Supplementary Note 1: Bruker 2D long-range-H(N)CO-TROSY pulse sequence code. Semi-colons denote comments relating to symbols used to define the pulse scheme presented in Figure 2. The same color-coding as in Figure 2 is used here to highlight the various magnetization transfer, chemical shift evolution periods, etc. For the 3D version, the flag “#define NITROGEN” should be uncommented.

;2D or 3D long-range-HNCO-TROSY experiment for measuring h3JNC' correlations

;Typical pulse lengths are given for a 800 MHz spectrometer

#include "bits.incl"

; the file bits.incl contains C preprocessor definitions for channels, lock

; switching, etc (see below)

#define CARBONYL;uncomment for incrementation of carbonyl evolution

;#define NITROGEN;uncomment for incrementation of nitrogen evolution

;for the 3D version

;***** PROTON PULSES *****

;p1high-power 90 degree pulse at pl1

;p21ms 90 degree at pl2 (water flip-back pulse) adjust phcor14 and phcor18

;p32-3 ms 90 degree sinc1.0 pulse at sp0 (water flip-back pulse)

;***** CARBON PULSES *****

;p5carbonyl 90 degree sinc1.0 at sp1, set pl5=sp1; 110us @ 800 MHz

;p6carbonyl 180 degree sinc1.0 at sp1, set pl6=sp1; 220us @ 800 MHz

;p8Calpha 180 degree rect32 at sp2, set pl8=sp2; 17.8*2u @ 800 MHz (23.7*2u @ 600 MHz)

;***** NITROGEN PULSE *****

;p7high power nitrogen 90 degree at pl7

"p17=p7"

;***** GRADIENT PULSES *****

"p10=3.0m";G2 gradient pulse at gp0=+50% on +x

"p12=400u";G9 gradient pulse at gp0=+50% on +x

"p13=3.75m";G5 gradient pulse at gp0=+50% on +x

"p14=2.7m";G3 gradient pulse at gp0=+50% on +x

"p15=888u";G6 gradient pulse at gp0=+50% on +x

"p22=2.5m";G4 gradient pulse at gp2=+50% on y

"p16=10.0m";G1 and G7 gradient pulses at gp0=+50% on +x

"p18=700u";G8 gradient pulse at gp2=+50% on y

;***** DELAYS *****

;d16;16.5m for test, 66m for reference and cross experiment (T)

;d18;20u for test and cross, 16.5m for reference experiment (epsilon)

"d14=d16"

"d27=d18"

"d4=2.25m";H-N INEPT transfer delay (delta)

"d5=2.7m-p2-p12";N-H reverse-INEPT/TROSY transfer delay (delta’’)

"d11=50m";delay for disk I/O

"d12=10m";delay for disk I/O

"d17=d16-p14-25u";defines the first N-C’ INEPT period

"d19=d16-p14-p6-d18-25u";defines the second N-C’ INEPT period

"d24=p7*0.5-p1*0.5";delay to center 1H and 15N 90 degree pulses

"d25=p7-p8*0.5";delay to center 13CA and 15N 90 degree pulses

"d26=p7-p1";delay to center 1H and 15N 180 degree pulses

;***** Nitrogen chemical shift evolution *****

"d28=10u"

"d29=d14-d28-p8-p15-25u"

"d30=d14-d27-p6-p15-p3-1.565m";limitation for TD(15N): d30>0: l4 = d30/in30 –1

;in28 = in30 = 1/(2*sw(N)) dwell-time t2 = 1/(15N sweep-width in Hz) = in28+in30

;***** Carbonyl chemical shift evolution *****

"d15=in15*0.5-p5*0.5-p7-p8*0.5-4u";carbonyl incremental delay, sampling is delayed

;by 0.5*dw to reduce baseline offset

;in15 = 1/(2*sw(C’)) dwell-time t1 = 1/(13C’ sweep-width in Hz) = 2*in15

;***** Start of pulse sequence *****

1ze

21m unblank;turn deuterium lock ON

d11 do:C1

#ifdef CARBONYL

d12;delay for loop compensation

3d12*3

4d12*2

#endif

#ifdef NITROGEN

d12*7

5 d12*3

6 10u

#endif

10u pl7:N

10u pl5:C1

d1;recycle delay

1m blank;turn lock OFF (due to the use of gradients)

10u pl1:f1

1m

(p5:sp1 ph10):C1;90 degree purge pulse on 13C’

2u

p16:gp0;G1 gradient (suppress C’ Boltzmann magnetization)

10m

(p1 ph0);first 90 degree pulse on 1H

;***** H-N INEPT (time points a to b) *****

d4;INEPT transfer delay (delta)

(p7*2 ph10):N (d26 p1*2 ph4):H

d4;INEPT transfer delay (delta)

