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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-7-20
pubmed:abstractText
Electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy in combination with site-directed spin labeling (SDSL) is a powerful tool for determining protein structure, dynamics and interactions. We report here a method for determining interactions between spin labels and paramagnetic relaxation agents, which is performed under subsaturating conditions. The low microwave-field amplitude employed (h(1)<0.36 G) only requires standard, commercially available ESR equipment. The effect of relaxation enhancement on the spin-spin-relaxation time, T(2e), is measured by this method, and compared to classical progressive power saturation performed on a free spin label, (1-oxyl-2,2,5,5-tetramethyl-Delta(3)-pyrroline-3-methyl)methanethiosulfonate (MTSL), and a spin-labeled protein (Thermomyces lanuginosa lipase, TLL-I252C), employing the water-soluble relaxation agent chromium(III) oxalate (Crox) in concentrations between 0-10 mM. The low-amplitude theory showed excellent agreement with that of classical power saturation in quantifying Crox-induced relaxation enhancement. Low-amplitude measurements were then performed using a standard resonator, with Crox, on 11 spin-labeled TLL mutants displaying rotational correlation times in the motional narrowing regime. All spin-labeled proteins exhibited significant changes in T(2e). We postulate that this novel method is especially suitable for studying moderately immobilized spin labels, such as those positioned at exposed sites in a protein. This method should prove useful for research groups with access to any ESR instrumentation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0165-022X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
31
pubmed:volume
60
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
117-38
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15262447-Ascomycota, pubmed-meshheading:15262447-Biophysics, pubmed-meshheading:15262447-Cyclic N-Oxides, pubmed-meshheading:15262447-Cysteine, pubmed-meshheading:15262447-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:15262447-Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy, pubmed-meshheading:15262447-Lipase, pubmed-meshheading:15262447-Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, pubmed-meshheading:15262447-Mesylates, pubmed-meshheading:15262447-Microwaves, pubmed-meshheading:15262447-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:15262447-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:15262447-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:15262447-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15262447-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15262447-Spin Labels, pubmed-meshheading:15262447-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15262447-Water
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Low microwave-amplitude ESR spectroscopy: measuring spin-relaxation interactions of moderately immobilized spin labels in proteins.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biotechnology, Royal Institute of Technology, AlbaNova University Center, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden. eva@biochem.kth.se
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't