BioNMR in Drug Research (Methods and Principles in Medicinal Chemistry, V. 16)

Thanks to the vast progress made in the investigation of biomolecules using NMR during the later 1990s, NMR spectroscopy offers a universal tool for examining the binding of an active substance to its target protein. Its use also benefits the development of drugs in particular. Content: Part I: Basic techniques -- Modern methods for the expression of proteins in isotopically enriched form / Heiko Patzelt ... [et al.] -- Structure calculation using automated techniques / Peter Güntert -- Achieving better sensitivity, less noise and fewer artifacts in NMR spectra / Detlef Moskau and Oliver Zerbe -- Part II: NMR of biomolecules -- NMR strategies for protein assignments / Volker Dötsch -- NMR of membrane-associated peptides and proteins / Reto Bader, Mirjam Lerch, and Oliver Zerbe -- NMR of nucleic acids / Radovan Fiala and Vladimír Sklenář -- Part III: Modern spectroscopic techniques -- Methods for the measurement of angle restraints from scalar, dipolar couplings and from cross-correlated relaxation : application to biomacromolecules / Christian Griesinger -- Orientational restraints / Eva de Alba and Nico Tjandra -- Scalar couplings across hydrogen bonds / Andrew J. Dingley ... [et al.] -- TROSY : transverse relaxation-optimized spectroscopy / Roland Riek -- MAS solid-state NMR of isotopically enriched biological samples / Philip T.F. Williamson, Matthias Ernst, and Beat H. Meier -- Determination of protein dynamics using [superscript 15]N relaxation measurements / David Fushman -- Part IV: Tools for investigation of drug-receptor complexes and for ligand screening -- The determination of equilibrium dissociation constants of protein-ligand complexes by NMR / Gordon C.K. Roberts -- Experiments in NMR-based screening / Carla Marchioro ... [et al.] -- The use of spin labels in NMR-supported lead finding and optimization / Wolfgang Jahnke -- NMR of weakly binding ligands / Marcel J.J. Blommers and Simon Rüdisser -- Isotope filter and editing techniques / Gerd Gemmecker -- Part V: Strategies for drug development using NMR -- Strategies for NMR screening and library design / Christopher A. Lepre -- Strategies for hit finding using NMR / Werner Klaus and Hans Senn. Strategies for drug discovery using NMR / Marcel J.J. Blommers, Andreas Flörsheimer, and Wolfgang Jahnke -- NMR-based drug design : approaches for very large proteins / Maurizio Pellecchia ... [et al.]. Abstract: Thanks to the vast progress made in the investigation of biomolecules using NMR during the later 1990s, NMR spectroscopy offers a universal tool for examining the binding of an active substance to its target protein. Its use also benefits the development of drugs in particular

The vast progress made in the investigation of biomolecules using NMR has only recently been rewarded with the Nobel Prize for Kurt Wuthrich. Edited by a former coworker of Wuthrich, this book presents the theoretical background on NMR of biomolecules, plus the use of NMR techniques in determining the structures of proteins and nucleic acids.
BioNMR spectroscopy offers a universal tool for examining the binding of an active substance to its target protein. Its use thereby benefits the rational development of drugs. This interaction can now be investigated in a hitherto unparalleled precision and displayed in 3D - an important prerequisite for the targeted development of new active substances. The latest methods for characterizing substance-receptor complexes are demonstrated backed by many case studies from pharmaceutical research. Thus it comes as no surprise that a large number of the authors are working for leading pharmaceutical companies.
With its successful mixture of basic information and application strategies, coupled with many real-life examples, this is an invaluable guide for both NMR spectroscopists and pharmaceutical researchers.

The vast progress made in the investigation of biomolecules using NMR has only recently been rewarded with the Nobel Prize for Kurt Wüthrich. Edited by a former coworker of Wüthrich, this book presents the theoretical background on NMR of biomolecules, plus the use of NMR techniques in determining the structures of proteins and nucleic acids.
BioNMR spectroscopy offers a universal tool for examining the binding of an active substance to its target protein. Its use thereby benefits the rational development of drugs. This interaction can now be investigated in a hitherto unparalleled precision and displayed in 3D - an important prerequisite for the targeted development of new active substances. The latest methods for characterizing substance-receptor complexes are demonstrated backed by many case studies from pharmaceutical research. Thus it comes as no surprise that a large number of the authors are working for leading pharmaceutical companies.
With its successful mixture of basic information and application strategies, coupled with many real-life examples, this is an invaluable guide for both NMR spectroscopists and pharmaceutical researchers.

The introduction of stable isotopes into proteins has significantly reduced the time requirements for structure elucidation of biomolecules.