Automated protein fold determination using a minimal NMR constraint strategy

Deyou Zheng, Yuanpeng J. Huang, Hunter N.B. Moseley, Rong Xiao, James Aramini, G. V.T. Swapna, Gaetano T. Montelione

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Abstract

Determination of precise and accurate protein structures by NMR generally requires weeks or even months to acquire and interpret all the necessary NMR data. However, even medium-accuracy fold information can often provide key clues about protein evolution and biochemical function(s). In this article we describe a largely automatic strategy for rapid determination of medium-accuracy protein backbone structures. Our strategy derives from ideas originally introduced by other groups for determining medium-accuracy NMR structures of large proteins using deuterated, 13C-, 15N-enriched protein samples with selective protonation of side-chain methyl groups (13CH3). Data collection includes acquiring NMR spectra for automatically determining assignments of backbone and side-chain 15N, HN resonances, and side-chain 13CH3 methyl resonances. These assignments are determined automatically by the program AutoAssign using backbone triple resonance NMR data, together with Spin System Type Assignment Constraints (STACs) derived from side-chain triple-resonance experiments. The program AutoStructure then derives conformational constraints using these chemical shifts, amide 1H/2H exchange, nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy (NOESY), and residual dipolar coupling data. The total time required for collecting such NMR data can potentially be as short as a few days. Here we demonstrate an integrated set of NMR software which can process these NMR spectra, carry out resonance assignments, interpret NOESY data, and generate medium-accuracy structures within a few days. The feasibility of this combined data collection and analysis strategy starting from raw NMR time domain data was illustrated by automatic analysis of a medium accuracy structure of the Z domain of Staphylococcal protein A.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1232-1246
Number of pages15
JournalProtein Science
Volume12
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1 2003
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Automated NMR data analysis
  • Deuteration
  • Minimal NMR constraints
  • Selective labeling
  • Structural genomics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology

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