Biomolecular NMR Reading List

• General NMR texts
• NMR: experimental aspects
• Biological NMR texts
• NMR of proteins
• NMR of nucleic acids
• 2D NMR
• 3D and 4D NMR
• NMR studies of biomolecular interactions
• Pulsed-field gradients
• NMR micro-imaging
• NMR self-diffusion measurements

General NMR texts

• A. E. Derome, Modern NMR Techniques for Chemistry Research, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1987.

• R. R. Ernst, G. Bodenhausen and A. Wokaun, Principles of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in One and Two Dimensions, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1987.

• H. Gunther, NMR Spectroscopy: Basic Principles, Concepts and Applications in Chemistry, Wiley, New York, 1995.

• F. J. M. van de Ven, Multidimensional NMR in Liquids, VCH Publishers, New York, 1995.

NMR: experimental aspects

• S. Braun, H.-O. Kalinowski and S. Berger, 150 and More Basic NMR Experiments, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 1998.

• E. Fukushima and B. W. Roeder, Experimental Pulse NMR: A Nuts and Bolts Approach, Addison-Wesley, New York, 1981.

Biological NMR texts

• J. Cavanagh, W. J. Fairbrother, A. G. Palmer and N. J. Skelton, Protein NMR Spectroscopy: Principles and Practice, Academic Press, San Diego, 1996.

• J. N. S. Evans, Biomolecular NMR Spectroscopy, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1995.

• G. C. K. Roberts (Ed.), NMR of Macromolecules: A Practical Approach, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1993.

• K. Wutrich, NMR of Proteins and Nucleic Acids, John Wiler & Sons, New York, 1986.

NMR of proteins

• G. M. Clore and A. M. Gronenborn, "Applications of three- and four- dimensional heteronuclear NMR spectroscopy to protein structure determination", Prog. NMR Spectrosc. 23, 43-92 (1991).

• G. Wagner, "NMR Investigations of Protein Structure", Prog. NMR Spectrosc. 22, 101-139 (1990).

NMR of nucleic acids

• G. Varani, F. Aboul-ela and F. H.-T. Allain, "NMR invesigations of RNA structure", Prog. NMR Spectrosc. 29, 51-127 (1996).

2D NMR

• R. R. Ernst, "Nuclear magnetic resonance Fourier transform spectroscopy(Nobel lecture)", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 31, 805-810 (1992)

• J. L. Markley, "Two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of proteins: an overview", Methods Enzymol. 176, 12-64 (1989).

3D and 4D NMR

• G. M. Clore and A. M. Gronenborn, "Structures of larger proteins in solution: three- and four- dimensional heteronuclear NMR spectroscopy", Science 252, 1390-1398 (1991).

• A. S. Edison, F. Abildgaard, W. M. Westler, E. S. Mooberry and J. L. Markley, "Practical introduction to theory and implementation of multinuclear, multidimensional nuclear magnetic resonance experiments", Methods Enzymol. 239, 3-79 (1994).

• L. E. Kay, "Pulsed-field gradient multidimensional NMR methods for the study of protein structure and dynamics", Prog. Biophys. Mol. Biol. 63, 277-299 (1995).

NMR studies of biomolecular interactions

• G. M. Clore and A. M. Gronenborn, "Structure of larger proteins, protein-ligand and protein-DNA complexes by multidimensional heteronuclear NMR", Prog. Biophys. Mol. Biol. 62, 153-184 (1994).

• L. Y. Lian, I. L. Barsukov, M. J. Sutcliffe, K. H. Sze and G. C. K. Roberts, "Protein-ligand interactions: exchange processes and determination of ligand conformantion and protein-ligand contacts", Methods Enzymol. 239, 650-700 (1994).

• F. Ni, "Recent developments in transferrred NOE methods", Prog. NMR Spectrosc. 26, 517-606 (1994).

• G. Otting and K. Wutrich, "Heteronuclear filters in two-dimensional [1H,1H]-NMR spectroscopy: combined use with isotope labelling for studies of macromolecular conformation and intermolecular interactions", Quart. Rev. Biophys. 23 39-96 (1990).

• A. J. Wand and S. W. Englander, "Protein complexes studied by NMR spectroscopy", Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 7, 403-408 (1996).

Pulsed-field gradients

• T. Parella, "Pulsed field gradients: a new tool for routine NMR", Magn. Reson. Chem.. 36, 467-495 (1998).

• A. Bax and S. S. Pochapsky, "Optimized recording of heteronuclear multidimensional NMR spectra using pulsed field gradients", J. Magn. Reson. 99, 638-643 (1992).

• L. E. Kay, "Field gradient techniques in NMR spectroscopy", Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 5, 674-681 (1995).

• J. Keeler, R. T. Clowes, A. L. Davis and E. D. Laue, "Pulsed-field gradients: theory and practice", Methods Enzymol. 239, 145-207 (1994).

NMR micro-imaging

• P. T. Callaghan, Principles of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Microscopy, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1993.

• J. A. Chudek and G. Hunter, "Magnetic resonance imaging of plants", Prog. NMR Spectrosc. 31, 43-62 (1997).

• W. Kuhn, "NMR Microscopy - Fundamentals, Limits and Possible Applications", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 29, 1-19 (1990).

NMR self-diffusion measurements

• A. S. Altieri, D. P. Hinton and R. A. Byrd, "Association of biomolecular systems via pulsed field gradient NMR self-diffusion measurements", J. Am. Chem. Soc.. 117, 7566-7567 (1995).

• C. S. Johnson, "Diffusion measurements by magnetic field gradient methods", in Encyclopedia of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, D. M. Grant, R. K. Harris, Eds., pp. 1626-1644, Wiley, New York, 1996.

• W. S. Price, "Pulsed-field gradient nuclear magnetic resonance as a tool for studying translational diffusion: Part 1. Basic theory", Concepts Magn. Reson.. 9, 299-336 (1997).

• ibid. "Part 2. Experimental aspects", Concepts Magn. Reson.. 10, 197-237 (1998).