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Akke M, Weininger U. NMR Studies of Aromatic Ring Flips to Probe Conformational Fluctuations in Proteins. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:591-599. [PMID: 36640108 PMCID: PMC9884080 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c07258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
Abstract
Aromatic residues form a significant part of the protein core, where they make tight interactions with multiple surrounding side chains. Despite the dense packing of internal side chains, the aromatic rings of phenylalanine and tyrosine residues undergo 180° rotations, or flips, which are mediated by transient and large-scale "breathing" motions that generate sufficient void volume around the aromatic ring. Forty years after the seminal work by Wagner and Wüthrich, NMR studies of aromatic ring flips are now undergoing a renaissance as a powerful means of probing fundamental dynamic properties of proteins. Recent developments of improved NMR methods and isotope labeling schemes have enabled a number of advances in addressing the mechanisms and energetics of aromatic ring flips. The nature of the transition states associated with ring flips can be described by thermodynamic activation parameters, including the activation enthalpy, activation entropy, activation volume, and also the isothermal volume compressibility of activation. Consequently, it is of great interest to study how ring flip rate constants and activation parameters might vary with protein structure and external conditions like temperature and pressure. The field is beginning to gather such data for aromatic residues in a variety of environments, ranging from surface exposed to buried. In the future, the combination of solution and solid-state NMR spectroscopy together with molecular dynamics simulations and other computational approaches is likely to provide detailed information about the coupled dynamics of aromatic rings and neighboring residues. In this Perspective, we highlight recent developments and provide an outlook toward the future.
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- Mikael Akke
- Division
of Biophysical Chemistry, Center for Molecular Protein Science, Department
of Chemistry, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden,(M.A.)
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- Institute
of Physics, Biophysics, Martin-Luther-University
Halle-Wittenberg, D-06129 Halle (Saale), Germany,(U.W.)
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Dreydoppel M, Akke M, Weininger U. Characterizing Fast Conformational Exchange of Aromatic Rings Using Residual Dipolar Couplings: Distinguishing Jumplike Flips from Other Exchange Mechanisms. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:7950-7956. [PMID: 36180044 PMCID: PMC9574926 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c05097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Aromatic ring flips are a hallmark of protein dynamics.
They are
experimentally studied by NMR spectroscopy, where recent advances
have led to improved characterization across a wide range of time
scales. Results on different proteins have been interpreted as continuous
diffusive ring rotations or jumplike flips, leading to diverging views
of the protein interior as being fluidlike or solidlike, respectively.
It is challenging to distinguish between these mechanisms and other
types of conformational exchange because chemical-shift-mediated line
broadening provides only conclusive evidence for ring flips only if
the system can be moved from the slow- to intermediate/fast-exchange
regime. Moreover, whenever the chemical shift difference between the
two symmetry-related sites is close to zero, it is not generally possible
to determine the exchange time scale. Here we resolve these issues
by measuring residual dipolar coupling (RDC)-mediated exchange contributions
using NMR relaxation dispersion experiments on proteins dissolved
in dilute liquid crystalline media. Excellent agreement is found between
the experimental difference in RDC between the two symmetry-related
sites and the value calculated from high-resolution X-ray structures,
demonstrating that dynamics measured for F52 in the B1 domain of protein
G reports on distinct, jumplike flips rather than other types of conformational
exchange.
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- Matthias Dreydoppel
- Institute of Physics, Biophysics, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06120Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Division of Biophysical Chemistry, Center for Molecular Protein Science, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-22100Lund, Sweden
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- Institute of Physics, Biophysics, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06120Halle (Saale), Germany
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Paluch P, Kupče Ē, Trébosc J, Lafon O, Amoureux JP. Hadamard acquisition of 13 C- 13 C 2-D correlation NMR spectra. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2021; 59:247-256. [PMID: 31714638 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.4969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2019] [Revised: 11/02/2019] [Accepted: 11/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
We show that a multiselective excitation with Hadamard encoding is a powerful tool for 2-D acquisition of 13 C─13 C homonuclear correlations. This method is not designed to improve the sensitivity, but rather to reduce the experiment time, provided there is sufficient sensitivity. Therefore, it allows fast acquisition of such 2-D spectra in labeled molecules. The technique has been demonstrated using a U─13 C─15 N histidine hydrochloride monohydrate sample allowing each point of the build-up curves of the 13 C─13 C cross-peaks to be recorded within 4 min 35 s, which is very difficult with conventional methods. Using the U─13 C─15 N f-MLF sample, we have demonstrated that the method can be applied to molecules with 14 13 C resonances with a minimum frequency separation of 240 Hz.
