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Meredith R, Carmichael I, Serianni AS. Nonconventional NMR Spin-Coupling Constants in Oligosaccharide Conformational Modeling: Structural Dependencies Determined from Density Functional Theory Calculations. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:23950-23966. [PMID: 35847250 PMCID: PMC9280969 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c02793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Nonconventional NMR spin-coupling constants were investigated to determine their potential as conformational constraints in MA'AT modeling of the O-glycosidic linkages of oligosaccharides. Four (1 J C1',H1', 1 J C1',C2', 2 J C1',H2', and 2 J C2',H1') and eight (1 J C4,H4, 1 J C3,C4, 1 J C4,C5, 2 J C3,H4, 2 J C4,H3, 2 J C5,H4, 2 J C4,H5, and 2 J C3,C5) spin-couplings in methyl β-d-galactopyranosyl-(1→4)-β-d-glucopyranoside (methyl β-lactoside) were calculated using density functional theory (DFT) to determine their dependencies on O-glycosidic linkage C-O torsion angles, ϕ and ψ, respectively. Long-range 4 J H1',H4 was also examined as a potential conformational constraint of either ϕ or ψ. Secondary effects of exocyclic (hydroxyl) C-O bond rotation within or proximal to these coupling pathways were investigated. Based on the findings of methyl β-lactoside, analogous J-couplings were studied in five additional two-bond O-glycosidic linkages [βGlcNAc-(1→4)-βMan, 2-deoxy-βGlc-(1→4)-βGlc, αMan-(1→3)-βMan, αMan-(1→2)-αMan, and βGlcNAc(1→2)-αMan] to determine whether the coupling behaviors observed in methyl β-lactoside were more broadly observed. Of the 13 nonconventional J-couplings studied, 7 exhibit properties that may be useful in future MA'AT modeling of O-glycosidic linkages, none of which involve coupling pathways that include the linkage C-O bonds. The findings also provide new insights into the general effects of exocyclic C-O bond conformation on the magnitude of experimental spin-couplings in saccharides and other hydroxyl-containing molecules.
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- Reagan
J. Meredith
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of Notre Dame, Notre
Dame, Indiana 46556-5670, United States
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- Radiation
Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556-5670, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of Notre Dame, Notre
Dame, Indiana 46556-5670, United States
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Hoeck C, Gotfredsen CH, Sørensen OW. S 3 HMBC hetero: Spin-State-Selective HMBC for accurate measurement of long-range heteronuclear coupling constants. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2017; 275:68-72. [PMID: 28012298 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2016.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2016] [Revised: 11/29/2016] [Accepted: 11/30/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A novel method, Spin-State-Selective (S3) HMBC hetero, for accurate measurement of heteronuclear coupling constants is introduced. The method extends the S3 HMBC technique for measurement of homonuclear coupling constants by appending a pulse sequence element that interchanges the polarization in 13C-1H methine pairs. This amounts to converting the spin-state selectivity from 1H spin states to 13C spin states in the spectra of long-range coupled 1H spins, allowing convenient measurement of heteronuclear coupling constants similar to other S3 or E.COSY-type methods. As usual in this type of techniques, the accuracy of coupling constant measurement is independent of the size of the coupling constant of interest. The merits of the new method are demonstrated by application to vinyl acetate, the alkaloid strychnine, and the carbohydrate methyl β-maltoside.
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- Casper Hoeck
- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
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Kjaerulff L, Benie AJ, Hoeck C, Gotfredsen CH, Sørensen OW. S(3) HMBC: Spin-State-Selective HMBC for accurate measurement of homonuclear coupling constants. Application to strychnine yielding thirteen hitherto unreported J(HH). JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2016; 263:101-107. [PMID: 26774647 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2015.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2015] [Revised: 11/23/2015] [Accepted: 11/30/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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A novel method, Spin-State-Selective (S(3)) HMBC, for accurate measurement of homonuclear coupling constants is introduced. As characteristic for S(3) techniques, S(3) HMBC yields independent subspectra corresponding to particular passive spin states and thus allows determination of coupling constants between detected spins and homonuclear coupling partners along with relative signs. In the presented S(3) HMBC experiment, spin-state selection occurs via large one-bond coupling constants ensuring high editing accuracy and unequivocal sign determination of the homonuclear long-range relative to the associated one-bond coupling constant. The sensitivity of the new experiment is comparable to that of regular edited HMBC and the accuracy of the J/RDC measurement is as usual for E.COSY and S(3)-type experiments independent of the size of the homonuclear coupling constant of interest. The merits of the method are demonstrated by an application to strychnine where thirteen J(HH) coupling constants not previously reported could be measured.
