Three-dimensional deuterium-carbon correlation experiments for high-resolution solid-state MAS NMR spectroscopy of large proteins

Daniela Lalli, Paul Schanda, Anup Chowdhury, Joren Retel, Matthias Hiller, Victoria A. Higman, Lieselotte Handel, Vipin Agarwal, Bernd Reif, Barth Van Rossum, Ümit Akbey, Hartmut Oschkinat

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Abstract

Well-resolved 2H-13C correlation spectra, reminiscent of 1H-13C correlations, are obtained for perdeuterated ubiquitin and for perdeuterated outer-membrane protein G (OmpG) from E. coli by exploiting the favorable lifetime of 2H double-quantum (DQ) states. Sufficient signal-to-noise was achieved due to the short deuterium T 1, allowing for high repetition rates and enabling 3D experiments with a 2H-13C transfer step in a reasonable time. Well-resolved 3D 2HDQ-13C-13C correlations of ubiquitin and OmpG were recorded within 3.5 days each. An essentially complete assignment of 2HDQα shifts and of a substantial fraction of 2HDQβ shifts were obtained for ubiquitin. In the case of OmpG, 2HDQα and 2HDQβ chemical shifts of a considerable number of threonine, serine and leucine residues were assigned. This approach provides the basis for a general heteronuclear 3D MAS NMR assignment concept utilizing pulse sequences with 2HDQ-13C transfer steps and evolution of deuterium double-quantum chemical shifts.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)477-485
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Biomolecular NMR
Volume51
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Deuterium-carbon correlations
  • Membrane proteins
  • Micro-crystalline
  • OmpG
  • Solid-state NMR
  • Ubiquitin

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