Paramagnetic chemical probes for studying biological macromolecules

Q Miao, C Nitsche, H Orton, M Overhand… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Paramagnetic chemical probes have been used in electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR)
and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy for more than four decades. Recent …

Theory, practice, and applications of paramagnetic relaxation enhancement for the characterization of transient low-population states of biological macromolecules …

GM Clore, J Iwahara - Chemical reviews, 2009 - ACS Publications
Understanding the function of biological macromolecules and their complexes at the
physicochemical level requires knowledge of both their structure and dynamics …

Visualizing transient dark states by NMR spectroscopy

NJ Anthis, GM Clore - Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics, 2015 - cambridge.org
Myriad biological processes proceed through states that defy characterization by
conventional atomic-resolution structural biological methods. The invisibility of these …

Lipid nanodiscs for high-resolution NMR studies of membrane proteins

U Günsel, F Hagn - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Membrane proteins (MPs) play essential roles in numerous cellular processes. Because
around 70% of the currently marketed drugs target MPs, a detailed understanding of their …

Practical aspects of 1H transverse paramagnetic relaxation enhancement measurements on macromolecules

J Iwahara, C Tang, GM Clore - Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 2007 - Elsevier
The use of 1H transverse paramagnetic relaxation enhancement (PRE) has seen a
resurgence in recent years as method for providing long-range distance information for …

Structure determination of the seven-helix transmembrane receptor sensory rhodopsin II by solution NMR spectroscopy

A Gautier, HR Mott, MJ Bostock, JP Kirkpatrick… - Nature structural & …, 2010 - nature.com
Seven-helix membrane proteins represent a challenge for structural biology. Here we report
the first NMR structure determination of a detergent-solubilized seven-helix transmembrane …

Determination of the free energy landscape of α-synuclein using spin label nuclear magnetic resonance measurements

JR Allison, P Varnai, CM Dobson… - Journal of the …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Natively unfolded proteins present a challenge for structure determination because they
populate highly heterogeneous ensembles of conformations. A useful source of structural …

Structure of a conserved Golgi complex-targeting signal in coronavirus envelope proteins

Y Li, W Surya, S Claudine, J Torres - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2014 - ASBMB
Coronavirus envelope (CoV E) proteins are∼ 100-residue polypeptides with at least one
channel-forming α-helical transmembrane (TM) domain. The extramembrane C-terminal tail …

Solution NMR of large molecules and assemblies

MP Foster, CA McElroy, CD Amero - Biochemistry, 2007 - ACS Publications
Solution NMR spectroscopy represents a powerful tool for examining the structure and
function of biological macromolecules. The advent of multidimensional (2D-4D) NMR …

Elucidating transient macromolecular interactions using paramagnetic relaxation enhancement

GM Clore, C Tang, J Iwahara - Current opinion in structural biology, 2007 - Elsevier
Recent advances in the use of paramagnetic relaxation enhancement (PRE) in structure
refinement and in the analysis of transient dynamic processes involved in macromolecular …