@article {313, title = {Distinguishing multiple chemotaxis Y protein conformations with laser-polarized Xe-129 NMR}, journal = {Protein Science}, volume = {14}, year = {2005}, note = {Protein Sci907SSTimes Cited:23Cited References Count:27}, month = {Apr}, pages = {848-855}, abstract = {

The chemical shift of the Xe-129 NMR signal has been shown to be extremely sensitive to the local environment around the atom and has been used to follow processes such as ligand binding by bacterial periplasmic binding proteins. Here we show that the Xe-129 shift can sense more subtle changes: magnesium binding, BeF3- activation, and peptide binding by the Escherichia coli chemotaxis Y protein. H-1-N-15 correlation spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography were used to identify two xenon-binding cavities in CheY that are primarily responsible for the shift changes. One site is near the active site, and the other is near the peptide binding site.

}, keywords = {cavity}, isbn = {0961-8368}, doi = {Doi 10.1110/Ps.041231005}, url = {://WOS:000227738900002}, author = {Lowery, T. J. and Doucleff, M. and Ruiz, E. J. and Rubin, S. M. and Pines, A. and Wemmer, D. E.} } @article {333, title = {Design of a conformation-sensitive xenon-binding cavity in the ribose-binding protein}, journal = {Angewandte Chemie-International Edition}, volume = {43}, year = {2004}, note = {Angew Chem Int Edit877MVTimes Cited:10Cited References Count:20}, pages = {6320-6322}, keywords = {probe}, isbn = {1433-7851}, doi = {Doi 10.1002/Anie.200460629}, url = {://WOS:000225575600015}, author = {Lowery, T. J. and Rubin, S. M. and Ruiz, E. J. and Pines, A. and Wemmer, D. E.} } @article {325, title = {Development of a functionalized xenon biosensor}, journal = {Journal of the American Chemical Society}, volume = {126}, year = {2004}, note = {J Am Chem Soc872UHTimes Cited:60Cited References Count:76}, month = {Nov 24}, pages = {15287-15294}, abstract = {

NMR-based biosensors that utilize laser-polarized xenon offer potential advantages beyond current sensing technologies. These advantages include the capacity to simultaneously detect multiple analytes, the applicability to in vivo spectroscopy and imaging, and the possibility of \"remote\" amplified detection. Here, we present a detailed NMR characterization of the binding of a biotin-derivatized caged-xenon sensor to avidin. Binding of \"functionalized\" xenon to avidin leads to a change in the chemical shift of the encapsulated xenon in addition to a broadening of the resonance, both of which serve as NMR markers of ligand-target interaction. A control experiment in which the biotin-binding site of avidin was blocked with native biotin showed no such spectral changes, confirming that only specific binding, rather than nonspecific contact, between avidin and functionalized xenon leads to the effects on the xenon NMR spectrum. The exchange rate of xenon (between solution and cage) and the xenon spin-lattice relaxation rate were not changed significantly upon binding. We describe two methods for enhancing the signal from functionalized xenon by exploiting the laser-polarized xenon magnetization reservoir. We also show that the xenon chemical shifts are distinct for xenon encapsulated in different diastereomeric cage molecules. This demonstrates the potential for tuning the encapsulated xenon chemical shift, which is a key requirement for being able to multiplex the biosensor.

}, keywords = {drug discovery}, isbn = {0002-7863}, doi = {Doi 10.1021/Ja0483037}, url = {://WOS:000225233600051}, author = {Spence, M. M. and Ruiz, E. J. and Rubin, S. M. and Lowery, T. J. and Winssinger, N. and Schultz, P. G. and Wemmer, D. E. and Pines, A.} } @article {354, title = {Detection and characterization of xenon-binding sites in proteins by Xe-129 NMR spectroscopy}, journal = {Journal of Molecular Biology}, volume = {322}, year = {2002}, note = {J Mol Biol597PTTimes Cited:53Cited References Count:54}, month = {Sep 13}, pages = {425-440}, abstract = {

Xenon-binding sites in proteins have led to a number of applications of xenon in biochemical and structural studies. Here we further develop the utility of Xe-129 NMR in characterizing specific xenon-protein interactions. The sensitivity of the Xe-129 chemical shift to its local environment and the intense signals attainable by optical pumping make xenon a useful NMR reporter of its own interactions with proteins. A method for detecting specific xenon-binding interactions by analysis of Xe-129 chemical shift data is illustrated using the maltose binding protein (MBP) from Escherichia coli as an example. The crystal structure of MBP in the presence of 8 atm of xenon confirms the binding site determined from NMR data. Changes in the structure of the xenon-binding cavity upon the binding of maltose by the protein can account for the sensitivity of the Xe-129 chemical shift to MBP conformation. Xe-129 NMR data for xenon in solution with a number of cavity containing phage T4 lysozyme mutants show that xenon can report on cavity structure. In particular, a correlation exists between cavity size and the binding-induced Xe-129 chemical shift. Further applications of Xe-129 NMR to biochemical assays, including the screening of proteins for xenon binding for crystallography are considered. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved

}, keywords = {nonpolar cavity}, isbn = {0022-2836}, doi = {Doi 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)00739-8}, url = {://WOS:000178230500014}, author = {Rubin, S. M. and Lee, S. Y. and Ruiz, E. J. and Pines, A. and Wemmer, D. E.} } @article {367, title = {Detection of a conformational change in maltose binding protein by Xe-129 NMR spectroscopy}, journal = {Journal of the American Chemical Society}, volume = {123}, year = {2001}, note = {J Am Chem Soc467XNTimes Cited:28Cited References Count:28}, month = {Sep 5}, pages = {8616-8617}, keywords = {blood}, isbn = {0002-7863}, doi = {Doi 10.1021/Ja0110325}, url = {://WOS:000170729200029}, author = {Rubin, S. M. and Spence, M. M. and Dimitrov, I. E. and Ruiz, E. J. and Pines, A. and Wemmer, D. E.} } @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.} }