways demonstrate that the averaged CCR rates are highly accurate and precise with errors of 1.5-3% of the entire value ranges.
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- Beat Vögeli
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver, Research Center 1 South, Room 9103, 12801 East 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA.
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Cacciatore S, Piccioli M, Turano P. Electron self-exchange of cytochrome c measured via13C detected protonless NMR. J PORPHYR PHTHALOCYA 2013. [DOI: 10.1142/s1088424612501404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The use of protonless 13C′–13C′ EXSY (COCO-EXSY) is proposed here to measure electron self-exchange rates. The experiment is compared to the commonly employed 1H and 15N EXSY experiments using as a reference system human cytochrome c. In COCO-EXSY, the exchange peaks are stronger than in the other experiments with respect to the self peaks and their intensity is less dependent on the choice of the EXSY mixing time. The use of 13C directed detection may be essential for all those cases where T2 relaxation is detrimental, as in the case of proteins containing highly paramagnetic metal centers, or rotating slowly in solution, or where the amide signals are difficult to detect due to chemical or conformational exchange. The proposed experiment has a general applicability and can be used to monitor exchange phenomena different from electron self-exchange.
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- Stefano Cacciatore
- Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM) and Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, Sesto, Fiorentino 50019, Italy
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- Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM) and Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, Sesto, Fiorentino 50019, Italy
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- Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM) and Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Via L. Sacconi 6, Sesto, Fiorentino 50019, Italy
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Johnson E. NMR order parameters calculated in an expanding reference frame: identifying sites of short- and long-range motion. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2011; 50:59-70. [PMID: 21503632 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-011-9504-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2010] [Accepted: 02/09/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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NMR order parameters are calculated from molecular dynamics computer simulations of ubiquitin and the apo (Ca(2+)-free) state of calbindin D(9k). Calculations are performed in an expanding reference frame so as to discriminate between the effects of short- and long-range motions. This approach reveals that the dominant contributions to the order parameters are short-range. Longer-range contributions are limited to specific sites, many of which have been recognized in previous studies of correlated motions. These sites are identified on the basis of an effective reorientational number, n ( eff ). Not only does this parameter identify sites of short- and long-range motion, it also provides a way of evaluating the separability condition that is key to the Lipari-Szabo model-free method. When analyzed in conjunction with the Prompers-Brüschweiler separability index, the n ( eff ) values indicate that longer-range motions play a more prominent role in apo calbindin than they do in ubiquitin.
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- Eric Johnson
- Department of Chemistry and Physical Sciences, College of Mount St. Joseph, Cincinnati, OH 45233, USA.
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Paquin R, Pelupessy P, Duma L, Gervais C, Bodenhausen G. Determination of the antisymmetric part of the chemical shift anisotropy tensor via spin relaxation in nuclear magnetic resonance. J Chem Phys 2010; 133:034506. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3445777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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