Biomaterial Database

Natural-abundance 15N--13C correlation spectra of vitamin B-12. 2007

Eriks Kupce, and Ray Freeman

Varian, Ltd, 6 Mead Road, Yarnton, Oxford, UK.

Two-dimensional nitrogen-carbon NMR correlation spectra have been derived by a new reconstruction technique based on standard two-dimensional HMQC and HMBC spectra, and operating with natural 15N and 13C isotopic abundances. Compared with conventional three-dimensional spectroscopy in which 15N and 13C spins must be present in the same molecule, the reconstruction method offers two orders of magnitude improvement in sensitivity. Vitamin B-12 serves as an illustrative example.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009587	Nitrogen Isotopes	Stable nitrogen atoms that have the same atomic number as the element nitrogen but differ in atomic weight. N-15 is a stable nitrogen isotope.	Nitrogen Isotope,Isotope, Nitrogen,Isotopes, Nitrogen
D002247	Carbon Isotopes	Stable carbon atoms that have the same atomic number as the element carbon but differ in atomic weight. C-13 is a stable carbon isotope.	Carbon Isotope,Isotope, Carbon,Isotopes, Carbon
D014805	Vitamin B 12	A cobalt-containing coordination compound produced by intestinal micro-organisms and found also in soil and water. Higher plants do not concentrate vitamin B 12 from the soil and so are a poor source of the substance as compared with animal tissues. INTRINSIC FACTOR is important for the assimilation of vitamin B 12.	Cobalamin,Cyanocobalamin,Cobalamins,Eritron,Vitamin B12,B 12, Vitamin,B12, Vitamin
D015394	Molecular Structure	The location of the atoms, groups or ions relative to one another in a molecule, as well as the number, type and location of covalent bonds.	Structure, Molecular,Molecular Structures,Structures, Molecular
D019906	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular	NMR spectroscopy on small- to medium-size biological macromolecules. This is often used for structural investigation of proteins and nucleic acids, and often involves more than one isotope.	Biomolecular Nuclear Magnetic Resonance,Heteronuclear Nuclear Magnetic Resonance,NMR Spectroscopy, Protein,NMR, Biomolecular,NMR, Heteronuclear,NMR, Multinuclear,Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Heteronuclear,Protein NMR Spectroscopy,Biomolecular NMR,Heteronuclear NMR,Multinuclear NMR,NMR Spectroscopies, Protein,Protein NMR Spectroscopies,Spectroscopies, Protein NMR,Spectroscopy, Protein NMR