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Solution of the nitroxide spin-label spectral overlap problem using pulse electron spin resonance.

J J Yin·J B Feix·J S Hyde
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Short-pulse saturation-recovery (SR) electron spin resonance (ESR) methods have been used to measure the lateral diffusion of a nitroxide-labeled cholesterol analogue (3-spiro-[2'-(N-oxyl-4',4'-dimethyloxazoladine)]-cholestane, CSL) in multilamellar liposomal dispersions. SR experiments were performed on samples containing 14NCSL:15NCSL pairs, and recovery signals were analyzed for initial conditions and multiexponential time constants by computer simulation. Rate equations describing the system were written and solved. The time constants contain combinations of electron spin lattice relaxation times Tle for both isotopes and the Heisenberg exchange rate constant Kx. We have investigated the complication that occurs from overlap of ESR spectral fragments from 14N and 15N moieties. The time constants of the multiexponential signals are independent of ESR line shape and position. From Kx, lateral diffusion constants of CSL in dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) were calculated (D = 1.7 x 10(-8) at 27 degrees C and 2.7 x 10(-8) cm2/s at 37 degrees C). It is shown that short-pulse saturation-recovery methods are able to overcome the ESR spectral overlap problem that is encountered in conventional ESR and continuous wave electron-electron double resonance (CW ELDOR) studies of spin-spin interactions. The present method can be extended to more complex situations involving spin labels in different environments with physical and chemical exchange.

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Cyclic N-OxidesDimyristoylphosphatidylcholineElectron Spin Resonance SpectroscopyLiposomesMathematicsModels, TheoreticalSpin LabelsJournal ArticleResearch Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

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J J Yin, J B Feix, J S Hyde. 1988. Solution of the nitroxide spin-label spectral overlap problem using pulse electron spin resonance.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0006-3495(88)83132-1

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