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An experimental approach for the editing of exchange-relayed NOEs in water-
selective NOE experiments is presented. The proposed pulse sequence is base
d on the application during the NOE mixing time of continuous wave irradiat
ion, which saturates resonances of relaying labile protons in slow chemical
exchange with water. The technique can efficiently reduce the contribution
s of exchange-relayed NOE peaks that often crowd the water-selective NOE sp
ectra and hide direct intermolecular NOEs between water and protein protons
. The present approach opens new opportunities for the characterization of
hydration by NMR, even in the proximity of polar labile groups, (C) 1999 Ac
ademic Press.