A new method is presented for measuring kinetic isotope effects (KIEs) by (1)H-detected 2D [(13)C,(1)H]-heteronuclear single quantum coherence (HSQC) NMR spectroscopy. The high accuracy of this approach was exemplified for the reaction catalyzed by glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase by comparing the 1-(13)C KIE with the published value obtained using isotope ratio mass spectrometry. High precision was demonstrated for the reaction catalyzed by 1-deoxy-D-xylulose-5-phosphate reductoisomerase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. 2-, 3-, and 4-(13)C KIEs were found to be 1.0031(4), 1.0303(12), and 1.0148(2), respectively. These KIEs provide evidence for a cleanly rate-limiting retroaldol step during isomerization. The high intrinsic sensitivity and signal dispersion of 2D [(13)C,(1)H]-HSQC offer new avenues to study challenging systems where low substrate concentration and/or signal overlap impedes 1D (13)C NMR data acquisition. Moreover, this approach can take advantage of highest-field spectrometers, which are commonly equipped for (1)H detection with cryogenic probes.
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