A 10,000-fold nuclear hyperpolarization of a membrane protein in the liquid phase via a solid-state mechanism.

Autor: Daviso E; Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Einsteinweg 55, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands., Janssen GJ, Alia A, Jeschke G, Matysik J, Tessari M
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of the American Chemical Society [J Am Chem Soc] 2011 Oct 26; Vol. 133 (42), pp. 16754-7. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Oct 05.
DOI: 10.1021/ja206689t
Abstrakt: Several techniques rely on electron-nuclear interactions to boost the polarization of nuclear spins in the solid phase. Averaging out of anisotropic interactions as a result of molecular tumbling strongly reduces the applicability of such hyperpolarization approaches in liquids. Here we show for the first time that anisotropic electron-nuclear interactions in solution can survive sufficiently long to generate nuclear spin polarization by the solid-state photo-CIDNP mechanism. A 10,000-fold NMR signal increase in solution was observed for a giant biomolecular complex of a photosynthetic membrane protein with a tumbling correlation time in the submicrosecond regime, corresponding to a molecular weight close to 1 MDa.
Databáze: MEDLINE