Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. juranic.nenad@mayo.edu
Abstract:
Calibration of the 3J(NC(gamma)) couplings across the N-C(alpha)-C(beta)-C(gamma) fragment of aspartate and asparagine residues is afforded by two interactions that produce fixed conformations of the side chains in solution. One is the binding of these side chains to calcium ions; the other is the H-bond interaction of these side chains with a backbone amide.