To enable solid-state NMR investigations of the rhodopsin chromophore and its photointermediates, a series of 11Z-retinal isotopomers have been synthesised containing pairs of adjacent C-13 labels at C9/C10, C10/C11 or C11/C12, respectively. The C9 labelled carbon atom was introduced through the Heck reaction of a C-13-labelled Weinreb acrylamide derivative, and the label at the C12 position derived from a C-13-containing ethoxy Bestmann-Ohira reagent. The C-13 labels at C10 and C11 were introduced through the reaction of beta-ionone with labelled triethyl phosphonoacetate. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
To enable solid-state NMR investigations of the rhodopsin chromophore and its photointermediates, a series of 11Z-retinal isotopomers have been synthesised containing pairs of adjacent C-13 labels at C9/C10, C10/C11 or C11/C12, respectively. The C9 labelled carbon atom was introduced through the Heck reaction of a C-13-labelled Weinreb acrylamide derivative, and the label at the C12 position derived from a C-13-containing ethoxy Bestmann-Ohira reagent. The C-13 labels at C10 and C11 were introduced through the reaction of beta-ionone with labelled triethyl phosphonoacetate. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Accurate Measurements of <sup>13</sup>C−<sup>13</sup>C <i>J</i>-Couplings in the Rhodopsin Chromophore by Double-Quantum Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy
作者:Wai Cheu Lai、Neville McLean、Axel Gansmüller、Michiel A. Verhoeven、Gian Carlo Antonioli、Marina Carravetta、Luminita Duma、Petra H. M. Bovee-Geurts、Ole G. Johannessen、Huub J. M. de Groot、Johan Lugtenburg、Lyndon Emsley、Steven P. Brown、Richard C. D. Brown、Willem J. DeGrip、Malcolm H. Levitt
DOI:10.1021/ja0581604
日期:2006.3.1
A new double-quantum solid-state NMR pulse sequence is presented and used to measure one-bond 13C-13C J-couplings in a set of 13C2-labeled rhodopsin isotopomers. The measured J-couplings reveal a perturbation of the electronic structure at the terminus of the conjugated chain but show no evidence for protein-induced electronic perturbation near the C11-C12 isomerization site. This work establishes NMR methodology for measuring accurate 1JCC values in noncrystalline macromolecules and shows that the measured J-couplings may reveal local electronic perturbations of mechanistic significance.