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- Piotr Paluch
- Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodz, Poland
- CNRS-8181, Unit of Catalysis and Chemistry of Solids, University of Lille, Lille, France
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- CNRS-8181, Unit of Catalysis and Chemistry of Solids, University of Lille, Lille, France
- CNRS-2638, Fédération Chevreul, University of Lille, Lille, France
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- CNRS-8181, Unit of Catalysis and Chemistry of Solids, University of Lille, Lille, France
- Department of Chemistry, Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
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- CNRS-8181, Unit of Catalysis and Chemistry of Solids, University of Lille, Lille, France
- Bruker Biospin, Wissembourg, France
- NMR Science and Development Division, RIKEN, Yokohama, Japan
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Gauto DF, Macek P, Barducci A, Fraga H, Hessel A, Terauchi T, Gajan D, Miyanoiri Y, Boisbouvier J, Lichtenecker R, Kainosho M, Schanda P. Aromatic Ring Dynamics, Thermal Activation, and Transient Conformations of a 468 kDa Enzyme by Specific 1H- 13C Labeling and Fast Magic-Angle Spinning NMR. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:11183-11195. [PMID: 31199882 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b04219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
Abstract
Aromatic residues are located at structurally important sites of many proteins. Probing their interactions and dynamics can provide important functional insight but is challenging in large proteins. Here, we introduce approaches to characterize the dynamics of phenylalanine residues using 1H-detected fast magic-angle spinning (MAS) NMR combined with a tailored isotope-labeling scheme. Our approach yields isolated two-spin systems that are ideally suited for artifact-free dynamics measurements, and allows probing motions effectively without molecular weight limitations. The application to the TET2 enzyme assembly of ∼0.5 MDa size, the currently largest protein assigned by MAS NMR, provides insights into motions occurring on a wide range of time scales (picoseconds to milliseconds). We quantitatively probe ring-flip motions and show the temperature dependence by MAS NMR measurements down to 100 K. Interestingly, favorable line widths are observed down to 100 K, with potential implications for DNP NMR. Furthermore, we report the first 13C R1ρ MAS NMR relaxation-dispersion measurements and detect structural excursions occurring on a microsecond time scale in the entry pore to the catalytic chamber and at a trimer interface that was proposed as the exit pore. We show that the labeling scheme with deuteration at ca. 50 kHz MAS provides superior resolution compared to 100 kHz MAS experiments with protonated, uniformly 13C-labeled samples.
