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Roman Zadorozhnyi, Sucharita Sarkar, Caitlin M. Quinn, Kaneil K. Zadrozny, Barbie K. Ganser-Pornillos, Owen Pornillos, Angela M. Gronenborn, Tatyana Polenova
Summary: Histidine residues in proteins play crucial structural and functional roles, such as metal-binding and enzyme catalysis. This study introduces a fast MAS NMR approach to determine the protonation and tautomeric states of His at frequencies of 40-62 kHz, using H-1 detection and TEDOR-based filters in 2D heteronuclear correlation experiments. The approach is demonstrated using microcrystalline assemblies of HIV-1 CA(CTD)-SP1 protein.
FRONTIERS IN MOLECULAR BIOSCIENCES
(2021)
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Michelle Ha, Serge Nader, Shane Pawsey, Jochem Struppe, Martine Monette, Sheref S. Mansy, Job Boekhoven, Vladimir K. Michaelis
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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
(2021)
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Biochemical Research Methods
Jose P. Carvalho, Wassilios Papawassiliou, Andrew J. Pell
Summary: This article presents a combination of solid-state NMR methods for extracting the 23Na shift and quadrupolar parameters in the structurally complex NaMnO2 Na-ion cathode material. By combining multiple experiments, the shift and quadrupolar parameters for observed Na environments were determined and showed agreement with theoretical models.
JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE
(2022)
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Ivan Hung, Eric G. Keeler, Wenping Mao, Peter L. Gor'kov, Robert G. Griffin, Zhehong Gan
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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2022)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Marta Bonaccorsi, Tanguy Le Marchand, Guido Pintacuda
Summary: Magic-Angle Spinning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (MAS NMR) is a rapidly developing technique that complements solution NMR, X-ray crystallography, and electron microscopy for the biophysical characterization of microcrystalline, poorly crystalline or disordered protein samples. MAS NMR is ideal for investigating both structures and dynamics, and has been increasingly applied in structural biology research in recent years to describe conformational dynamics in various systems.
CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
(2021)
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Millena Logrado, Randall E. Youngman, Bruce G. Aitken, Hellmut Eckert
Summary: The modification of the glass structure in the SiO2-P2O5-Al2O3 system by Na2O was studied using Ramanspectroscopy and multinuclear solid state NMR. The results showed that the structure of these glasses is dominated by bonding between anionic aluminum and cationic phosphate units. The replacement of alumina by sodium oxide leads to structural changes, while the silica component remains unchanged.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
(2023)
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Chemistry, Physical
Rick W. Dorn, Patrick M. Heintz, Ivan Hung, Kuizhi Chen, Jin-Su Oh, Tae-Hoon Kim, Lin Zhou, Zhehong Gan, Wenyu Huang, Aaron J. Rossini
Summary: In this study, high-resolution solid-state NMR spectroscopy and plane-wave density-functional theory (DFT) calculations were used to describe the atomic-level structure of mesoporous hexagonal boron nitride (p-BN). The results revealed the presence of various B and N signals in p-BN and provided a detailed characterization of the pore and edge/defect sites within the material. This is of great importance for the design and development of next-generation p-BN-based materials.
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
(2022)
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Chemistry, Analytical
Alan Wong
Summary: High-Resolution Magic-Angle Spinning (HRMAS) NMR spectroscopy is considered an essential technique in metabolomics for assessing the biochemical composition of tissue samples. HRMAS localized profiling shows promise for spatial resolution of metabolic profiles within the sampling tissues.
ANALYTICAL METHODS
(2023)
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Chemistry, Physical
Kai Xue, Riddhiman Sarkar, Zdenek Tosner, Bernd Reif
Summary: Proton detection in solid state NMR is continuously advancing, and current achievements include the necessity of deuteration for optimal spectral quality, the superiority of 13CH3 isotopomers for methyl groups at high MAS frequencies, and the sensitivity enhancement with increased static magnetic field.
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(2022)
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Evgeny Nimerovsky, Stefan Becker, Loren B. Andreas
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JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE
(2023)
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Chemistry, Physical
Debashis Majhi, Boris B. Kharkov, Sergey Dvinskikh
Summary: Dipolar NMR spectroscopy is a powerful analytical tool for studying structural and dynamic properties of solids at the molecular level. An approach to determine the signs of dipolar couplings in liquid crystals is presented, where sign information can be directly obtained from one-dimensional NMR spectra in samples spinning slightly off the magic angle. This method can be used to develop an experimental strategy for sign-sensitive measurements of heteronuclear dipolar couplings in anisotropic soft materials.
CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS
(2021)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Sean T. Smrt, Nicole Gonzalez Salguero, Justin K. Thomas, Mohamad Zandian, Michael G. Poirier, Christopher P. Jaroniec
Summary: Chromatin, a dynamic protein-DNA complex that regulates eukaryotic genome accessibility and essential functions. Solid-state NMR techniques were used to investigate the conformational dynamics of histone H3 tails in nucleosome arrays with different DNA linker lengths. The chemical shifts and line broadening of certain residues at the H3-nucleosomal DNA interface varied in arrays with short DNA linkers compared to arrays with longer linkers, indicating increased nucleosome packing heterogeneity and structural strain.
FRONTIERS IN MOLECULAR BIOSCIENCES
(2023)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Evgeny Nimerovsky, Kumar Tekwani Movellan, Xizhou Cecily Zhang, Marcel C. Forster, Eszter Najbauer, Kai Xue, Riza Dervisoglu, Karin Giller, Christian Griesinger, Stefan Becker, Loren B. Andreas
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Biochemical Research Methods
Ke Xu, Oliver Pecher, Marco Braun, Joern Schmedt auf der Gunne
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(2021)
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Nghia Tuan Duong, Daniel Lee, Frederic Mentink-Vigier, Olivier Lafon, Gael De Paepe
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(2016)
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Anuji Abraham, David C. Apperley, Thomas Gelbrich, Robin K. Harris, Ulrich J. Griesser
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(2011)
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Biochemical Research Methods
Simone Cavadini, Veronika Vitzthum, Simone Ulzega, Anuji Abraham, Geoffrey Bodenhausen
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(2010)
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Stephen Byard, Anuji Abraham, Paul J. T. Boulton, Robin K. Harris, Paul Hodgkinson
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(2012)
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Anuji Abraham, Andrew J. Ilott, Joel Miller, Terry Gullion
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(2012)
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(2010)
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Jessica A. Carr, Hong Wang, Anuji Abraham, Terry Gullion, James P. Lewis
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(2012)
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(2014)
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Anuji Abraham, Roel Prins, Jeroen A. van Bokhoven, Ernst R. H. van Eck, Arno P. M. Kentgens
SOLID STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE
(2009)
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Anuji Abraham, Omar Elkassabany, Mary E. Krause, Andrew Ott
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(2019)
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Andrea Pugliese, Lucy E. Hawarden, Anuji Abraham, Michael Tobyn, Frederic Blanc
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(2020)
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Anuji Abraham, Eric Chan, Hyunsoo Park
SOLID STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE
(2020)
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Anuji Abraham, Elodie Salager, Damodaran Krishnan, Yongchao Su
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