Nuclear magnetic resonance assembly of chemical entities using advanced antenna probes

Abstract From the Canadian patent

The invention provides a method for identifying a ligand that binds to a macromolecular target. The methods involve (a) attaching an antenna moiety to a first ligand, wherein the ligand binds specifically to a macromolecular target; (b) providing a sample comprising the macromolecular target the first , ligand and a candidate second ligand under conditions wherein the first ligand and the macromolecular target form a bound complex; (c) detecting a subset of magnetization transfer signals between the antenna moiety of the first ligand and the second candidate Iigand, wherein the signals are obtained from an isotope edited NOFSY spectrum of the sample; thereby determining that the two …