Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School, MSRB III, 1150 W. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5605, USA.
J Biomol NMR. 2011 Feb;49(2):69-74. doi: 10.1007/s10858-010-9465-1. Epub 2010 Dec 30.
The solution NMR resonance assignment of the protein backbone is most commonly carried out using triple resonance experiments that involve (15)N and (1)HN resonances. The assignment becomes problematic when there is resonance overlap of (15)N-(1)HN cross peaks. For such residues, one cannot unambiguously link the "left" side of the NH root to the "right" side, and the residues associated with such overlapping HN resonances remain often unassigned. Here we present a solution to this problem: a hybrid (4d,3d) reduced-dimensionality HN(CO)CA(CON)CA sequence. In this experiment, the Ca(i) resonance is modulated with the frequency of the Ca(i-1) resonance, which helps in resolving the ambiguity involved in connecting the Ca(i) and Ca(i-1) resonances for overlapping NH roots. The experiment has limited sensitivity, and is only suited for small or unfolded proteins. In a companion experiment, (4d,3d) reduced-dimensionality HNCO(N)CA, the Ca(i) resonance is modulated with the frequency of the CO(i-1) resonance, hence resolving the ambiguity existent in pairing up the Ca(i) and CO(i-1) resonances for overlapping NH roots.
该蛋白质骨架的溶液 NMR 共振分配最常使用涉及 (15)N 和 (1)HN 共振的三重共振实验来进行。当 (15)N-(1)HN 交叉峰存在共振重叠时,分配就会出现问题。对于这样的残基,人们不能将“左侧”的 NH 根与“右侧”明确地联系起来,并且与这些重叠 HN 共振相关的残基通常仍然未被分配。在这里,我们提出了一个解决这个问题的方法:一种混合 (4d,3d) 降维 HN(CO)CA(CON)CA 序列。在这个实验中,Ca(i)共振的频率调制 Ca(i-1)共振,这有助于解决连接重叠 NH 根的 Ca(i)和 Ca(i-1)共振所涉及的歧义。该实验的灵敏度有限,仅适用于小或未折叠的蛋白质。在一个配套的实验中,(4d,3d) 降维 HNCO(N)CA,Ca(i)共振的频率调制 CO(i-1)共振,因此解决了配对重叠 NH 根的 Ca(i)和 CO(i-1)共振的歧义。