@article {418, title = {Determination of dihedral angles in peptides through experimental and theoretical studies of alpha-carbon chemical shielding tensors}, journal = {Journal of the American Chemical Society}, volume = {119}, year = {1997}, note = {J Am Chem SocXt037Times Cited:90Cited References Count:57}, month = {Aug 20}, pages = {7827-7831}, abstract = {

A simple method for the determination of backbone dihedral angles in peptides and proteins is presented. The chemical-shift anisotropies (CSA) of the central alanine alpha-carbon in powdered crystalline tripeptides, whose structures have been determined previously by X-ray crystallography, were measured by cross-polarization magic-angle-spinning nuclear magnetic resonance. The experimental CSA values were correlated with ab initio chemical-shielding calculations over Ramanchandran phi/psi space on an N-formyl-L-alanine amide fragment. Using this correlation, phi/psi probability surfaces for one of the tripeptides were calculated based only on the alpha-carbon CSA, allowing a prediction of backbone angles. Dihedral angles predicted by these calculations fall within +/-12 degrees of the values determined by crystallography. This approach should be useful in the determination of solid-slate protein structure.

}, keywords = {crystal-structure}, isbn = {0002-7863}, doi = {Doi 10.1021/Ja970124k}, url = {://WOS:A1997XT03700025}, author = {Heller, J. and Laws, D. D. and Tomaselli, M. and King, D. S. and Wemmer, D. E. and Pines, A. and Havlin, R. H. and Oldfield, E.} } @article {428, title = {Application of rotational resonance to inhomogeneously broadened systems}, journal = {Chemical Physics Letters}, volume = {251}, year = {1996}, note = {Chem Phys LettUd924Times Cited:17Cited References Count:28}, month = {Mar 22}, pages = {223-229}, abstract = {

A protocol is presented for the determination of internuclear distances using rotational-resonance magnetization-exchange NMR in systems with inhomogeneously broadened lines. Non-linear least-square fitting procedures are used to obtain the distance, the inhomogeneous broadening, the zero-quantum relaxation time, and error estimates for these parameters. We apply this procedure to a biological system of unknown structure.

}, keywords = {nmr}, isbn = {0009-2614}, doi = {Doi 10.1016/0009-2614(96)00098-X}, url = {://WOS:A1996UD92400015}, author = {Heller, J. and Larsen, R. and Ernst, M. and Kolbert, A. C. and Baldwin, M. and Prusiner, S. B. and Wemmer, D. E. and Pines, A.} } @article {429, title = {Solid-state NMR studies of the prion protein H1 fragment}, journal = {Protein Science}, volume = {5}, year = {1996}, note = {Protein SciVa138Times Cited:74Cited References Count:53}, month = {Aug}, pages = {1655-1661}, abstract = {

Conformational changes in the prion protein (PrP) seem to be responsible for prion diseases. We have used conformation-dependent chemical-shift measurements and rotational-resonance distance measurements to analyze the conformation of solid-state peptides lacking long-range order, corresponding to a region of PrP designated H1. This region is predicted to undergo a transformation of secondary structure in generating the infectious form of the protein. Solid-state NMR spectra of specifically C-13-enrrched samples of H1, residues 109-122 (MKHMAGAAAAGAVV) of Syrian hamster PrP, have been acquired under cross-polarization and magic-angle spinning conditions. Samples lyophilized from 50\% acetonitrile/50\% water show chemical shifts characteristic of a beta-sheet conformation in the region corresponding to residues 112-121, whereas samples lyophilized from hexafluoroisopropanol display shifts indicative of alpha-helical secondary structure in the region corresponding to residues 113-117. Complete conversion to the helical conformation was not observed and conversion from alpha-helix back to beta-sheet, as inferred from the solid-state NMR spectra, occurred when samples were exposed to water. Rotational-resonance experiments were performed on seven doubly C-13-labeled H1 samples dried from water. Measured distances suggest that the peptide is in an extended, possibly beta-strand, conformation. These results are consistent with the experimental observation that PrP can exist in different conformational states and with structural predictions based on biological data and theoretical modeling that suggest that H1 may play a key role in the conformational transition involved in the development of prion diseases.

}, keywords = {alpha-helices}, isbn = {0961-8368}, url = {://WOS:A1996VA13800019}, author = {Heller, J. and Kolbert, A. C. and Larsen, R. and Ernst, M. and Bekker, T. and Baldwin, M. and Prusiner, S. B. and Pines, A. and Wemmer, D. E.} } @inbook {436, title = {Synthetic Peptides Model α - Helix - β - Sheet Conformational Changes in the Prion Protien}, booktitle = {Peptides: Chemistry, Structure and Biology}, year = {1996}, pages = {468-470}, publisher = {Mayflower Scientific Ltd.}, organization = {Mayflower Scientific Ltd.}, author = {Baldwin, M.A. and Zhang, H. and Bekker, T. and Zhou, S. and Nguyen, J. and Kolbert, A.C. and Heller, J. and James, T.L. and Wemmer, D.E. and Pines, A. and Cohen, F.E. and Prusiner, S.B.}, editor = {Hidges, Pravin T.P Kaumaya and Robert S.} }