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- Louise Kjaerulff
- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Peptide & Protein Biophysics, Novo Nordisk, 2760 Måløv, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
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Klepach T, Zhao H, Hu X, Zhang W, Stenutz R, Hadad MJ, Carmichael I, Serianni AS. Informing saccharide structural NMR studies with density functional theory calculations. Methods Mol Biol 2015; 1273:289-331. [PMID: 25753718 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2343-4_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Density functional theory (DFT) is a powerful computational tool to enable structural interpretations of NMR spin-spin coupling constants ( J-couplings) in saccharides, including the abundant (1)H-(1)H ( JHH), (13)C-(1)H ( JCH), and (13)C-(13)C ( JCC) values that exist for coupling pathways comprised of 1-4 bonds. The multiple hydroxyl groups in saccharides, with their attendant lone-pair orbitals, exert significant effects on J-couplings that can be difficult to decipher and quantify without input from theory. Oxygen substituent effects are configurational and conformational in origin (e.g., axial/equatorial orientation of an OH group in an aldopyranosyl ring; C-O bond conformation involving an exocyclic OH group). DFT studies shed light on these effects, and if conducted properly, yield quantitative relationships between a specific J-coupling and one or more conformational elements in the target molecule. These relationships assist studies of saccharide structure and conformation in solution, which are often challenged by the presence of conformational averaging. Redundant J-couplings, defined as an ensemble of J-couplings sensitive to the same conformational element, are particularly helpful when the element is flexible in solution (i.e., samples multiple conformational states on the NMR time scale), provided that algorithms are available to convert redundant J-values into meaningful conformational models. If the latter conversion is achievable, the data can serve as a means of testing, validating, and refining theoretical methods like molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, which are currently relied upon heavily to assign conformational models of saccharides in solution despite a paucity of experimental data needed to independently validate the method.
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- Thomas Klepach
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, 251 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame, IN, 46556-5670, USA
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Zhang W, Zhao H, Carmichael I, Serianni AS. An NMR investigation of putative interresidue H-bonding in methyl alpha-cellobioside in solution. Carbohydr Res 2009; 344:1582-7. [PMID: 19632671 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2009.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2009] [Revised: 06/02/2009] [Accepted: 06/03/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Methyl alpha-cellobioside (methyl beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->4)-alpha-D-glucopyranoside) was labeled with (13)C at C4' for use in NMR studies in DMSO-d(6) solvent to attempt the detection of a trans-H-bond J-coupling ((3h)J(CCOH)) between C4' and OH3. Analysis of the OH3 signal at 600 MHz revealed only the presence of two homonuclear J-couplings: (3)J(H3,OH3) and a smaller, longer range J(HH). No evidence for (3h)J(C4',OH3) was found. The longer range J(HH) was traced to (4)J(H4,OH3) based on 2D (1)H-(1)H COSY data and inspection of the H2 and H4 signal lineshapes. A limited set of DFT calculations was performed on a methyl cellobioside mimic to evaluate the structural dependencies of (4)J(H2,O3H) and (4)J(H4,O3H) on the H3-C3-O3-H torsion angle. Computed couplings range from about -0.7 to about +1.1 Hz, with maximal values observed when the C-H and O-H bonds are roughly diaxial.
