A dipicolinic acid tag for rigid lanthanide tagging of proteins and paramagnetic NMR spectroscopy

Xun Cheng Su, Bradley Man, Sophie Beeren, Haobo Liang, Shane Simonsen, Christophe Schmitz, Thomas Huber, Barbara A. Messerle, Gottfried Otting*

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    Abstract

    A new lanthanide tag was designed for site-specific labeling of proteins with paramagnetic lanthanide ions. The tag, 4-mercaptomethyl-dipicolinic acid, binds lanthanide ions with nanomolar affinity, is readily attached to proteins via a disulfide bond, and avoids the problems of diastereomer formation associated with most of the conventional lanthanide tags. The high lanthanide affinity of the tag opens the possibility to measure residual dipolar couplings in a single sample containing a mixture of paramagnetic and diamagnetic lanthanides. Using the DNA-binding domain of the E. coli arginine repressor as an example, it is demonstrated that the tag allows immobilization of the lanthanide ion in close proximity of the protein by additional coordination of the lanthanide by a carboxyl group of the protein. The close proximity of the lanthanide ion promotes accurate determinations of magnetic susceptibility anisotropy tensors. In addition, the small size of the tag makes it highly suitable for studies of intermolecular interactions.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)10486-10487
    Number of pages2
    JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
    Volume130
    Issue number32
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 13 Aug 2008

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