(p1 ph6):H

2u

10u pl2:f1

p2 ph18:r;low-power water flip-back pulse

2u

p10:gp0;G2 gradient pulse

2.5m pl1:f1

10u

1m

(p7 ph21):N;first 90 degree pulse on 15N

;***** N-C’ INEPT (time points b to d) *****

5u

p14:gp0;G3 gradient pulse

20u

d17 pl6:C1;first T period in N-C’ INEPT

(p7*2 ph27):N

20u pl7:N

d18 ;delay epsilon

(p6:sp1 ph20):C1

5u

p14:gp0;G3 gradient pulse

d19 pl5:C1;second (T-Epsilon) period in N-C’ INEPT

(p7 ph22):N

2u

p22:gp2;G4 gradient pulse

5m

(p5:sp1 ph23):C1;first 90 degree pulse on 13C’

;***** 13C’ chemical shift evolution (t1; time points d to e) *****

2u

d15 pl8:C1;first t1/2 evolution period

(p7*2 ph10):N;15N refocusing pulses

4u

(p8:sp2 ph25):C1;13CA refocusing pulse

2u

d15 pl5:C1;second t1/2 evolution period

;***** C’-N reverse-INEPT (time points e to g) *****

(p5:sp1 ph24):C1

4u

p13:gp0;G5 gradient pulse

5m;

;***** N15 evolution *****

if "l5==1" goto lab2; l5=1: ph3

(p17 ph13):N; l5=2: ph13

goto lab3

lab2, (p17 ph3):N

lab3, d28;t2/2 Nitrogen evolution

(p8:sp2 ph25):C1;13CA 180 degree refocusing pulse

5u

p15:gp0;G6 gradient pulse

20u pl7:N

d29 pl6:C1;first T period in C’-N reverse-INEPT

(p7*2 ph27):N

d27;delay epsilon

(p6:sp1 ph20):C1

20u

5u

p15:gp0;G6 gradient pulse

1.5m pl1:f1

44.5u;correction: (2/pi*p7)*2 - 6.5u

d30 ;Second (T-epsilon-t2/2) period

;in C’-N reverse-INEPT

5u

#endif

;********** TROSY part of the pulse sequence (time points g to h) **********

(p3:sp0 ph29):H;low-power water flip-back pulse

10u

10u

10u pl1:f1

5u

;***** N-H first reverse-INEPT *****

(p1 ph8):H

2u

p18:gp2;G8 gradient pulse

2.0m;delay delta

(p7*2 ph6):N (d26 p1*2 ph4):H

2u

p18:gp2;G8 gradient pulse

2.0m;delay delta

(p7 ph7):N (d24 p1 ph16):H

;***** N-H second reverse-INEPT *****

p12:gp0;G9 gradient pulse

d5;delay delta

5u

15u pl2:f1

(p2 ph14:r);low-power water flip-back pulse

2u

5u pl1:f1

(d26 p1*2 ph0) (p7*2 ph10):N

2u

5u pl2:f1

(p2 ph14:r);low-power water flip-back pulse

20u

p12:gp0;G9 gradient pulse

d5 pl31:C1;delay delta

(p7 ph17):N

(2u ph0)

;***** Acquisition (t2) *****

go=2 ph31 cpds3:C1;13C’ synchronized decoupling ON during t2

3u

10u do:C1;13C’ decoupling OFF

1m unblank;turn lock ON

d11 wr #0 if #0 zd

#ifdef CARBONYL

d12 ip23;incrementation of phase 23

lo to 3 times 2;loop for Real/Imaginary

d12 id15;incrementation of d15 for t1 evolution period

d12 ip31;incrementation of receiver phase

d12 ip31;incrementation of receiver phase

lo to 4 times l3;loop for l3 complex points in t1

d12 rd15;reset delay d15

d12 rp31;reset receiver phase

#endif

#ifdef NITROGEN

d12 ip16;p- and n-type N15 detection

d12 ip16

d12 ip7

d12 ip7

d12 ip29

d12 ip29

d12 iu5

lo to 5 times 2

d12 ru5

d12 id28;incrementation of d28 for t2 evolution period

d12 dd30;decrementation of d30 for t2 evolution period

lo to 6 times l4

#endif

d12 do:C1

d12 do:N

d12 LOCK_ON

exit

ph0=0

ph1=0

ph3= 1 1 2 2

ph13=1 1 0 0

ph4=1

ph6=3

ph7=3

ph8=1

ph10=0

ph14=2

ph16=2

ph17=2

ph18=2

ph20=0

ph21 = PHASE_4( 0 )

PHASE_4( 2 )

ph22=1

ph23=0 2

ph24=0

ph25=0

ph27=0

ph28=2

ph29=0

ph31=0 2 1 3 2 0 3 1

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File bits.incl:

#define H f1

#define N f2

#define C1 f3

#define D f4

#define blank setnmr2|0 setnmr0|32 setnmr0|33 setnmr0|34

#define unblank setnmr2^0 setnmr0^32 setnmr0^33 setnmr0^34

#define PHASE_4( A ) A A A A

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