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- Wenhui Zhang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, United States
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Guyett P, Glushka J, Gu X, Bar-Peled M. Real-time NMR monitoring of intermediates and labile products of the bifunctional enzyme UDP-apiose/UDP-xylose synthase. Carbohydr Res 2009; 344:1072-8. [PMID: 19375693 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2009.03.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2009] [Revised: 03/17/2009] [Accepted: 03/23/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The conversion of UDP-alpha-d-glucuronic acid to UDP-alpha-d-xylose and UDP-alpha-d-apiose by a bifunctional potato enzyme UDP-apiose/UDP-xylose synthase was studied using real-time nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. UDP-alpha-d-glucuronic acid is converted via the intermediate uridine 5'-beta-l-threo-pentapyranosyl-4''-ulose diphosphate to UDP-alpha-d-apiose and simultaneously to UDP-alpha-d-xylose. The UDP-alpha-d-apiose that is formed is unstable and is converted to alpha-d-apio-furanosyl-1,2-cyclic phosphate and UMP. High-resolution real-time NMR spectroscopy is a powerful tool for the direct and quantitative characterization of previously undetected transient and labile components formed during a complex enzyme-catalyzed reaction.
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- Paul Guyett
- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, and BioEnergy Science Center, 315 Riverbend Road, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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Zartler ER, Porambo RJ, Anderson CL, Chen LH, Yu J, Nahm MH. Structure of the capsular polysaccharide of pneumococcal serotype 11A reveals a novel acetylglycerol that is the structural basis for 11A subtypes. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:7318-29. [PMID: 19114709 PMCID: PMC2652282 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m807952200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2008] [Revised: 12/24/2008] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We have undertaken a structural assessment of Streptococcus pneumoniae 11A polysaccharide as well as two clinical isolates related to 11A. The clinical isolates were labeled 11Aalpha and 11Abeta. The result of our experiments is a revision to the old structure for S. pneumoniae 11A polysaccharide. The new structure differs from the old structure in both the primary connectivities and acetylation pattern. We also show that 11A contains an acetylglycerol-PO4 moiety, a substitution that is heretofore unknown in the bacterial polysaccharide literature. The two clinical isolates were also structurally characterized. 11Aalpha was determined to be identical to 11A. 11Abeta is a new serotype, which differs from 11A in the absence of the acetylation of the glycerol-PO4 moiety and a different acetylation pattern of the saccharides. Thus, we propose that the acetylglycerol is the structural basis for 11Aalpha and 11Abeta subtypes.
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- Edward R Zartler
- Bioprocess Analytical and Formulation Sciences, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck and Company, West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, USA.
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Parella T, Espinosa JF. Long-range 1H-1H NMR correlation: extending connectivities to remote bonds via an intermediate heterospin. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2008; 46:464-470. [PMID: 18288678 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.2200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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An out-and-stay 2D proton-proton NMR correlation experiment is proposed to detect long-range proton-proton connectivities up to six and seven bonds away. The magnetization flow pathway is based on a consecutive, dual-step J(CH)-transfer mechanism and it allows one to trace out (1)H-(1)H connectivities between protons belonging to different spin systems. This novel experimental scheme will be particularly useful in cases when carbon resonances overlap, providing connectivity information that could not be obtained in a HMBC experiment. The success of the experiment is demonstrated in the structural studies of a wide variety of chemical compounds.
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- Teodor Parella
- Servei de Ressonància Magnètica Nuclear, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193-Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
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Fang TT, Zirrolli J, Bendiak B. Differentiation of the anomeric configuration and ring form of glucosyl-glycolaldehyde anions in the gas phase by mass spectrometry: isomeric discrimination between m/z 221 anions derived from disaccharides and chemical synthesis of m/z 221 standards. Carbohydr Res 2006; 342:217-35. [PMID: 17184755 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2006.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2006] [Revised: 11/14/2006] [Accepted: 11/20/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Mass spectrometry of disaccharides in the negative-ion mode frequently generates product anions of m/z 221. With glucose-containing disaccharides, dissociation of isolated m/z 221 product ions in a Paul trap yielded mass spectra that easily differentiated between both anomeric configurations and ring forms of the ions. These ions were shown to be glucosyl-glycolaldehydes through chemical synthesis of their standards. By labeling the reducing carbonyl oxygen of disaccharides with 18O to mass discriminate between monosaccharides, it was established that the m/z 221 ions are comprised solely of an intact nonreducing sugar with a two-carbon aglycon derived from the reducing sugar, regardless of the disaccharide linkage position. This enabled the anomeric configuration and ring form of the ion to be assigned and the location of the ion to the nonreducing side of a glycosidic linkage to be ascertained. Detailed studies of experimental factors necessary for reproducibility in a Paul trap demonstrated that the unique dissociation patterns that discriminate between the isomeric m/z 221 ions could be obtained from month-to-month in conjunction with an internal energy-input calibrant ion that ensures reproducible energy deposition into isolated m/z 221 ions. In addition, MS/MS fragmentation patterns of disaccharide m/z 341 anions in a Paul trap enabled linkage positions to be assigned, as has been previously reported with other types of mass spectrometers.
