title: 1H-NMR stereospecific assignments by conformational data-base searches.
abstract: A search procedure is described for making stereospecific assignments at prochiral centers in proteins on the basis of nuclear Overhauser enhancement and coupling constant data derived from nmr experiments. A data base comprising torsion angles, associated 1H-1H coupling constants and interproton distances is searched by a computer algorithm for sets of values that match the experimental data within specified error limits. Two different data bases are used. The first is a crystallographic data base derived from 34 well-refined crystal structures; the second is a systematic data base derived from conformations of a short peptide fragment with idealized geometry by systematically varying the phi, psi, and chi 1 torsion angles. Both approaches are tested for beta-methylene groups with model data obtained from 20 crystal structures. The results for the two methods are similar though not identical, so that a combination of the two methods appears to be useful. With an appropriate choice of error estimates, around 80% of the beta-methylene groups could be assigned in the test calculations. In addition, results with experimental nmr data indicate that a similar percentage of stereospecific assignments can be made in practical situations.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nilges
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Clore
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Gronenborn
mesh_terms: D043366:Cellulose 1,4-beta-Cellobiosidase; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases; D007256:Information Systems; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011522:Protons; D012984:Software; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D011522:Protons; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases; D043366:Cellulose 1,4-beta-Cellobiosidase