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Accurate Measurement of Residual Dipolar Couplings in Large RNAs by Variable Flip Angle NMR.


ABSTRACT: NMR approaches using nucleotide-specific deuterium labeling schemes have enabled structural studies of biologically relevant RNAs of increasing size and complexity. Although local structure is well-determined using these methods, definition of global structural features, including relative orientations of independent helices, remains a challenge. Residual dipolar couplings, a potential source of orientation information, have not been obtainable for large RNAs due to poor sensitivity resulting from rapid heteronuclear signal decay. Here we report a novel multiple quantum NMR method for RDC determination that employs flip angle variation rather than a coupling evolution period. The accuracy of the method and its utility for establishing interhelical orientations are demonstrated for a 36-nucleotide RNA, for which comparative data could be obtained. Applied to a 78 kDa Rev response element from the HIV-1 virus, which has an effective rotational correlation time of ca. 160 ns, the method yields sensitivity gains of an order of magnitude or greater over existing approaches. Solution-state access to structural organization in RNAs of at least 230 nucleotides is now possible.

SUBMITTER: Marchant J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6021016 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Accurate Measurement of Residual Dipolar Couplings in Large RNAs by Variable Flip Angle NMR.

Marchant Jan J   Bax Ad A   Summers Michael F MF  

Journal of the American Chemical Society 20180525 22


NMR approaches using nucleotide-specific deuterium labeling schemes have enabled structural studies of biologically relevant RNAs of increasing size and complexity. Although local structure is well-determined using these methods, definition of global structural features, including relative orientations of independent helices, remains a challenge. Residual dipolar couplings, a potential source of orientation information, have not been obtainable for large RNAs due to poor sensitivity resulting fr  ...[more]

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