文摘
A combination of 15N{19F}, 31P{15N}, and 31P{19F} rotational-echo double-resonance NMRhas been used to characterize the conformation of a bound trifluoromethylketal, shikimate-based bisubstrateinhibitor of 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase. The solid-state NMR experiments wereperformed on the complex formed in solution and then lyophilized at low temperatures in the presence ofstabilizing lyoprotectants. The results of these experiments indicate that none of the side chains of the sixarginines that surround the active site forms a compact salt bridge with the phosphate groups of thebound inhibitor.