title: Studying the structure and dynamics of biomolecules by using soluble paramagnetic probes.
abstract: Characterisation of the structure and dynamics of large biomolecules and biomolecular complexes by NMR spectroscopy is hampered by increasing overlap and severe broadening of NMR signals. As a consequence, the number of available NMR spectroscopy data is often sparse and new approaches to provide complementary NMR spectroscopy data are needed. Paramagnetic relaxation enhancements (PREs) obtained from inert and soluble paramagnetic probes (solvent PREs) provide detailed quantitative information about the solvent accessibility of NMR-active nuclei. Solvent PREs can be easily measured without modification of the biomolecule; are sensitive to molecular structure and dynamics; and are therefore becoming increasingly powerful for the study of biomolecules, such as proteins, nucleic acids, ligands and their complexes in solution. In this Minireview, we give an overview of the available solvent PRE probes and discuss their applications for structural and dynamic characterisation of biomolecules and biomolecular complexes.
authors.affiliation: Chair of Biomolecular NMR, Department Chemie, Technische Universität München, 85747 Garching (Germany); Institute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg (Germany).
authors.forename: Henry G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Hocking
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zangger
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Madl
mesh_terms: D002614:Chelating Agents / Q000737:chemistry; D056831:Coordination Complexes / Q000737:chemistry; D005682:Gadolinium / Q000737:chemistry; D008280:Magnetics; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015335:Molecular Probes / Q000737:chemistry; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D009696:Nucleic Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D012995:Solubility
chemical_list: D002614:Chelating Agents; D056831:Coordination Complexes; D015335:Molecular Probes; D009696:Nucleic Acids; D011506:Proteins; D005682:Gadolinium
keywords: NMR spectroscopy; magnetic properties; proteins; solvent effects; structural biology