Title
Dynamic nuclear polarization-enhanced solid-state NMR spectroscopy of GNNQQNY nanocrystals and amyloid fibrils
Date Issued
01 January 2010
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Debelouchina G.
Van Der Wel P.
Caporini M.
Barnes A.
Rosay M.
Maas W.
Griffin R.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Publisher(s)
Royal Society of Chemistry
Abstract
Dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) utilizes the inherently larger polarization of electrons to enhance the sensitivity of conventional solid-state NMR experiments at low temperature. Recent advances in instrumentation development and sample preparation have transformed this field and have opened up new opportunities for its application to biological systems. Here, we present DNP-enhanced 13C-13C and 15N-13C correlation experiments on GNNQQNY nanocrystals and amyloid fibrils acquired at 9.4 T and 100 K and demonstrate that DNP can be used to obtain assignments and site-specific structural information very efficiently. We investigate the influence of temperature on the resolution, molecular conformation, structural integrity and dynamics in these two systems. In addition, we assess the low-temperature performance of two commonly used solid-state NMR experiments, proton-driven spin diffusion (PDSD) and transferred echo double resonance (TEDOR), and discuss their potential as tools for measurement of structurally relevant distances at low temperature in combination with DNP.
Start page
5911
End page
5919
Volume
12
Issue
22
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física atómica, molecular y química
Química física
DOI
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-77952894535
PubMed ID
Source
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
ISSN of the container
14639076
Sponsor(s)
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering R01EB003151 NIBIB
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