Sub-Micromolar Pulse Dipolar EPR Spectroscopy Reveals Increasing Cu^II -labelling of Double-Histidine Motifs with Lower Temperature.

ABSTRACT: Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) distance measurements are making increasingly important contributions to the studies of biomolecules by providing highly accurate geometric constraints. Combining double-histidine motifs with Cu^II spin labels can further increase the precision of distance measurements. It is also useful for proteins containing essential cysteines that can interfere with thiol-specific labelling. However, the non-covalent Cu^II coordination approach is vulnerable to low binding-affinity. Herein, dissociation constants (K_D ) are investigated directly from the modulation depths of relaxation-induced dipolar modulation enhancement (RIDME) EPR experiments. This reveals low- to sub-μm Cu^II K_D s under EPR distance measurem

SUBMITTER: Wort JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6771633 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature