MODEL-FREE APPROACH TO THE INTERPRETATION OF NUCLEAR MAGNETIC-RESONANCE RELAXATION IN MACROMOLECULES .2. ANALYSIS OF EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS
MODEL-FREE APPROACH TO THE INTERPRETATION OF NUCLEAR MAGNETIC-RESONANCE RELAXATION IN MACROMOLECULES .2. ANALYSIS OF EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS
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DOI:
10.1021/ja00381a010
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
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15
通讯作者:
SZABO, A
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作者:
LIPARI, G;SZABO, A
Unique dynamic information on fast internal motions in an NMR relaxation experiment on macromolecules in solution is specified by a generalized order parameter, S, and an effective correlation time, .tau.e. This paper deals with the extraction and interpretation of this information. The procedure used to obtain S2 and .tau.2 from experimental data by using a least-squares method and, in certain favorable circumstances, by using an analytical formula is described. A variety of experiments are then analyzed to yield information on the time scale and spatial restriction of internal motions of isoleucines in myoglobulin, methionines in dihydrofolate reductase and myoglobin, a number of aliphatic residues in basic pancreatic trypsin inhibitor, and ethyl isocyanide bound to myoglobin, Hb, and aliphatic side chains in 3 random-coil polymers. The numerical values of S2 and .tau.e can be readily interpreted within the framework of a variety of models. In this way, one can obtain the same physical picture of internal motions as that obtained by using complicated spectral densities to fit the data. The numerical value of the order parameter, unlike the effective correlation time .tau.e, plays a crucial role in determining what models can be used to describe the experiment; models in which the order parameter cannot be reproduced are eliminated. Conversely, any model that can yield the correct value of S works.