To extract information from NMR experiments, users need to identify the number of resonances in the spectrum, together with characteristic features such as chemical shifts and intensities. In many applications, particularly those involving biomolecules, this procedure is typically a manual and laborious process. While many algorithms are available to tackle this problem, their performance tends to be inferior to that of an experienced user. Here, we introduce UnidecNMR, which identifies resonances in NMR spectra using deconvolution. We demonstrate its favourable performance on 1 and 2D simulated spectra, strongly overlapped 1D spectra of oligosaccharides and 2D HSQC, 3D HNCO, 3D HNCA and 3/4D methyl-methyl NOE experimental spectra from a range of proteins. UnidecNMR outperforms a number of freely available algorithms and provides results that are either of similar quality to those generated manually, or in the case of NOE data, superior. We demonstrate that introducing additional restraints, such as a 2D peak list when analysing 3 and 4D data and incorporating reflection symmetry in NOE analysis further improves the results. UnidecNMR outputs a back-calculated spectrum and a peak list, both of which can be easily examined using the supplied GUI. The software allows interactive processing of raw data using nmrPipe. UnidecNMR is free for academic use and can function as either part of an automatic pipeline or provide an excellent ‘first guess’ of peak locations as part of a semi-automatic analysis./p>
From Buchanan et all, Nature Comms (2024).
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