Supramolecular interactions probed by 13C-13C solid-state NMR spectroscopy

J Am Chem Soc. 2010 Nov 3;132(43):15164-6. doi: 10.1021/ja107460j.

Abstract

We present a robust solid-state NMR approach for the accurate determination of molecular interfaces in insoluble and noncrystalline protein-protein complexes. The method relies on the measurement of intermolecular (13)C-(13)C distances in mixtures of [1-(13)C]glucose- and [2-(13)C]glucose-labeled proteins. We have applied this method to Parkinson's disease-associated α-synuclein fibrils and found that they are stacked in a parallel in-register arrangement. Additionally, intermolecular distance restraints for the structure determination of the fibrils at atomic resolution were measured.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amyloidogenic Proteins / chemistry
  • Amyloidogenic Proteins / metabolism
  • Glucose / chemistry
  • Humans
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular*
  • Protein Binding
  • Proteins / chemistry*
  • Proteins / metabolism*
  • alpha-Synuclein / chemistry
  • alpha-Synuclein / metabolism

Substances

  • Amyloidogenic Proteins
  • Proteins
  • alpha-Synuclein
  • Glucose