Chemical analysis
based on liquid-state nuclear magnetic resonance
spectroscopy exploits numerous observables, mainly chemical shifts,
relaxation rates, and internuclear coupling constants. Regarding the
latter, the efficiencies of internuclear coherence transfers may be
encoded in spectral peak intensities. The dependencies of these intensities
on the experimental parameter that influences the transfer, for example,
mixing time, are an important source of structural information. Yet,
they are costly to measure and difficult to analyze. Here, we show
that peak intensity build-up curves in two-dimensional total correlation
spectroscopy (2D TOCSY) experiments may be quickly measured by employing
nonuniform sampling and that their analysis can be effective if supported
by quantum mechanical calculations. Thus, such curves can be used
to form a new, third pseudodimension of the TOCSY spectrum. Similarly
to the other two frequency dimensions, this one also resolves ambiguities
and provides characteristic information. We show how the approach
supports the analysis of a fragment of protein Tau Repeat-4 domain.
Yet, its potential applications are far broader, including the analysis
of complex mixtures or other polymers.