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- Diego F Gauto
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS , Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS) , 71, avenue des martyrs , F-38044 Grenoble , France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS , Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS) , 71, avenue des martyrs , F-38044 Grenoble , France
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- Centre de Biochimie Structurale (CBS) , INSERM, CNRS, Université de Montpellier , Montpellier , France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS , Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS) , 71, avenue des martyrs , F-38044 Grenoble , France.,Departamento de Biomedicina , Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto , Porto , Portugal.,i3S, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde , Universidade do Porto , Porto , Portugal
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS , Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS) , 71, avenue des martyrs , F-38044 Grenoble , France
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- Graduate School of Science , Tokyo Metropolitan University , 1-1 Minami-ohsawa , Hachioji , Tokyo 192-0397 , Japan.,SI Innovation Center , Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corp. , 2008-2 Wada , Tama-city , Tokyo 206-0001 , Japan
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- Université de Lyon , Centre de RMN à Hauts Champs de Lyon CRMN, FRE 2034, Université de Lyon, CNRS, ENS Lyon, UCB Lyon 1 , 69100 Villeurbanne , France
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- Institute of Protein Research , Osaka University , 3-2 Yamadaoka , Suita , Osaka 565-0871 , Japan.,Structural Biology Research Center, Graduate School of Sciences , Nagoya University , Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602 , Japan
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS , Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS) , 71, avenue des martyrs , F-38044 Grenoble , France
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry , University of Vienna , Währinger Str. 38 , 1090 Vienna , Austria
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- Graduate School of Science , Tokyo Metropolitan University , 1-1 Minami-ohsawa , Hachioji , Tokyo 192-0397 , Japan.,Structural Biology Research Center, Graduate School of Sciences , Nagoya University , Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602 , Japan
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS , Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS) , 71, avenue des martyrs , F-38044 Grenoble , France
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Kaleta J, Bastien G, Wen J, Dračínský M, Tortorici E, Císařová I, Beale PD, Rogers CT, Michl J. Bulk Inclusions of Double Pyridazine Molecular Rotors in Hexagonal Tris(o-phenylene)cyclotriphosphazene. J Org Chem 2019; 84:8449-8467. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b00553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jiří Kaleta
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS, Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
- Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0215, United States
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS, Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS, Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS, Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Hlavova 2030, 12840 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS, Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
- Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0215, United States
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Meirovitch E, Liang Z, Freed JH. Phenyl-Ring Dynamics in Amyloid Fibrils and Proteins: The Microscopic-Order-Macroscopic-Disorder Perspective. J Phys Chem B 2018; 122:8675-8684. [PMID: 30141954 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b06330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
We have developed the microscopic-order-macroscopic-disorder (MOMD) approach for studying internal mobility in polycrystalline proteins with 2H lineshape analysis. The motion itself is expressed by a diffusion tensor, R, the local spatial restraints by a potential, u, and the "local geometry" by the relative orientation of the model-related and nuclear magnetic resonance-related tensors. Here, we apply MOMD to phenyl-ring dynamics in several Αβ40-amyloid-fibrils, and the villin headpiece subdomain (HP36). Because the available data are limited in extent and sensitivity, we adjust u and R in the relevant parameter ranges, fixing the "local geometry" in accordance with standard stereochemistry. This yields a physically well-defined and consistent picture of phenyl-ring dynamics, enabling comparison between different systems. In the temperature range of 278-308 K, u has a strength of (1.7-1.8) kT and a rhombicity of (2.4-2.6) kT, and R has components of 5.0 × 102 ≤ R⊥ ≤ 2.0 × 103 s-1 and 6.3 × 105 ≤ R∥ ≤ 2.0 × 106 s-1. At 278 K, fibril hydration increases the axiality of both u and R; HP36 hydration has a similar effect at 295 K, reducing R⊥ considerably. The D23N mutation slows down the motion of the probe; Aβ40 polymorphism affects both this motion and the related local potential. The present study identifies the impact of various factors on phenyl-ring mobility in amyloid fibrils and globular proteins; the difference between the two protein forms is considerable. The distinctive impact of hydration on phenyl-ring motion and previously studied methyl-group motion is also examined. The 2H lineshapes considered here were analyzed previously with various multi-simple-mode (MSM) models, where several simple motional modes are combined. The MOMD and MSM interpretations differ in essence.
