Towards automatic protein backbone assignment using proton-detected 4D solid-state NMR data
 

Towards automatic protein backbone assignment using proton-detected 4D solid-state NMR data

Abstract

We introduce an efficient approach for sequential protein backbone assignment based on two complementary proton-detected 4D solid-state NMR experiments that correlate \( {\text{H}}_{{\text{i}}}^{{\text{N}}} \) /Ni with CAi/COi or CAiâ??1/COiâ??1. The resulting 4D spectra exhibit excellent sensitivity and resolution and are amenable to (semi-)automatic assignment approaches. This strategy allows to obtain sequential connections with high confidence as problems related to peak overlap and multiple assignment possibilities are avoided. Non-uniform sampling schemes were implemented to allow for the acquisition of 4D spectra within a few days. Rather moderate hardware requirements enable the successful demonstration of the method on deuterated type III secretion needles using a 600 MHz spectrometer at a spinning rate of 25 kHz.



Source: Journal of Biomolecular NMR