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High Resolution ¹H Detected ¹H,¹³C Correlation Spectra in MAS Solid-State NMR using Deuterated Proteins with Selective ¹H,²H Isotopic Labeling of Methyl Groups


Vipin Agarwal, Anne Diehl, Nikolai Skrynnikov, and Bernd Reif
J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2006; 128(39) pp 12620 - 12621;

Abstract:
MAS solid-state NMR experiments applied to biological solids are still hampered by low sensitivity and resolution. In this work, we employ a deuteration scheme in which individual methyl groups are selectively protonated. This labeling scheme allows the acquisition of proton carbon correlation spectra with a resolution comparable to that in solution-state NMR experiments. We observe an increase in resolution by a factor of 10-15 compared to standard heteronuclear correlation experiments using PMLG for ¹H,¹H dipolar decoupling in the indirect dimension. At the same time, the full sensitivity of the proton-based experiment is retained. In comparison to the heteronuclear detected version of the experiment, a gain in sensitivity of a factor of approximately 4.7 is achieved.