Measurement of homonuclear three-bond J(HNHα) coupling constants in unlabeled peptides complexed with labeled proteins: Application to a decapeptide inhibitor bound to the proteinase domain of the NS3 protein of hepatitis C virus (HCV)

A new isotope-filtered experiment has been designed to measure homonuclear three-bond J(HNHα) coupling constants of unlabeled peptides complexed with labeled proteins. The new experiment is based on the 3D HNHA pulse scheme, and belongs to the `quantitative J-correlation' type. It has been applied to a decapeptide inhibitor bound to the proteinase domain of the NS3 protein of human hepatitis C virus (HCV).