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Method Development For Enhancing Sensitivity Of Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy For Structural Studies Of Pkc-Drug Interactions, Patrick Terrence Judge
Method Development For Enhancing Sensitivity Of Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy For Structural Studies Of Pkc-Drug Interactions, Patrick Terrence Judge
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To perform the most relevant structural studies on biological systems, experiments need to be carried out when the target proteins are in their endogenous cellular environment. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is well-suited to probe the structure and dynamics of a wide variety of systems, including biologically relevant proteins. However, NMR suffers from an inherent lack of sensitivity. Dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) NMR is a powerful technique that is used to enhance NMR sensitivity by transferring the greater polarization of exogenously doped electron spins to nuclear spins of interest though the use of a high-power microwave source. Solid effect radicals offer …