NH-NH Vector Correlation in Peptides by Solid-State NMR

B. Reif, M. Hohwy, C. P. Jaroniec, C. M. Rienstra, R. G. Griffin

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Abstract

We present a novel solid-state magic angle-spinning NMR method for measuring the NHi-NHi+1 projection angle θi,i+1 in peptides. The experiment is applicable to uniformly 15N-labeled peptides and is demonstrated on the chemotactic tripeptide N-formyl-L-Met-L-Leu-L-Phe. The projection angle θi,i+1 is directly related to the peptide backbone torsion angles φi and ψi. The method utilizes the T-MREV recoupling scheme to restore 15N-1H interactions, and proton-mediated spin diffusion to establish 15N-15N correlations. T-MREV has recently been shown to increase the dynamic range of the 15N-1H recoupling by γ-encoding, and permits an accurate determination of the recoupled NH dipolar interaction. The results are interpreted in a quasi-analytical fashion that permits efficient extraction of the structural parameters.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)132-141
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Magnetic Resonance
Volume145
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2000

Keywords

  • Magic angle spinning (MAS) solid-state NMR; di
  • Polar vector correlation
  • Structure determination in peptides
  • T-MREV
  • γ-encoded heteronuclear recoupling and homonuclear decoupling

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