@article {299, title = {Optimization of xenon biosensors for detection of protein interactions}, journal = {Chembiochem}, volume = {7}, year = {2006}, note = {Chembiochem003SDTimes Cited:39Cited References Count:25}, month = {Jan}, pages = {65-73}, abstract = {

Hyperpolarized Xe-129 NMR spectroscopy can detect the presence of specific low-concentration biomolecular analytes by means of a xenon biosensor that consists of a water-soluble, targeted cryptophane-A cage that encapsulates the xenon. In this work, we use the prototypical biotinylated xenon biosensor to determine the relationship between the molecular composition of the xenon biosensor and the characteristics of protein-bound resonances. The effects of diastereomer overlap, dipole-dipole coupling, chemical-shift anisotropy, xenon exchange, and biosensor conformotional exchange on the protein-bound biosensor signal were assessed. It was found that an optimal protein-bound biosensor signal can be obtained by minimizing the number of biosensor diastereomers and using a flexible linker of appropriate length. Both the line width and sensitivity of chemical shift to protein binding of the xenon biosensor were found to be inversely proportional to linker length.

}, keywords = {complexes}, isbn = {1439-4227}, doi = {Doi 10.1002/Cbic.200500327}, url = {://WOS:000234701000012}, author = {Lowery, T. J. and Garcia, S. and Chavez, L. and Ruiz, E. J. and Wu, T. and Brotin, T. and Dutasta, J. P. and King, D. S. and Schultz, P. G. and Pines, A. and Wemmer, D. E.} } @article {317, title = {NMR-based biosensing with optimized delivery of polarized Xe-129 to solutions}, journal = {Analytical Chemistry}, volume = {77}, year = {2005}, note = {Anal Chem942GLTimes Cited:30Cited References Count:37}, month = {Jul 1}, pages = {4008-4012}, abstract = {

Laser-enhanced (LE) Xe-129 nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is an exceptional tool for sensing extremely small physical and chemical changes; however, the difficult mechanics of bringing polarized xenon and samples of interest together have limited applications, particularly to biological molecules. Here we present a method for accomplishing solution Xe-129 biosensing based on flow (bubbling) of LE Xe-129 gas through a solution in situ in the NMR probe, with pauses for data acquisition. This overcomes fundamental limitations of conventional solution-state LE Xe-129 NMR, e.g., the difficulty in transferring hydrophobic xenon into aqueous environments, and the need to handle the sample to refresh LE Xe-129 after an observation pulse depletes polarization. With this new method, we gained a factor of \> 100 in sensitivity due to improved xenon transfer to the solution and the ability to signal average by renewing the polarized xenon. Polarized xenon in biosensors was detected at very low concentrations, \<= 250 nanomolar, while retaining all the usual information from NMR. This approach can be used to simultaneously detect multiple sensors with different chemical shifts and is also capable of detecting signals from opaque, heterogeneous samples, which is a unique advantage over optical methods. This general approach is adaptable for sensing minute quantities of xenon in heterogeneous in vitro samples, in miniaturized devices and should be applicable to certain in-vivo environments.

}, keywords = {blood}, isbn = {0003-2700}, doi = {Doi 10.1021/Ac0500479}, url = {://WOS:000230270800035}, author = {Han, S. I. and Garcia, S. and Lowery, T. J. and Ruiz, E. J. and Seeley, J. A. and Chavez, L. and King, D. S. and Wemmer, D. E. and Pines, A.} } @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.} }