Residual dipolar couplings types

Fig. 4. Scatterplots of the Nh residual dipolar couplings from three different denatured states of staphylococcal nuclease plotted against each other. (A) Wild-type, full-length nuclease in 4 M urea (y-axis) versus A131A in buffer (x-axis). (B) Wild-type, full-length nuclease denatured by acid (25 mM citrate, pH 3.0) (y-axis) versus A131A in buffer (x-axis).

Since its first description in 1971 [35], gel-phase NMR was applied to peptide chemistry by Manatt and coworkers [36, 37], These authors used 13C NMR to determine the extent of chloromethylation of crosslinked polymers and 19F NMR to monitor protection-deprotection reactions. These two nuclei are the most commonly used in these types of studies, mainly because of their significant chemical shift dispersion, which can alleviate in part the resolution loss due to the non ideal linewidth obtained in the gel state. Apart from restricted molecular motion, that shortens T2 because of an efficient transverse relaxation, other sources of line-broadening derive from magnetic susceptibility variations within the sample (due to the physical heterogeneity of the system) and residual dipolar couplings. 

Both REREDOR and REPT-HDOR experiments are used in an assessment of segmental dynamics in a dendritic polymer28 by examining the residual dipolar couplings through simulation of the /i sideband patterns arising from the two types of experiment. Fig. 19 shows the results for the phenyl rings in the polymer. 

The total number of residual dipolar couplings measured or used. Types of residual dipolar couplings measured or used. 

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