NMR spectra were collected at the National Magnetic Resonance Facility at Madison on a 750 MHz (1H) Bruker with a z-gradient cryogenic probe. The buffer used for NMR samples (HNT buffer) contained 20 mM HEPES at pH 7.6, 150 mM NaCl, and 2 mM TCEP. All sample temperatures were regulated at 25 °C. NMRPipe software was used to process the raw NMR data and NMRFAM-SPARKY software was utilized to visualize and analyze the processed NMR data.
To study the interactions of FDX1 with elesclomol, 0.2 mM [U-15N]-FDX1 in HNT buffer were placed in 5 mm Shigemi NMR tubes, and 2D 1H,15N TROSY-HSQC spectra were collected before and after titration of 5 equivalent molar ratio of elesclomol dissolved in HNT buffer.
Chemical shift perturbations (ΔδHN absolute value ppm) were calculated by
where ΔδH and ΔδN are the chemical shift changes in the 1H and 15N dimensions, respectively.
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