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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 132-141 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Journal of Magnetic Resonance |
Volume | 145 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 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