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- Eva Meirovitch
- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences , Bar-Ilan University , Ramat-Gan 5290002 , Israel
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- Baker Laboratory of Chemistry and Chemical Biology , Cornell University , Ithaca , New York 14853-1301 , United States
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- Baker Laboratory of Chemistry and Chemical Biology , Cornell University , Ithaca , New York 14853-1301 , United States
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Paluch P, Pawlak T, Ławniczak K, Trébosc J, Lafon O, Amoureux JP, Potrzebowski MJ. Simple and Robust Study of Backbone Dynamics of Crystalline Proteins Employing 1H- 15N Dipolar Coupling Dispersion. J Phys Chem B 2018; 122:8146-8156. [PMID: 30070484 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b04557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We report a new solid-state multidimensional NMR approach based on the cross-polarization with variable-contact pulse sequence [ Paluch , P. ; Pawlak , T. ; Amoureux , J.-P. ; Potrzebowski , M. J. J. Magn. Reson. 233 , 2013 , 56 ], with 1H inverse detection and very fast magic angle spinning (νR = 60 kHz), dedicated to the measurement of local molecular motions of 1H-15N vectors. The introduced three-dimensional experiments, 1H-15N-1H and hCA(N)H, are particularly useful for the study of molecular dynamics of proteins and other complex structures. The applicability and power of this methodology have been revealed by employing as a model sample the GB-1 small protein doped with Na2CuEDTA. The results clearly prove that the dispersion of 1H-15N dipolar coupling constants well correlates with higher order structure of the protein. Our approach complements the conventional studies and offers a fast and reasonably simple method.
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- Piotr Paluch
- Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies , Polish Academy of Sciences , Sienkiewicza 112 , PL-90363 Łódź , Poland
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- Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies , Polish Academy of Sciences , Sienkiewicza 112 , PL-90363 Łódź , Poland
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- Department of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Physics and Applied Informatics , University of Łódź , Pomorska 149/153 , PL-90236 Łódź , Poland
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- Unit of Catalysis and Chemistry of Solids (UCCS) , Univ. Lille, UMR 8181 , F-59000 Lille , France
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- Unit of Catalysis and Chemistry of Solids (UCCS) , Univ. Lille, UMR 8181 , F-59000 Lille , France
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- Unit of Catalysis and Chemistry of Solids (UCCS) , Univ. Lille, UMR 8181 , F-59000 Lille , France.,Bruker France , 34 rue de l'Industrie , F-67166 Wissembourg , France
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- Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies , Polish Academy of Sciences , Sienkiewicza 112 , PL-90363 Łódź , Poland
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Nagashima H, Trébosc J, Lafon O, Pourpoint F, Paluch P, Potrzebowski MJ, Amoureux JP. Imaging the spatial distribution of radiofrequency field, sample and temperature in MAS NMR rotor. SOLID STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE 2017; 87:137-142. [PMID: 28867557 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssnmr.2017.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2017] [Revised: 08/06/2017] [Accepted: 08/08/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
We investigate using nutation experiments the spatial distribution of radiofrequency (rf) field, sample, temperature and cross-polarization transfer efficiency in 1.3 mm rotor. First, two-dimensional (2D) 1H nutation experiments on silicone thin cylinders in the presence of B0 field gradient generated by shim coils are used to image the spatial distribution of rf field inside the rotor. These experiments show that the rf field is asymmetrical with respect to the center of the rotor. Moreover, they show the large inhomogeneity that still remains across the sample when using spacers, and that even in this case, the rf-field close to the drive cap is decreased to ca. only 20% of its maximum value. Such 2D nutation experiment in the presence of B0 field gradient are also employed to demonstrate the migration of adamantane sample from the center of the rotor to its ends during Magic-Angle Spinning (MAS). Furthermore, 2D 1H nutation experiments on nickelocene exhibiting temperature-dependent isotropic chemical shift provides insights into the temperature distribution inside rotor. Finally three-dimensional (3D) 1H → 13C Cross-Polarization under MAS (CPMAS) nutation experiment indicates that only nuclei subject to the largest rf field contribute to the CPMAS transfer, when using rf field of constant amplitude on both channels. Such high selectivity allows the determination of accurate dipolar coupling constants in the Cross-Polarization with Variable Contact (CP-VC) experiment under fast MAS, at the expense of low sensitivity. Conversely when using ramped-amplitude on the 1H channel during the CPMAS transfer, nuclei subject to smaller rf field contributes to the transfer, which increases the sensitivity of CPMAS experiment but does not allow an accurate determination of dipolar coupling constants using CP-VC experiment.