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- Tammy T Fang
- Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology and Biomolecular Structure Program, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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Armstrong GS, Bendiak B. High-resolution four-dimensional carbon-correlated 1H-1H ROESY experiments employing isotags and the filter diagonalization method for effective assignment of glycosidic linkages in oligosaccharides. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2006; 181:79-88. [PMID: 16621633 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2006.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2006] [Revised: 03/18/2006] [Accepted: 03/21/2006] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Four-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of oligosaccharides that correlates 1H-1H ROESY cross peaks to two additional 13C frequency dimensions is reported. The 13C frequencies were introduced by derivatization of all free hydroxyl groups with doubly 13C-labeled acetyl isotags. Pulse sequences were optimized for processing with the filter diagonalization method. The extensive overlap typically observed in 2D ROESY 1H-1H planes was alleviated by resolution of ROESY cross peaks in the two added dimensions associated with the carbon frequencies of the isotags. This enabled the interresidue 1H-1H ROESY cross peaks to be unambiguously assigned hence spatially proximate sugar spin systems across glycosidic bonds could be effectively ascertained. An experiment that selectively amplifies interresidue ROESY 1H-1H cross peaks is also reported. It moves the magnetization of an intraresidue proton normally correlated to a sugar H-1 signal orthogonally along the z axis prior to a Tr-ROESY mixing sequence. This virtually eliminates the incoherent intraresidue ROESY transfer, suppresses coherent TOCSY transfer, and markedly enhances the intensity of interresidue ROESY cross peaks.
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- Geoffrey S Armstrong
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology and Biomolecular Structure Program, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Mail Stop 8108, P.O. Box 6511, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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Petersen BO, Vinogradov E, Kay W, Würtz P, Nyberg NT, Duus JØ, Sørensen OW. H2BC: a new technique for NMR analysis of complex carbohydrates. Carbohydr Res 2006; 341:550-6. [PMID: 16406276 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2005.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2005] [Revised: 11/08/2005] [Accepted: 11/10/2005] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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It is demonstrated that the H2BC NMR pulse sequence (J. Am. Chem. Soc.2005, 127, 6154, Magn. Reson. Chem.2005, 43, 971-974) offers unambiguous assignments and significant simplification of NMR spectra of large and complex carbohydrates compared to other techniques for the establishment of correlations over more than one bond. H2BC almost exclusively correlates protons and proton-bearing carbon spins separated by two covalent bonds and is independent of occasionally vanishing (2)J(CH) coupling constants, which alleviates the problem of missing two-bond correlations in HMBC spectra. H2BC also solves the problem of distinguishing two- and three-bond correlations in HSQC-TOCSY or HMBC. It is a further asset of H2BC that the experiment is significantly shorter than HMBC and HSQC-TOCSY, and hence less sensitive to transverse relaxation. The H2BC experiment is demonstrated on an approximately 30-residue oligosaccharide from Francisella victoria.
