Solid-state NMR: Methods for biological solids

S Ahlawat, KR Mote, NA Lakomek… - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
In the last two decades, solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (ssNMR) spectroscopy has
transformed from a spectroscopic technique investigating small molecules and industrial …

New applications of solid-state NMR in structural biology

PCA van der Wel - Emerging topics in life sciences, 2018 - portlandpress.com
Various recent developments in solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (ssNMR)
spectroscopy have enabled an array of new insights regarding the structure, dynamics, and …

Atomic-resolution chemical characterization of (2x)72-kDa tryptophan synthase via four- and five-dimensional 1H-detected solid-state NMR

A Klein, P Rovó, VV Sakhrani, Y Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
NMR chemical shifts provide detailed information on the chemical properties of molecules,
thereby complementing structural data from techniques like X-ray crystallography and …

ATP analogues for structural investigations: case studies of a DnaB helicase and an ABC transporter

D Lacabanne, T Wiegand, N Wili, MI Kozlova… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nucleoside triphosphates (NTPs) are used as chemical energy source in a variety of cell
systems. Structural snapshots along the NTP hydrolysis reaction coordinate are typically …

Unveiling protein dynamics in solution with field-cycling NMR relaxometry

G Parigi, E Ravera, M Fragai, C Luchinat - Progress in Nuclear Magnetic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Field-cycling NMR relaxometry is a well-established technique that can give information on
molecular structure and dynamics of biological systems. It provides the nuclear relaxation …

Assessment of a Large Enzyme–Drug Complex by Proton‐Detected Solid‐State NMR Spectroscopy without Deuteration

SK Vasa, H Singh, K Grohe… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Solid‐state NMR spectroscopy has recently enabled structural biology with small amounts of
non‐deuterated proteins, largely alleviating the classical sample production demands. Still …

Sedimentation yields long-term stable protein samples as shown by solid-state NMR

T Wiegand, D Lacabanne, A Torosyan… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Today, the sedimentation of proteins into a magic-angle spinning (MAS) rotor gives access
to fast and reliable sample preparation for solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) …

Solid‐state NMR and EPR Spectroscopy of Mn2+‐Substituted ATP‐Fueled Protein Engines

T Wiegand, D Lacabanne, K Keller… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Paramagnetic metal ions deliver structural information both in EPR and solid‐state NMR
experiments, offering a profitable synergetic approach to study bio‐macromolecules. We …

The conformational changes coupling ATP hydrolysis and translocation in a bacterial DnaB helicase

T Wiegand, R Cadalbert, D Lacabanne… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
DnaB helicases are motor proteins that couple ATP-hydrolysis to the loading of the protein
onto DNA at the replication fork and to translocation along DNA to separate double-stranded …

On the use of ultracentrifugal devices for routine sample preparation in biomolecular magic-angle-spinning NMR

A Mandal, JC Boatz, TB Wheeler… - Journal of biomolecular …, 2017 - Springer
A number of recent advances in the field of magic-angle-spinning (MAS) solid-state NMR
have enabled its application to a range of biological systems of ever increasing complexity …