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  • Title: Conformational flexibility and dynamics of two (1-->6)-linked disaccharides related to an oligosaccharide epitope expressed on malignant tumour cells.
    Author: Olsson U, Säwén E, Stenutz R, Widmalm G.
    Journal: Chemistry; 2009 Sep 07; 15(35):8886-94. PubMed ID: 19637158.
    Abstract:
    The conformational flexibility and dynamics of two (1-->6)-linked disaccharides that are related to the action of the glycosyl transferase GnT-V have been investigated. NMR NOE and T-ROE spectroscopy experiments, conformation-dependent coupling constants and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were used in the analyses. To facilitate these studies, the compounds were synthesised as alpha-d-[6-(13)C]-Manp-OMe derivatives, which reduced the (1)H NMR spectral overlap and facilitated the determination of two- and three-bond (1)H,(1)H, (1)H,(13)C and (13)C,(13)C-coupling constants. The population distribution for the glycosidic omega torsion angle in alpha-d-Manp-(1-->6)-alpha-d-Manp-OMe for gt/gg/tg was equal to 45:50:5, whereas in alpha-d-Manp-OMe it was determined to be 56:36:8. The dynamic model that was generated for beta-d-GlcpNAc-(1-->6)-alpha-d-Manp-OMe by MD simulations employing the PARM22/SU01 CHARMM-based force field was in very good agreement with experimental observations. beta-d-GlcpNAc-(1-->6)-alpha-d-Manp-OMe is described by an equilibrium of populated states in which the phi torsion angle has the exo-anomeric conformation, the psi torsion angle an extended antiperiplanar conformation and the omega torsion angle a distribution of populations predominantly between the gauche-trans and the gauche-gauche conformational states (i.e., gt/gg/tg) is equal to 60:35:5, respectively. The use of site-specific (13)C labelling in these disaccharides leads to increased spectral dispersion, thereby making NMR spectroscopy based conformational analysis possible that otherwise might be difficult to attain.
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