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- Bent O Petersen
- Carlsberg Laboratory, Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-2500 Valby, Denmark
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Jia Z, Cash M, Darvill AG, York WS. NMR characterization of endogenously O-acetylated oligosaccharides isolated from tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) xyloglucan. Carbohydr Res 2005; 340:1818-25. [PMID: 15927168 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2005.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2005] [Accepted: 04/24/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Eight oligosaccharide subunits, generated by endoglucanase treatment of the plant polysaccharide xyloglucan isolated from the culture filtrate of suspension-cultured tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) cells, were structurally characterized by NMR spectroscopy. These oligosaccharides, which contain up to three endogenous O-acetyl substituents, consist of a cellotetraose core with alpha-D-Xylp residues at O-6 of the two beta-D-Glcp residues at the non-reducing end of the core. Some of the alpha-D-Xylp residues themselves bear either an alpha-L-Arap or a beta-D-Galp residue at O-2. O-Acetyl substituents are located at O-6 of the unbranched (internal) beta-D-Glcp residue, O-6 of the terminal beta-D-Galp residue, and/or at O-5 of the terminal alpha-L-Arap residue. Structural assignments were facilitated by long-range scalar coupling interactions observed in the high-resolution gCOSY spectra of the oligosaccharides. The presence of five-bond scalar coupling constants in the gCOSY spectra provides a direct method of assigning O-acetylation sites, which may prove generally useful in the analysis of O-acylated glycans. Spectral assignment of these endogenously O-acetylated oligosaccharides makes it possible to deduce correlations between their structural features and the chemical shifts of diagnostic resonances in their NMR spectra.
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- Zhonghua Jia
- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA 30602-4712, USA
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Hoffman M, Jia Z, Peña MJ, Cash M, Harper A, Blackburn AR, Darvill A, York WS. Structural analysis of xyloglucans in the primary cell walls of plants in the subclass Asteridae. Carbohydr Res 2005; 340:1826-40. [PMID: 15975566 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2005.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2005] [Accepted: 04/29/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The structures of xyloglucans from several plants in the subclass Asteridae were examined to determine how their structures vary in different taxonomic orders. Xyloglucans, solubilized from plant cell walls by a sequential (enzymatic and chemical) extraction procedure, were isolated, and their structures were characterized by NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. All campanulids examined, including Lactuca sativa (lettuce, order Asterales), Tenacetum ptarmiciflorum (dusty miller, order Asterales), and Daucus carota (carrot, order Apiales), produce typical xyloglucans that have an XXXG-type branching pattern and contain alpha-d-Xylp-, beta-D-Galp-(1-->2)-alpha-D-Xylp-, and alpha-L-Fucp-(1-->2)-beta-D-Galp-(1-->2)-alpha-D-Xylp- side chains. However, the lamiids produce atypical xyloglucans. For example, previous analyses showed that Capsicum annum (pepper) and Lycopersicon esculentum (tomato), two species in the order Solanales, and Olea europaea (olive, order Lamiales) produce xyloglucans that contain arabinosyl and galactosyl residues, but lack fucosyl residues. The XXGG-type xyloglucans produced by Solanaceous species are less branched than the XXXG-type xyloglucan produced by Olea europaea. This study shows that Ipomoea pupurea (morning glory, order Solanales), Ocimum basilicum (basil, order Lamiales), and Plantago major (plantain, order Lamiales) all produce xyloglucans that lack fucosyl residues and have an unusual XXGGG-type branching pattern in which the basic repeating core contains five glucose subunits in the backbone. Furthermore, Neruim oleander (order Gentianales) produces an XXXG-type xyloglucan that contains arabinosyl, galactosyl, and fucosyl residues. The appearance of this intermediate xyloglucan structure in oleander has implications regarding the evolutionary development of xyloglucan structure and its role in primary plant cell walls.
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- Matt Hoffman
- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA 30602-4712, USA
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McGavin RS, Bundle DR. Developing high affinity oligosaccharide inhibitors: conformational pre-organization paired with functional group modification. Org Biomol Chem 2005; 3:2733-40. [PMID: 16032351 DOI: 10.1039/b416106h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Intramolecular tethering combined with functional group modification has been investigated as an approach to design high affinity oligosaccharide ligands. The preceding paper reported successful tethering to constrain a trisaccharide in the conformation of its bound state with an antibody and thereby achieved a 15-fold increase in association constant. Here we report the synthesis of two beta-alanyl tethered derivatives that employ monochlorination and monodeoxygenation strategies to create inhibitors that should enhance the binding affinity of the target molecules by an additional 10-25-fold, provided that free energy changes are additive when tethering is paired with functional group changes. The binding parameters of the new ligands were measured by isothermal titration calorimetry and the results rationalized with molecular dynamics calculations and a simple docking analysis. The data indicate that while the alanine tether is a reasonable method to constrain trisaccharide , free energy gains obtained by pairing it with functional group modification are not additive and in one case counter-productive.
