Rapid recycle (13)C',(15)N and (13)C,(13)C' heteronuclear and homonuclear multiple quantum coherence detection for resonance assignments in paramagnetic proteins: example of Ni(2+)-containing acireductone dioxygenase.

NMR resonance assignments in the vicinity of paramagnetic metals in proteins are often difficult or impossible to make using conventional 1H detected 2-D and 3-D methods due to paramagnetic line broadening. The applicability of 13Calpha{13C'} and 13C'{15N} multiple quantum coherence methods for residue-specific assignments of resonances near paramagnetic centers is described, using the Ni2+-containing enzyme acireductone dioxygenase as an example.