Finn O'Dea, Aiden J Seargeant, Jessica Hurcum, Rodolpho do Aido-Machado, Michelle L Rowe, Nicola J Baxter, Jon P Waltho, Jon R Sayers, Mike P Williamson
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Abstract
Addition of glycine betaine up to 1 M gave rise to increased intensity for some weak signals in the HSQC spectra of barnase and Plasmodium falciparum flap endonuclease. The signals that were enhanced were low intensity signals, often from amide groups with rapid internal motion (low order parameter). The majority of signals are however somewhat weaker because of the increased viscosity. Addition of betaine is shown to cause a small but significant overall increase in order parameter, no consistent effect on conformational change on the µs-ms timescale, and a reduction in amide exchange rates, by a factor of about 3. The results are consistent with a model in which betaine leads to a reduction in fluctuations within the bulk water, which in turn produces a reduction in internal fluctuations of the protein.
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The Journal of Biomolecular NMR provides a forum for publishing research on technical developments and innovative applications of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy for the study of structure and dynamic properties of biopolymers in solution, liquid crystals, solids and mixed environments, e.g., attached to membranes. This may include:
Three-dimensional structure determination of biological macromolecules (polypeptides/proteins, DNA, RNA, oligosaccharides) by NMR.
New NMR techniques for studies of biological macromolecules.
Novel approaches to computer-aided automated analysis of multidimensional NMR spectra.
Computational methods for the structural interpretation of NMR data, including structure refinement.
Comparisons of structures determined by NMR with those obtained by other methods, e.g. by diffraction techniques with protein single crystals.
New techniques of sample preparation for NMR experiments (biosynthetic and chemical methods for isotope labeling, preparation of nutrients for biosynthetic isotope labeling, etc.). An NMR characterization of the products must be included.
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