Backbone and side-chain 13C and 15N signal assignments of the alpha-spectrin SH3 domain by magic angle spinning solid-state NMR at 17.6 Tesla

Chembiochem. 2001 Apr 2;2(4):272-81. doi: 10.1002/1439-7633(20010401)2:4<272::AID-CBIC272>3.0.CO;2-2.

Abstract

The backbone and side-chain 13C and 15N signals of a solid 62-residue (u-13C,15N)-labelled protein containing the alpha-spectrin SH3 domain were assigned by two-dimensional (2D) magic angle spinning (MAS) 15N-13C and 13C-13C dipolar correlation spectroscopy at 17.6 T. The side-chain signal sets of the individual amino acids were identified by 2D 13C-13C proton-driven spin diffusion and dipolar recoupling experiments. Correlations to the respective backbone nitrogen signals were established by 2D NCACX (CX=any carbon atom) experiments, which contain a proton-nitrogen and a nitrogen-carbon cross-polarisation step followed by a carbon-carbon homonuclear transfer unit. Interresidue correlations leading to sequence-specific assignments were obtained from 2D NCOCX experiments. The assignment is nearly complete for the SH3 domain residues 7-61, while the signals of the N- and C-terminal residues 1-6 and 62, respectively, outside the domain boundaries are not detected in our MAS spectra. The resolution observed in these spectra raises expectations that receptor-bound protein ligands and slightly larger proteins (up to 20 kDa) can be readily assigned in the near future by using three-dimensional versions of the applied or analogous techniques.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Carbon Isotopes
  • Chemical Precipitation
  • Chickens
  • Magnetics
  • Nitrogen Isotopes
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular / methods*
  • Protein Conformation
  • Spectrin / chemistry*
  • src Homology Domains*

Substances

  • Carbon Isotopes
  • Nitrogen Isotopes
  • Spectrin