title: Fast-HMQC using Ernst angle pulses: An efficient tool for screening of ligand binding to target proteins.
abstract: The application of Ernst angle pulses in multidimensional NMR spectroscopy is theoretically and experimentally investigated. Theory shows that only for a few pulse sequences employed at high repetition rate, a remarkable gain in sensitivity is possible using Ernst angle pulses. As an example, a new variant of the heteronuclear multiple quantum coherence (HMQC) experiment, the fast-((1)H,(15)N)-HMQC, is described. This sequence allows, with a 1 mM protein sample in H(2)O, the acquisition of a highly resolved two-dimensional ((1)H,(15)N) correlated spectrum within 37 s. The high efficiency of the fast-HMQC to detect ligand binding to a target protein is demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG Pharma Research (PRPI-S), 65/512, CH-4070, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salzmann
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Senn