Heteronuclear NMR spectroscopy of proteins encapsulated in cubic phase lipids

Autor: David W. Keizer, Thomas G. Meikle, Paul R. Gooley, Frances Separovic, Shenggen Yao, Ashish Sethi, Charlotte E. Conn, Jeffrey J. Babon
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of Magnetic Resonance. 305:146-151
ISSN: 1090-7807
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2019.06.017
Popis: Lipidic cubic phases, which form spontaneously via the self-assembly of certain lipids in an aqueous environment, are highly prospective nanomaterials with applications in membrane protein X-ray crystallography and drug delivery. Here we report 1H-15N heteronuclear single/multiple quantum coherence (HSQC, HMQC) spectra of 15N-enriched proteins encapsulated in inverse bicontinuous lipidic cubic phases obtained on a standard commercial high resolution NMR spectrometer at ambient temperature. 15N-enriched proteins encapsulated in this lipidic cubic phase show: (i) no significant changes in tertiary structure, (ii) significantly reduced solvent chemical exchange of backbone amides, which potentially provides a novel concept for quantifying residue-specific hydration; and (iii) improved spectral sensitivity achieved with band-selective excitation short-transient (BEST) spectroscopy, which is attributed to the presence of an abundant source of 1H nuclear spins originating from the lipid component of the cubic phase.
Databáze: OpenAIRE