The cycling between GDP- and GTP- bound forms of the Ras protein is partly regulated by the binding of Sos. The structural/dynamic behavior of the complex formed between activated Sos and Ras at the point of the functional cycle where the nucleotide exchange is completed has not been described to date. Here we show that solution NMR spectra of H-Ras∙GTPγS mixed with a functional fragment of Sos...

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is unique among the methods available for three-dimensional structure determination of proteins and nucleic acids at atomic resolution, since the NMR data can be recorded in solution. Considering that body fluids such as blood, stomach liquid and saliva are protein solutions where these molecules perform their physiological functions, knowledge of t...

NMR spectroscopy is the method of choice for determining the structural details of unfolded and partially folded states of proteins. Here, the utility of NMR spectroscopy in characterizing such disordered states which populate protein folding pathways, is discussed. The relevance of the structural information obtained to protein folding mechanisms is examined critically. NMR spectroscopy can no...

The dynamics of bacteriorhodopsin (bR) and the lipid headgroups in oriented purple membranes (PMs) was determined at various temperatures and relative humidity (rh) using solid-state NMR spectroscopy. The 31P NMR spectra of the alpha- and gamma-phosphate groups in methyl phosphatidylglycerophosphate (PGP-Me), which is the major phospholipid in the PM, changed sensitively with hydration levels. ...

195pt and 1h nmr has been used to show that addition of chlorine and bromine to [pt(cn)4]2_ in presence of perchloric acid in water results in cyanide and water scrambling with formation of eleven complexes of the type [pt(cn)4-ncl(h2o)n+1](n-1)+ (n=0, 1, 2, 3, 4). addition of nbu4oh to this solution gives (nbu4)2[pt(cn)4cl(oh)]. nmr measurements in acetone also show cyanide and hydroxyl group ...

the dopamine has been studied theoretically at the b3lyp/6-31g* level were performed in gasphase. we calculated physical parameters like atomic charges, energy (=>), asymmetry parameter(?), chemical shift @iso, dipole moment and isotropic nmr determinant and in this work we usedgaussian 03 at nmr and calculation by using b3lyp methods with 6-31g* basis set.

the methamphetamine has been studied theoretically at the mp2 [1]/6-31g[2] level in gas phase.methamphetamine has been investigated via nmr, frequencies calculation and nbo analysis. thestructure of methamphetamine was designed primarily using of chem. bio draw and it geometry hasbeen optimized at the mp2/6-31g computational level. the present work consists the study of themethamphetamine repor...

In the otherwise highly conserved NMR structures of cellular prion proteins (PrP(C)) from different mammals, species variations in a surface epitope that includes a loop linking a β-strand, β2, with a helix, α2, are associated with NMR manifestations of a dynamic equilibrium between locally different conformations. Here, it is shown that this local dynamic conformational polymorphism in mouse P...

The present work introduces a new three-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance ~3D NMR! experiment for the analysis of half-integer quadrupolar nuclei in solids. The method is based on the multi-rank expansion of the high-field NMR Hamiltonian governing the central transition of these spins in terms of irreducible spherical tensor elements. This approach leads to a temporal spin evolution given...

Liquid-crystalline materials containing fullerenes are valuable in the development of supramolecular switches and in solar cell technology. In this study, we characterize the liquid-crystalline and dynamic properties of fullerene-containing thermotropic compounds using solid-state natural abundance (13)C NMR experiments under stationary and magic angle spinning sample conditions. Chemical shift...