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- Hiroki Nagashima
- Univ. Lille, CNRS, ENSCL, UMR 8181, UCCS, Unité de Catalyse et de Chimie du Solide, 59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, ENSCL, UMR 8181, UCCS, Unité de Catalyse et de Chimie du Solide, 59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, ENSCL, UMR 8181, UCCS, Unité de Catalyse et de Chimie du Solide, 59000 Lille, France; Institut Universitaire de France, 1, rue Descartes, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, ENSCL, UMR 8181, UCCS, Unité de Catalyse et de Chimie du Solide, 59000 Lille, France
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- Polish Academy of Sciences, Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, 90-363 Lodz, Poland
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- Polish Academy of Sciences, Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, 90-363 Lodz, Poland
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, ENSCL, UMR 8181, UCCS, Unité de Catalyse et de Chimie du Solide, 59000 Lille, France; Bruker Biospin, 34, rue de l'industrie, 67166 Wissembourg, France.
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Zhang R, Duong NT, Nishiyama Y, Ramamoorthy A. 3D Double-Quantum/Double-Quantum Exchange Spectroscopy of Protons under 100 kHz Magic Angle Spinning. J Phys Chem B 2017; 121:5944-5952. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b03480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Rongchun Zhang
- Biophysics
and Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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- RIKEN
CLST-JEOL Collaboration Center, RIKEN, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- RIKEN
CLST-JEOL Collaboration Center, RIKEN, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
- JEOL Resonance Inc., Musashino, Akishima, Tokyo 196-8558, Japan
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- Biophysics
and Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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Quinn CM, Polenova T. Structural biology of supramolecular assemblies by magic-angle spinning NMR spectroscopy. Q Rev Biophys 2017; 50:e1. [PMID: 28093096 PMCID: PMC5483179 DOI: 10.1017/s0033583516000159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Abstract
In recent years, exciting developments in instrument technology and experimental methodology have advanced the field of magic-angle spinning (MAS) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to new heights. Contemporary MAS NMR yields atomic-level insights into structure and dynamics of an astounding range of biological systems, many of which cannot be studied by other methods. With the advent of fast MAS, proton detection, and novel pulse sequences, large supramolecular assemblies, such as cytoskeletal proteins and intact viruses, are now accessible for detailed analysis. In this review, we will discuss the current MAS NMR methodologies that enable characterization of complex biomolecular systems and will present examples of applications to several classes of assemblies comprising bacterial and mammalian cytoskeleton as well as human immunodeficiency virus 1 and bacteriophage viruses. The body of work reviewed herein is representative of the recent advancements in the field, with respect to the complexity of the systems studied, the quality of the data, and the significance to the biology.
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- Caitlin M. Quinn
- University of Delaware, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Newark, DE 19711; Pittsburgh Center for HIV Protein Interactions, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15306
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- University of Delaware, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Newark, DE 19711; Pittsburgh Center for HIV Protein Interactions, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15306
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Zhang H, Hou G, Lu M, Ahn J, Byeon IJL, Langmead CJ, Perilla JR, Hung I, Gor’kov PL, Gan Z, Brey WW, Case DA, Schulten K, Gronenborn AM, Polenova T. HIV-1 Capsid Function Is Regulated by Dynamics: Quantitative Atomic-Resolution Insights by Integrating Magic-Angle-Spinning NMR, QM/MM, and MD. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:14066-14075. [PMID: 27701859 PMCID: PMC5380593 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b08744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
HIV-1 CA capsid protein possesses intrinsic conformational flexibility, which is essential for its assembly into conical capsids and interactions with host factors. CA is dynamic in the assembled capsid, and residues in functionally important regions of the protein undergo motions spanning many decades of time scales. Chemical shift anisotropy (CSA) tensors, recorded in magic-angle-spinning NMR experiments, provide direct residue-specific probes of motions on nano- to microsecond time scales. We combined NMR, MD, and density-functional-theory calculations, to gain quantitative understanding of internal backbone dynamics in CA assemblies, and we found that the dynamically averaged 15N CSA tensors calculated by this joined protocol are in remarkable agreement with experiment. Thus, quantitative atomic-level understanding of the relationships between CSA tensors, local backbone structure, and motions in CA assemblies is achieved, demonstrating the power of integrating NMR experimental data and theory for characterizing atomic-resolution dynamics in biological systems.
