A suite of triple resonance NMR experiments for theassignment of backbone resonances of a largerprotein using selectively
1H
labeling to asample uniformly labeled with
13C,
15N,
and2H is described. The relaxationtime of
1H
-
13C
zero/double quantum coherence was more than 4 times as long as that of
13C
single quantumcoherence. Three-dimensional HACAN, HACACB, HACACO,
andHACA(N)CO experiments were newly designedto utilize selectively labeled
1H
nuclei.HACAN provides intraresidue
and sequential connectivities throughamide
15N spins. HACACO
and HACA(N)CO provideintraresidue
and sequential connectivities through
13CO spins.HACACB provides connectivity to
13C
,giving the type of amino acid. Long-life
1H
-
13C
zero/double quantumcoherence provides high sensitivity in these NMR experiments.Except for a few amino acid type-specific problems,all sequential connectivities were obtained for a test sample of a 98amino acid protein at 10
C, which rotationallydiffuses with a correlation time of 17 ns, corresponding to an over 30kDa protein at 30-40
C. Zero/double quantumbased triple resonance experiments
and 1H
selective labeling provide a new approach for NMR studies onlargerproteins.