title: Protein conformational exchange measured by 1H R1ρ relaxation dispersion of methyl groups.
abstract: Activated dynamics plays a central role in protein function, where transitions between distinct conformations often underlie the switching between active and inactive states. The characteristic time scales of these transitions typically fall in the microsecond to millisecond range, which is amenable to investigations by NMR relaxation dispersion experiments. Processes at the faster end of this range are more challenging to study, because higher RF field strengths are required to achieve refocusing of the exchanging magnetization. Here we describe a rotating-frame relaxation dispersion experiment for (1)H spins in methyl (13)CHD2 groups, which improves the characterization of fast exchange processes. The influence of (1)H-(1)H rotating-frame nuclear Overhauser effects (ROE) is shown to be negligible, based on a comparison of R 1ρ relaxation data acquired with tilt angles of 90° and 35°, in which the ROE is maximal and minimal, respectively, and on samples containing different (1)H densities surrounding the monitored methyl groups. The method was applied to ubiquitin and the apo form of calmodulin. We find that ubiquitin does not exhibit any (1)H relaxation dispersion of its methyl groups at 10 or 25 °C. By contrast, calmodulin shows significant conformational exchange of the methionine methyl groups in its C-terminal domain, as previously demonstrated by (1)H and (13)C CPMG experiments. The present R 1ρ experiment extends the relaxation dispersion profile towards higher refocusing frequencies, which improves the definition of the exchange correlation time, compared to previous results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Center for Molecular Protein Science, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, 22100, Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Weininger
authors.forename: Annica T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Blissing
authors.forename: Janosch
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hennig
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahlner
authors.forename: Zhihong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Hans J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Vogel
authors.forename: Mikael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akke
authors.forename: Patrik
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lundström
mesh_terms: D002147:Calmodulin / Q000737:chemistry*; D002247:Carbon Isotopes / Q000737:chemistry; D008745:Methylation; D008958:Models, Molecular; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular / Q000379:methods*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D025801:Ubiquitin / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002147:Calmodulin; D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D025801:Ubiquitin
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