Fast Structure-Based Assignment of 15N HSQC Spectra of Selectively 15N-Labeled Paramagnetic Proteins

Guido Pintacuda, Max A. Keniry, Thomas Huber, Ah Young Park, Nicholas E. Dixon, Gottfried Otting*

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    Abstract

    A novel strategy for fast NMR resonance assignment of 15N HSQC spectra of proteins is presented. It requires the structure coordinates of the protein, a paramagnetic center, and one or more residue-selectively 15N-labeled samples. Comparison of sensitive undecoupled 15N HSQC spectra recorded of paramagnetic and diamagnetic samples yields data for every cross-peak on pseudocontact shift, paramagnetic relaxation enhancement, cross-correlation between Curie-spin and dipole-dipole relaxation, and residual dipolar coupling. Comparison of these four different paramagnetic quantities with predictions from the three-dimensional structure simultaneously yields the resonance assignment and the anisotropy of the susceptibility tensor of the paramagnetic center. The method is demonstrated with the 30 kDa complex between the N-terminal domain of the ε subunit and the θ subunit of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase III. The program PLATYPUS was developed to perform the assignment, provide a measure of reliability of the assignment, and determine the susceptibility tensor anisotropy.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)2963-2970
    Number of pages8
    JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
    Volume126
    Issue number9
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 10 Mar 2004

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