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  • Title: Efficient modelling protocols for oligosaccharides: from vacuum to solvent.
    Author: Kozár T, von der Lieth CW.
    Journal: Glycoconj J; 1997 Dec; 14(8):925-33. PubMed ID: 9486425.
    Abstract:
    The determination of conformational preferences of oligosaccharides is best approached by describing their preferred conformations on potential energy surfaces as a function of the glycosidic linkage phi, psi torsional angles. For proper molecular mechanics modelling the flexibility of the rotatable pendant groups must also be considered. The so called adiabatic maps partially mimic the flexibility within the 10 dimensional conformational space of the pendant groups of the given disaccharide. These molecular mechanics maps are considered to be the state-of-the art of the phi, psi potential energy surface of disaccharides recently calculated. The RAMM (RAndom Molecular Mechanics) method was shown to be able to calculate such profiles automatically. Additionally, based on the continuum solvent approach, RAMM allows the calculation of the effects of solvent on conformational energy profiles. Molecular dynamics simulations are also useful tools to study the influence of solvent on conformational behaviour of oligosaccharides. The capability of the RAMM calculational protocol to locate low-energy conformers on the multidimensional potential energy hypersurfaces of disaccharides is illustrated and compared with molecular dynamics simulations with and without inclusion of the solvent.
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