Abstract
Carbohydrate chains play critical roles in cellular recognition and subsequent signal transduction in the nervous system. Furthermore, gangliosides are targets for various amyloidogenic proteins associated with neurodegenerative disorders. To better understand the molecular mechanisms underlying these biological phenomena, atomic views are essential to delineate dynamic biomolecular interactions. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy provides powerful tools for studying structures, dynamics, and interactions of biomolecules at the atomic level. This chapter describes the basics of solution NMR techniques and their applications to the analysis of 3D structures and interactions of glycoconjugates in the nervous system.
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Abbreviations
- Aβ:
-
Amyloid β
- DIS:
-
Deuterium-induced isotope shift
- FID:
-
Free induction decay
- HSQC:
-
Heteronuclear single-quantum coherence
- MD:
-
Molecular dynamics
- NMR :
-
Nuclear magnetic resonance
- NOE:
-
Nuclear Overhauser effect
- NOESY:
-
NOE spectroscopy
- PCS:
-
Pseudocontact shift
- PRE:
-
Paramagnetic relaxation enhancement
- REMD:
-
Replica exchange MD
- RF:
-
Radio frequency
- STD:
-
Saturation transfer difference
- TRNOE:
-
Transferred NOE
- TROSY:
-
Transverse relaxation optimized spectroscopy
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This study was partly supported by JSPS/MEXT KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovation Areas (JP20107004, JP25102008, JP25102001, and JP15K21708), Scientific Research (A) (JP24249002 and JP19H01017), Scientific Research (B) (JP16H04758 and JP19H03362), Scientific Research (C) (JP25460054), Challenging Exploratory, Research (JP26560451), and Young Scientists (B) (JP24750170) and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, AMED (Project for utilizing glycans in the development of innovative drug discovery technologies).
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Yamaguchi, Y., Yamaguchi, T., Kato, K. (2023). Structural Analysis of Oligosaccharides and Glycoconjugates Using NMR. In: Schengrund, CL., Yu, R.K. (eds) Glycobiology of the Nervous System. Advances in Neurobiology, vol 29. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12390-0_6
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