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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Magn Reson. 2009 Nov 26;203(1):11–28. doi: 10.1016/j.jmr.2009.11.014

Table 4. Computed ZQ flip rates.

ZQ flip rates for different NH – H distances, computed from standard dipolar relaxation equations. The typical rates for an NH in a helix of protein was computed from the coordinates of the protons surrounding NH of residue 280 in the PDB file 3HSC.

Distance τc ZQ Flip rate
Å ns s−1
NH-NH pair 2.8 20 2.23
NH-NH pair 2.8 40 4.46
NH in helix of
Perdeuterated
protein
All NH within 5 Å 20 8.47
NH in helix of
proteated protein
All protons within
5 Å
20 24.2