Experiments Optimized for Magic Angle Spinning and Oriented Sample Solid-State NMR of Proteins.
 

Experiments Optimized for Magic Angle Spinning and Oriented Sample Solid-State NMR of Proteins.

Related Articles Experiments Optimized for Magic Angle Spinning and Oriented Sample Solid-State NMR of Proteins.

J Phys Chem B. 2013 Sep 17;

Authors: Das BB, Lin EC, Opella SJ

Abstract
Structure determination by solid-state NMR of proteins is rapidly advancing as result of recent developments of samples, experimental methods, and calculations. There are a number of different solid-state NMR approaches that utilize stationary, aligned samples or magic angle spinning of unoriented 'powder' samples, and depending on the sample and the experimental method can emphasize the measurement of distances or angles, ideally both, as sources of structural constraints. Multi-dimensional correlation spectroscopy of low-gamma nuclei such as 15N and 13C is an important step for making resonance assignments and measurements of angular restraints in membrane proteins. However, the efficiency of coherence transfer predominantly depends upon the strength of dipole-dipole interaction, and this can vary from site to site and between sample alignments, for example, during the mixing of 13C and 15N magnetization in stationary aligned and in magic angle spinning samples. Here, we demonstrate that the efficiency of polarization transfer can be improved by using adiabatic demagnetization and remagnetization techniques on stationary aligned samples; and proton assisted insensitive nuclei cross-polarization in magic angle sample spinning samples. Adiabatic cross-polarization technique provides an alternative mechanism for spin-diffusion experiments correlating 15N/15N and 15N/13C chemical shifts over large distances. Improved efficiency in cross-polarization with 40% - 100% sensitivity enhancements are observed in proteins and single crystals, respectively. We describe solid-state NMR experimental techniques that are optimal for membrane proteins in liquid crystalline phospholipid bilayers under physiological conditions. The techniques are illustrated with data from both single crystals of peptides and of membrane proteins in phospholipid bilayers.


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