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- Huilan Zhang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
- Pittsburgh Center for HIV Protein Interactions, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1051 Biomedical Science Tower 3, 3501 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
- Pittsburgh Center for HIV Protein Interactions, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1051 Biomedical Science Tower 3, 3501 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
- Pittsburgh Center for HIV Protein Interactions, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1051 Biomedical Science Tower 3, 3501 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States
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- Pittsburgh Center for HIV Protein Interactions, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1051 Biomedical Science Tower 3, 3501 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States
- Department of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3501 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States
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- Pittsburgh Center for HIV Protein Interactions, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1051 Biomedical Science Tower 3, 3501 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States
- Department of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3501 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States
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- Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Gates Hillman Center, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Physics and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32310, United States
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32310, United States
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32310, United States
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32310, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, 174 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8087, United States
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- Department of Physics and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Pittsburgh Center for HIV Protein Interactions, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1051 Biomedical Science Tower 3, 3501 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States
- Department of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3501 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
- Pittsburgh Center for HIV Protein Interactions, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1051 Biomedical Science Tower 3, 3501 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States
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Nishiyama Y. Fast magic-angle sample spinning solid-state NMR at 60-100kHz for natural abundance samples. SOLID STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE 2016; 78:24-36. [PMID: 27400153 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssnmr.2016.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2016] [Revised: 06/07/2016] [Accepted: 06/08/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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In spite of tremendous progress made in pulse sequence designs and sophisticated hardware developments, methods to improve sensitivity and resolution in solid-state NMR (ssNMR) are still emerging. The rate at which sample is spun at magic angle determines the extent to which sensitivity and resolution of NMR spectra are improved. To this end, the prime objective of this article is to give a comprehensive theoretical and experimental framework of fast magic angle spinning (MAS) technique. The engineering design of fast MAS rotors based on spinning rate, sample volume, and sensitivity is presented in detail. Besides, the benefits of fast MAS citing the recent progress in methodology, especially for natural abundance samples are also highlighted. The effect of the MAS rate on (1)H resolution, which is a key to the success of the (1)H inverse detection methods, is described by a simple mathematical factor named as the homogeneity factor k. A comparison between various (1)H inverse detection methods is also presented. Moreover, methods to reduce the number of spinning sidebands (SSBs) for the systems with huge anisotropies in combination with (1)H inverse detection at fast MAS are discussed.
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- Yusuke Nishiyama
- RIKEN CLST-JEOL Collaboration Center, RIKEN, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan; JEOL RESONANCE Inc., Musashino, Akishima, Tokyo 186-8558, Japan.
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Lu X, Zhang H, Lu M, Vega AJ, Hou G, Polenova T. Improving dipolar recoupling for site-specific structural and dynamics studies in biosolids NMR: windowed RN-symmetry sequences. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:4035-44. [PMID: 26776070 DOI: 10.1039/c5cp07818k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Experimental characterization of one-bond heteronuclear dipolar couplings is essential for structural and dynamics characterization of molecules by solid-state NMR. Accurate measurement of heteronuclear dipolar tensor parameters in magic-angle spinning NMR requires that the recoupling sequences efficiently reintroduce the desired heteronuclear dipolar coupling term, fully suppress other interactions (such as chemical shift anisotropy and homonuclear dipolar couplings), and be insensitive to experimental imperfections, such as radio frequency (rf) field mismatch. In this study, we demonstrate that the introduction of window delays into the basic elements of a phase-alternating R-symmetry (PARS) sequence results in a greatly improved protocol, termed windowed PARS (wPARS), which yields clean dipolar lineshapes that are unaffected by other spin interactions and are largely insensitive to experimental imperfections. Higher dipolar scaling factors can be attained in this technique with respect to PARS, which is particularly useful for the measurement of relatively small dipolar couplings. The advantages of wPARS are verified experimentally on model molecules N-acetyl-valine (NAV) and a tripeptide Met-Leu-Phe (MLF). The incorporation of wPARS into 3D heteronuclear or homonuclear correlation experiments permits accurate site-specific determination of dipolar tensors in proteins, as demonstrated on dynein light chain 8 (LC8). Through 3D wPARS recoupling based spectroscopy we have determined both backbone and side chain dipolar tensors in LC8 in a residue-resolved manner. We discuss these in the context of conformational dynamics of LC8. We have addressed the effect of paramagnetic relaxant Cu(ii)-EDTA doping on the dipolar coupling parameters in LC8 and observed no significant differences with respect to the neat sample permitting fast data collection. Our results indicate that wPARS is advantageous with respect to the windowless version of the sequence and is applicable to a broad range of systems including but not limited to biomolecules.
