Paramagnetic lanthanide ions fixed in a protein frame induce several paramagnetic effects such as pseudo-contact shifts and
residual dipolar couplings. These effects provide long-range distance and angular information for proteins and, therefore,
are valuable in protein structural analysis. However, until recently this approach had been restricted to metal-binding proteins,
but now it has become applicable to non-metalloproteins through the use of a lanthanide-binding tag. Here we report a lanthanide-binding
peptide tag anchored via two points to the target proteins. Compared to conventional single-point attached tags, the two-point
linked tag provides two to threefold stronger anisotropic effects. Though there is slight residual mobility of the lanthanide-binding
tag, the present tag provides a higher anisotropic paramagnetic effect.
Keywords Lanthanide binding peptide tag - Two-point anchoring - Paramagnetic NMR - Pseudo-contact shift - Residual dipolar coupling