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- Robert S McGavin
- Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Carbohydrate Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada
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Bubb WA. NMR spectroscopy in the study of carbohydrates: Characterizing the structural complexity. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1002/cmr.a.10080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 259] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Jia Z, Qin Q, Darvill AG, York WS. Structure of the xyloglucan produced by suspension-cultured tomato cells. Carbohydr Res 2003; 338:1197-208. [PMID: 12747862 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6215(03)00079-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The xyloglucan secreted by suspension-cultured tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) cells was structurally characterized by analysis of the oligosaccharides generated by treating the polysaccharide with a xyloglucan-specific endoglucanase (XEG). These oligosaccharide subunits were chemically reduced to form the corresponding oligoglycosyl alditols, which were isolated by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Thirteen of the oligoglycosyl alditols were structurally characterized by a combination of matrix-assisted laser-desorption ionization mass spectrometry and two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Nine of the oligoglycosyl alditols (GXGGol, XXGGol, GSGGol, XSGGol, LXGGol, XTGGol, LSGGol, LLGGol, and LTGGol, [see, Fry, S.C.; York, W.S., et al., Physiologia Plantarum 1993, 89, 1-3, for this nomenclature]) are derived from oligosaccharide subunits that have a cellotetraose backbone. Very small amounts of oligoglycosyl alditols (XGGol, XGGXXGGol, XXGGXGGol, and XGGXSGGol) derived from oligosaccharide subunits that have a cellotriose or celloheptaose backbone were also purified and characterized. The results demonstrate that the xyloglucan secreted by suspension-cultured tomato cells is very complex and is composed predominantly of 'XXGG-type' subunits with a cellotetraose backbone. The rigorous characterization of the oligoglycosyl alditols and assignment of their 1H and 13C NMR spectra constitute a robust data set that can be used as the basis for rapid and accurate structural profiling of xyloglucans produced by Solanaceous plant species and the characterization of enzymes involved in the synthesis, modification, and breakdown of these polysaccharides.
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- Zhonghua Jia
- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, 220 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA 30602-4712, USA
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Glushka JN, Terrell M, York WS, O'Neill MA, Gucwa A, Darvill AG, Albersheim P, Prestegard JH. Primary structure of the 2-O-methyl-alpha-L-fucose-containing side chain of the pectic polysaccharide, rhamnogalacturonan II. Carbohydr Res 2003; 338:341-52. [PMID: 12559732 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6215(02)00461-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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A 2-O-methylfucosyl-containing heptasaccharide was released from red wine rhamnogalacturonan II (RG-II) by acid hydrolysis of the glycosidic linkage of the aceryl acid residue (AceA) and purified to homogeneity by size-exclusion and high-performance anion-exchange chromatographies. The primary structure of the heptasaccharide was determined by glycosyl-residue and glycosyl-linkage composition analyses, ESIMS, and by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy. The NMR data indicated that the pyranose ring of the 2,3-linked L-arabinosyl residue is conformationally flexible. The L-Arap residue was confirmed to be alpha-linked by NMR analysis of a tetraglycosyl-glycerol fragment, [alpha-L-Arap-(1-->4)-beta-D-Galp-(1-->2)-alpha-L-AcefA-(1-->3)-beta-L-Rhap-(1-->3)-Gro], generated by Smith degradation of RG-II. Our data together with the results of a previous study,(1) establish that the 2-O-Me Fuc-containing nonasaccharide side chain of wine RG-II has the structure (Api [triple bond] apiose): [see structure]. Data are presented to show that in Arabidopsis RG-II the predominant 2-O-MeFuc-containing side chain is a mono-O-acetylated heptasaccharide that lacks the non-reducing terminal beta-L-Araf and the alpha-L-Rhap residue attached to the O-3 of Arap, both of which are present on the wine nonasaccharide.
