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Atomic Scale Structural Studies of Macromolecular Assemblies by Solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Published on: September 17, 2017
Solution NMR goes big: Atomic resolution studies of protein components of molecular machines and phase-separated
Alexander I M Sever1, Rashik Ahmed2, Philip Rößler2
1Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3H6, Canada; Program in Molecular Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, ON, M5G 0A4, Canada.
Abstract:
The tools of structural biology have undergone remarkable advances in the past decade. These include new computational and experimental approaches that have enabled studies at a level of detail - and ease - that were not previously possible. Yet, significant deficiencies in our understanding of biomolecular function remain and new challenges must be overcome to go beyond static pictures towards a description of function in terms of structural dynamics. Solution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy has emerged as a powerful technique for atomic resolution studies of the dynamics of a wide range of biomolecules, including molecular machines and the components of phase-separated condensates. Here we highlight some of the very recent advances in these areas that have been driven by NMR.
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