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A Specialist Periodical Report
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
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29 A Review of the Recent Literature.
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org | Edward A. Anderson, University of Oxford, UK
sc. Elena Bagryanskaya, N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of
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Andrea Piserchia, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy
Stephen Sproules, University of Glasgow, UK
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Preface
DOI: 10.1039/9781782629436-FP005
In recent years, the field of Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR)
spectroscopy has witnessed considerable developments in instru-
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The use of nitroxide spin labels continues to be widespread in EPR
spectroscopy, and Lovett et al., presents a timely review Chapter dem-
onstratinghowthepropertiesoftheselabelscanbetunedandhowthey
can be incorporated into biomolecules for structural investigations. The
theme of spin labels is continued in the Chapter by Krumkacheva and
Bagryanskaya, with a focus on the use of trityl radicals. Whilst these
radicals have been used for oxymetry and tomography in the past, their
use as spin labels for determining the structure of proteins and nucleic
acid is relatively new, and these authors provide a comprehensive over-
viewofthelatestdevelopmentsinthisfield.Theareaofsitedirectedspin
labellingforstudyingtheconformationalchangesinthecatalyticcycleof
GTP-hydrolyzingproteinsisthentreatedindetailintheChapterbyKlare.
In this Chapter, the ability of EPR to analyse the conformational equi-
libriumdynamicsandcharacterizationofconformationalchangesinthe
functions of a protein is covered. The field of host–guest chemistry is
then treated in the Chapter by Bagryanskaya and Marque, where the
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authors consider the EPR analysis of nitroxides as guests within several
different hosts including cyclodextrins, calixarenes and cucurbiturils,
providing a comprehensive review of the literature over the past
seven years.
Onaverydifferenttopic,theChapterbySprouleshighlightstherecent
developments in the design and testing of new spin qubits in the chal-
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CONTENTS
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4 Recent advances in applications of spin labels 19
5 Summary 26
References 26
Trityl radicals as spin labels 35
Olesya Krumkacheva and Elena Bagryanskaya
1 Introduction 35
2 TAM radicals: structure and properties 36
3 Synthesis of TAM radicals and TAM labeling of proteins 39
and nucleic acids
4 Electron spin relaxation of TAM radicals 44
5 Peculiarities of PD EPR approaches to distance 46
measurement using TAM spin labels
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Application of site-directed spin labelling for studying 157
conformational changes in the catalytic cycle of
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2 Site-directed spin labelling and EPR spectroscopy 163
3 Conformational changes in the catalytic cycle of GADs 165
4 Discussion 174
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Nitroxides in host–guest chemistry: 2010–2016 180
E. G. Bagryanskaya and S. R. A. Marque
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2 Cyclodextrins as hosts 181
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