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- John N Glushka
- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, Department of Chemistry, The University of Georgia, 220 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA 30602-4712, USA
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Bendiak B, Fang TT, Jones DNM. An effective strategy for structural elucidation of oligosaccharides through NMR spectroscopy combined with peracetylation using doubly 13C-labeled acetyl groups. CAN J CHEM 2002. [DOI: 10.1139/v02-132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The use of NMR spectroscopy for the elucidation of larger carbohydrate structures isolated from natural sources is principally limited by severe overlap of 1H signals, poor sensitivity when experiments involve 13C nuclei, and difficulties in conclusively establishing linkage positions. Peracetylation of oligosaccharides with doubly 13C-labeled acetyl groups provides several major advantages for their structural elucidation when combined with specifically tailored NMR pulse sequences. The 2.54.7 Hz J-coupling constants between acetyl carbonyl-13C nuclei and protons of the sugar ring at the sites of acetylation enables these sites to be readily assigned. By inference, glycosidic linkage positions on monosaccharides can be unambiguously determined. This can be used in lieu of permethylation analysis, yet does not require degradation of oligosaccharides. Spectral dispersion in the directly detected (1H) dimension is increased ~2.62.7-fold due to the downfield shifting of sugar-ring protons at the positions of acetylation. Peracetylation also introduces three new frequency dimensions for NMR studies, namely the 13CO, 13CMe, and 1HMe frequencies of the acetyl groups. These frequencies can be correlated to sugar protons, either independently or in combination, in alternative 2-, 3-, or 4-D experiments. The use of HartmannHahn coherence transfer combined with zero-quantum dephasing periods permits purely absorptive in-phase multiplets to be extracted and enables accurate scalar couplings between ring protons to be measured, even in multidimensional experiments. Results are illustrated on a nonasaccharide-alditol derived from N-linked glycoproteins and on some smaller structures containing sialic acids and N-acetylhexosamines. Methods for small-scale sample acetylation using the superacylation catalyst, 4-dimethylamino pyridine, are described. A brief historical perspective pertinent to the fundamental contributions of Dr. R.U. Lemieux to the field of carbohydrate NMR is also presented.Key words: NMR, oligosaccharides, peracetylation, doubly 13C-labeled acetyl groups, tailored pulse sequences, heteronuclear HartmannHahn.
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Duus J, Gotfredsen CH, Bock K. Carbohydrate structural determination by NMR spectroscopy: modern methods and limitations. Chem Rev 2000; 100:4589-614. [PMID: 11749359 DOI: 10.1021/cr990302n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 509] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- J Duus
- Carlsberg Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-2500 Valby Copenhagen, Denmark
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Bendiak B. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of peracetylated oligosaccharides having 13C-labeled carbonyl groups in lieu of permethylation analysis for establishing linkage substitutions of sugars. Carbohydr Res 1999; 315:206-21. [PMID: 10399295 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6215(98)00311-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Peracetylation of free hydroxyl groups in model saccharides with [13C-carbonyl]acetic anhydride resulted in additional splittings of sugar ring proton signals in NMR spectra, due to 3-bond J couplings between each acetyl carbonyl carbon and a sugar ring proton at that position. Quantification of 144 of these 3-bond coupling constants in different saccharide structures showed a range between 2.5 and 4.7 Hz, whereas all possible 4-bond couplings between sugar ring protons and acetyl carbonyl carbons were within linewidth (< 0.5 Hz). Therefore, further splitting of sugar ring proton signals in the range of 2.5-4.7 Hz upon acetylation with a [13C-carbonyl]acetyl group identifies that position as (formerly) having a free hydroxyl group. This performs the same basic function as permethylation analysis, but does not require hydrolysis of glycosidic linkages. Additionally, proton-detected 2D heteronuclear multiple bond correlation (HMBC) experiments or proton-detected heteronuclear correlation spectroscopy (hetCOSY) enabled ring proton-carbonyl-13C 3-bond J connectivities to be correlated with high sensitivity. Modified NMR pulse sequences are reported that include frequency selective decoupling schemes to enable coupling constants to be determined from 2D data. The tailored pulse sequences resulted in higher spectral resolution and sensitivity for [13C-carbonyl]-ring proton correlations.
