title: Measuring fast hydrogen exchange rates by NMR spectroscopy.
abstract: We introduce a method to measure hydrogen exchange rates based on the observation of the coherence of a neighboring spin S such as (15)N that has a scalar coupling J(IS) to the exchanging proton I. The decay of S(x) coherence under a Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill (CPMG) multiple echo train is recorded in the presence and absence of proton decoupling. This method allows one to extract proton exchange rates up to 10(5)s(-1). We could extend the pH range for the study of the indole proton in tryptophan, allowing the determination of the exchange constants of the cationic, zwitterionic, and anionic forms of tryptophan.
authors.affiliation: Ecole Normale Supérieure, Département de Chimie, associé au CNRS, 24 rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: Fatiha
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kateb
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pelupessy
authors.forename: Geoffrey
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bodenhausen
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D006859:Hydrogen