title: Biomolecular solid state NMR: advances in structural methodology and applications to peptide and protein fibrils.
abstract: Solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methods can provide atomic-level structural constraints on peptides and proteins in forms that are not amenable to characterization by other high-resolution structural techniques, owing to insolubility, high molecular weight, noncrystallinity, or other characteristics. Important examples include peptide and protein fibrils and membrane-bound peptides and proteins. Recent advances in solid state NMR methodology aimed at structural problems in biological systems are reviewed. The power of these methods is illustrated by experimental results on amyloid fibrils and other protein fibrils.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0520, USA. tycko@helix.nih.gov
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tycko
mesh_terms: D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular / Q000379:methods*; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; D011506:Proteins