Analytical Sciences

Segment Identification of a Ligand Binding with a Protein Receptor Using Multidimensional T_{1 ρ}-, Diffusion-Filtered and Diffusion-Ordered NOESY Experiments

Hiroaki UTSUMI,* Hiroko SEKI,** Kentaro YAMAGUCHI,** and Mitsuru TASHIRO*** 

*NM Application & Research Group, Application & Research Center, Analytical Instruments Division, JEOL Ltd., Musashino, Akishima, Tokyo 196-8558, Japan
**Chemical Analysis Center, Chiba University, Yayoi, Inage, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
***Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0367, Japan

Multidimensional T_{1 ρ}-, diffusion-filtered and diffusion-ordered NOESY techniques were applied to identify segments of a ligand binding with a protein receptor. These experiments can easily provide intermolecular NOEs of the complex, which are of great significance for characterizing the binding epitopes of a ligand. This information cannot be obtained by high-throughput 1D NMR experiments, used for determining the binding affinity, although multidimensional NMR experiments require more experiment time. The present results indicate that the current experiments using T_{1 ρ}- and diffusion-edited techniques are very suitable for identifying segments of a ligand binding with a protein receptor in the drug discovery process.

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