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- Xingyu Lu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA.
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Gupta R, Lu M, Hou G, Caporini MA, Rosay M, Maas W, Struppe J, Suiter C, Ahn J, Byeon IJL, Franks WT, Orwick-Rydmark M, Bertarello A, Oschkinat H, Lesage A, Pintacuda G, Gronenborn AM, Polenova T. Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Enhanced MAS NMR Spectroscopy for Structural Analysis of HIV-1 Protein Assemblies. J Phys Chem B 2016; 120:329-39. [PMID: 26709853 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b12134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Mature infectious HIV-1 virions contain conical capsids composed of CA protein, generated by the proteolytic cleavage cascade of the Gag polyprotein, termed maturation. The mechanism of capsid core formation through the maturation process remains poorly understood. We present DNP-enhanced MAS NMR studies of tubular assemblies of CA and Gag CA-SP1 maturation intermediate and report 20-64-fold sensitivity enhancements due to DNP at 14.1 T. These sensitivity enhancements enabled direct observation of spacer peptide 1 (SP1) resonances in CA-SP1 by dipolar-based correlation experiments, unequivocally indicating that the SP1 peptide is unstructured in assembled CA-SP1 at cryogenic temperatures, corroborating our earlier results. Furthermore, the dependence of DNP enhancements and spectral resolution on magnetic field strength (9.4-18.8 T) and temperature (109-180 K) was investigated. Our results suggest that DNP-based measurements could potentially provide residue-specific dynamics information by allowing for the extraction of the temperature dependence of the anisotropic tensorial or relaxation parameters. With DNP, we were able to detect multiple well-resolved isoleucine side-chain conformers; unique intermolecular correlations across two CA molecules; and functionally relevant conformationally disordered states such as the 14-residue SP1 peptide, none of which are visible at ambient temperatures. The detection of isolated conformers and intermolecular correlations can provide crucial constraints for structure determination of these assemblies. Overall, our results establish DNP-based MAS NMR spectroscopy as an excellent tool for the characterization of HIV-1 assemblies.
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- Rupal Gupta
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware , Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware , Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware , Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Bruker Biospin Corporation , 15 Fortune Drive, Billerica, Massachusetts United States
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- Bruker Biospin Corporation , 15 Fortune Drive, Billerica, Massachusetts United States
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- Bruker Biospin Corporation , 15 Fortune Drive, Billerica, Massachusetts United States
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- Bruker Biospin Corporation , 15 Fortune Drive, Billerica, Massachusetts United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware , Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie , Robert-Roessle-Straße 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie , Robert-Roessle-Straße 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs, Institut des Sciences Analytiques, UMR 5280 CNRS/Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon , 5 rue de la Doua, 69100 Villeurbanne (Lyon), France
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- Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie , Robert-Roessle-Straße 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs, Institut des Sciences Analytiques, UMR 5280 CNRS/Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon , 5 rue de la Doua, 69100 Villeurbanne (Lyon), France
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- Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs, Institut des Sciences Analytiques, UMR 5280 CNRS/Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon , 5 rue de la Doua, 69100 Villeurbanne (Lyon), France
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware , Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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