Protein residue linking in a single spectrum for magic-angle spinning NMR assignment

Loren B. Andreas, Jan Stanek, Tanguy Le Marchand, Andrea Bertarello, Diane Cala-De Paepe, Daniela Lalli, Magdaléna Krejčíková, Camille Doyen, Carl Öster, Benno Knott, Sebastian Wegner, Frank Engelke, Isabella C. Felli, Roberta Pierattelli, Nicholas E. Dixon, Lyndon Emsley, Torsten Herrmann, Guido Pintacuda

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Abstract

Here we introduce a new pulse sequence for resonance assignment that halves the number of data sets required for sequential linking by directly correlating sequential amide resonances in a single diagonal-free spectrum. The method is demonstrated with both microcrystalline and sedimented deuterated proteins spinning at 60 and 111 kHz, and a fully protonated microcrystalline protein spinning at 111 kHz, with as little as 0.5 mg protein sample. We find that amide signals have a low chance of ambiguous linkage, which is further improved by linking in both forward and backward directions. The spectra obtained are amenable to automated resonance assignment using general-purpose software such as UNIO-MATCH.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)253-261
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Biomolecular NMR
Volume62
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Automation
  • Magic-angle spinning
  • Protein resonance assignment
  • Proton detection

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