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Three-dimensional solid-state \NMR\ spectroscopy is essential for resolution of resonances from in-plane residues in uniformly (15)\N\-labeled helical membrane proteins in oriented lipid bilayers

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J. Magn. Reson., 144 (1): 156--161 (May 2000)
DOI: 10.1006/jmre.2000.2036

Abstract

Uniformly (15)N-labeled samples of membrane proteins with helices aligned parallel to the membrane surface give two-dimensional PISEMA spectra that are highly overlapped due to limited dispersions of (1)H-(15)N dipolar coupling and (15)N chemical shift frequencies. However, resolution is greatly improved in three-dimensional (1)H chemical shift/(1)H-(15)N dipolar coupling/(15)N chemical shift correlation spectra. The 23-residue antibiotic peptide magainin and a 54-residue polypeptide corresponding to the cytoplasmic domain of the HIV-1 accessory protein Vpu are used as examples. Both polypeptides consist almost entirely of alpha-helices, with their axes aligned parallel to the membrane surface. The measurement of three orientationally dependent frequencies for Val17 of magainin enabled the three-dimensional orientation of this helical peptide to be determined in the lipid bilayer.

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