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Jiaqi Lu1, Florin Teleanu1,2,3, Huijing Zou1
1Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York 10003, United States.
Abstract:
This study reports on the conformational states of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) in water/DMSO mixtures and examines the influence of ion binding. We observe evidence of conformational changes through a series of NMR techniques, including 31P NMR relaxation (R1 and R2), chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST), and diffusion-ordered spectroscopy (DOSY) experiments. The observed variation of the conformational states is indicative of the solvent's influence on NADH's structural flexibility. The experimental findings, in combination with viscosity data, are shown to be in line with findings from earlier molecular dynamics studies. The reported observations emphasize the critical role of the solvent environment in determining the conformational states of NADH and similar molecules with relevance for the biophysiological context. The results found herein can help in studying the biophysical behavior of NADH and similar biomolecules and their associated metabolic pathways under various solvent conditions.
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