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Study of dynamical behaviour of H2O/D2O mixtures by NMR relaxation
Dvořák, Petr ; Lang, Jan (advisor) ; Hanyková, Lenka (referee)
Title: Study of dynamical behavior of H2O/D2O mixtures by NMR relaxation Author: Petr Dvořák Department: Department of Low Temperature Physics Supervisor: doc. RNDr. Jan Lang, Ph.D., Department of Low Temperature Physics Abstract: The subject of this diploma thesis is the chemical exchange in the mixture of light and heavy water, which was studied by methods of high resolution NMR. The first part of this thesis concerns methodology of sample preparation and methodology of measurement of relaxation times of mixture of light and heavy wa- ter. Experimental complications with elution of ions from tube glass, degassing of samples, radiation damping and sample heating by radio-frequency pulses were solved there. In the second part of this thesis the relaxation parameters of chemical exchange of selected sample at various temperatures were measured. Interpretations of experimental data (ionization, molecular clusters and isotopic equilibrium) was suggested. Keywords: NMR, relaxation, water, dynamics, chemical exchange
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NMR Study of Oligonucleotide Structures
Římal, Václav ; Štěpánková, Helena (advisor) ; Spěváček, Jiří (referee) ; Sychrovský, Vladimír (referee)
Title: NMR Study of Oligonucleotide Structures Author: Václav Římal Department: Department of Low-Temperature Physics Supervisor: Prof. RNDr. Helena Štěpánková, CSc., Department of Low- Temperature Physics Abstract: The dynamics of nucleic acids plays a fundamental role in the interactions with proteins. Some processes are governed by changes in DNA stability and flexibility caused by sequence alterations or chemical modifications without substantial structural impact. We employed line-shape analysis of variable-temperature 1H NMR spectra to deeply investigate the melting transition of DNA structures. We observed a significant influence of the sequence beyond the nearest neighbours on chemical shifts and thermodynamics of the double helix. The CpG motif is especially sensitive to its distant surroundings and for a particular oligonucleotide it was even found to undergo an unexpected local conformational transition. A strong cooperativity in the duplex dis- ruption was witnessed by both the equilibrium and kinetic aspects as well as by distant effects of cytosine methylation. We propose a two-state melt- ing scheme also for a fragment of a transcription element proved here to fold as a hairpin with a six-membered loop. In addition, we describe the properties of self-assemblies of riboguanosine and...
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Study of dynamical behaviour of H2O/D2O mixtures by NMR relaxation
Dvořák, Petr ; Lang, Jan (advisor) ; Hanyková, Lenka (referee)
Title: Study of dynamical behavior of H2O/D2O mixtures by NMR relaxation Author: Petr Dvořák Department: Department of Low Temperature Physics Supervisor: doc. RNDr. Jan Lang, Ph.D., Department of Low Temperature Physics Abstract: The subject of this diploma thesis is the chemical exchange in the mixture of light and heavy water, which was studied by methods of high resolution NMR. The first part of this thesis concerns methodology of sample preparation and methodology of measurement of relaxation times of mixture of light and heavy wa- ter. Experimental complications with elution of ions from tube glass, degassing of samples, radiation damping and sample heating by radio-frequency pulses were solved there. In the second part of this thesis the relaxation parameters of chemical exchange of selected sample at various temperatures were measured. Interpretations of experimental data (ionization, molecular clusters and isotopic equilibrium) was suggested. Keywords: NMR, relaxation, water, dynamics, chemical exchange
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