Contacts
Normand Cyr
Structural biology platform manager
normand.cyr@umontreal.ca
Pascale Legault
Professor
pascale.legault@umontreal.ca
Description of the equipment
Applications
Analysis of small molecules, peptides and biomolecules of small molecular weight. Biomolecule (protein, RNA, DNA) – small molecule titrations. Rapid assessment of the quality of a biomolecular sample in order to initiate biophysical studies.
NMR tubes : 3 or 5 mm in diameter (standard or Shigemi)
Temperature : 0 – 80 ˚C
Magnet and console
Shielded, superconducting Oxford magnet of 500 MHz (11.7 Tesla) coupled to a Bruker AVANCE NEO console.
Probes available
Normally equipped with a 5 mm TXI probe (inverse triple resonance) with automatic tuning and matching and Z-gradient capability. This probe is designed for 1H observation with decoupling capacity of 13C, 15N and 2D.
A second probe is available if needed: a 5 mm QXI probe (inverse quadruple resonance) with automatic tuning and matching and Z-gradient capability. This probe is designed for 1H observation with decoupling capacity of 13C, 15N and 31P in the same experiment. Can also be used for 13C, 15N and 31P observed experiments, albeit not optimized for that purpose.
Logiciels
- TopSpin 4.0.3 (Linux CentOS)
- Complete Molecular Confidence suite (CMC-assist and CMC-se)
- Non-Uniform Sampling (NUS)
- Protein Dynamics Center
Applications
Improved sensitivity with cryo-probe usage. Ideal for multi-dimensional, triple resonance experiments typically used in structural and dynamics studies of proteins and nucleic acids.
NMR tubes : 3 or 5 mm in diameter (standard or Shigemi) and Bruker shaped tubes (with SPU)
Temperature : 0 – 80 ˚C
Magnet and console
Superconducting Oxford magnet of 600 MHz (14.1 Tesla) coupled to a Bruker AVANCE NEO console.
Probes available
Normally equipped with a TCI 5 mm cryo-probe (inverse triple resonance) with automatic tuning and matching, Z-gradient capability and sample positioning unit (SPU). This probe is designed for high sensitivity 1H observation (with 13C, 15N and 2D decoupling) as well as 13C observation (with 1H, 15N and 2D decoupling). The pre-amplifier for the lock signal (2D) is also cryo-cooled thus enabling the usage of lower percentages of deuterated solvent.
A second probe is also available on demand: a 5 mm TXI probe (inverse triple resonance) with automatic tuning and matching and Z-gradient capability. This probe is designed for 1H observation with decoupling capacity of 13C, 15N and 2D.
Softwares
- TopSpin 4.0.3 (Linux CentOS)
- Complete Molecular Confidence suite (CMC-assist and CMC-se)
- Non-Uniform Sampling (NUS)
- Protein Dynamics Center
Applications
Great resolution and sensitivity. Ideal for multi-dimensional, triple resonance experiments typically used in structural and dynamics studies of proteins and nucleic acids.
NMR tubes : 3 or 5 mm in diameter (standard or Shigemi)
Temperature : 0 – 80 ˚C
Magnet and console
Shielded, superconducting Bruker Ascend magnet of 700 MHz (16.4 Tesla) coupled to a Bruker AVANCE NEO console.
Probes
Normally equipped with a 5 mm TXI probe (inverse triple resonance) with automatic tuning and matching and Z-gradient capability. This probe is designed for 1H observation with decoupling capacity 13C, 15N and 2D.
A second probe is also available on demand: a BBI 5 mm probe (inverse broadband) with automatic tuning and matching and Z-gradient capability. This probe enables the observation of 1H with decoupling capacity for a single nucleus between 31P and 109Ag depending on the tuning. Useful for HSQC, HMQC and HMBC experiments. Can be used for the observation of 13C, 15N or 31P observed experiments, albeit not optimized for that purpose.
Softwares
- TopSpin 4.0.3 (Linux CentOS)
- Complete Molecular Confidence suite (CMC-assist & CMC-se)
- Non-Uniform Sampling (NUS)
- Protein Dynamics Center