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- B Bendiak
- Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262, USA
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Otter A, Lemieux RU, Ball RG, Venot AP, Hindsgaul O, Bundle DR. Crystal state and solution conformation of the B blood group trisaccharide α-l-Fucp-(1→2)-[α-d-Galp]-(1→3)]-β-d-Galp-OCH3. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1999. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00036.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Probert MA, Zhang J, Bundle DR. Synthesis of alpha- and beta-linked tyvelose epitopes of the Trichinella spiralis glycan: 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-3-O-(3,6-dideoxy-D-arabino-hexopyranosyl)-beta -D-galactopyranosides. Carbohydr Res 1996; 296:149-70. [PMID: 9008846 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6215(96)00229-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The anomeric configuration of tyvelose, 3,6-dideoxy-D-arabino-hexopyranose, in the recently discovered glycan epitopes of the parasite Trichinella spiralis has not been established. Two 2-(trimethylsilyl)ethyl disaccharide glycosides, alpha- and beta-Tyv-(1-->3)-beta-D-GalNAc (4 and 5), have been synthesized to provide model compounds that, together with the methyl 3,6-dideoxy-alpha- and beta-D-arabino-hexopyranosides (2 and 3), aid the determination of the anomeric configuration of tyvelose residues in the parasite glycan, either indirectly by immunochemical inhibition data or directly by the technique of 1H NMR spectroscopy. Methyl 3,6-dideoxy-beta-D-arabino-hexopyranoside (3) was synthesized from methyl 2,3-anhydro-4,6-O-benzylidene-beta-D-mannopyranoside (9) by a method previously used for the alpha anomer 2. Benzylation of 2 provided a route to the glycosyl donor, 2,4-di-O-benzyl-3,6-dideoxy-alpha-D-arabino-hexopyranosyl chloride (30), that reacted with the selectively protected 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-galactopyranoside alcohol 18 in the presence of an insoluble silver zeolite catalyst to give the alpha- and beta-linked disaccharides 31 and 32. Glycosylation of the related 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-galactopyranoside alcohol 27 by 30 under similar conditions provided disaccharides 33 and 34 containing a tether. Deprotection of the saccharide and derivatization of the tether with 1,2-diaminoethane provided amide derivatives 35 and 36 suitable for the preparation of neoglycoconjugate antigens. Complete 1H and 13C NMR chemical shifts of the deprotected disaccharides and monosaccharides are reported.
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- M A Probert
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Mulloy B. High-field NMR as a technique for the determination of polysaccharide structures. Mol Biotechnol 1996; 6:241-65. [PMID: 9067973 DOI: 10.1007/bf02761706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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NMR spectroscopy has played a developing role in the study of polysaccharide structures for over 30 years. Many new bacterial polysaccharide repeat unit structures have recently been published as a result of the application of modern NMR techniques. NMR can also be used to elucidate the structures of both regular and heterogeneous polysaccharides from fungal and plant sources, as well as complex glycosaminoglycans of animal origin. In addition to covalent structure, conformation and dynamics of polysaccharides are susceptible to NMR analysis, both in solution and in the solid state. Improvements in NMR technology with potential applications to polysaccharide studies hold promise for the future.
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- B Mulloy
- Laboratory for Molecular Structure, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, Hertfordshire, UK
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Zhang J, Otter A, Bundle DR. Synthesis and conformational studies of the tyvelose capped, Lewis-x like tetrasaccharide epitope of Trichinella spiralis. Bioorg Med Chem 1996; 4:1989-2001. [PMID: 9007282 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0896(96)00182-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Chemical synthesis and high resolution NMR studies are reported for the tetrasaccharide epitope and constituent structures that occur as terminal elements of Trichinella spiralis cell surface glycans. The 2-(trimethylsilyl)ethyl and methyl glycosides of Lewis-x type trisaccharides, in which beta GalNAc replaces beta Gal were synthesized from monosaccharide synthons utilizing thioglycoside and halide-ion glycosylation methods. The unique 3,6-dideoxy-beta-D-arabinohexopyranosyl residue that caps the structure was introduced to selectively protected 2-(trimethylsilyl)ethyl and methyl trisaccharide glycosides by utilizing an insoluble silver zeolite catalyst and a glycosyl halide. In separate reactions not only were the principal targets obtained but also the corresponding alpha-linked tetrasaccharides. A comparison of the NMR spectra of the methyl tetrasaccharide glycosides showed that at the site of the alpha-linked tyvelose structure, specific GalNAc resonances (C-1, C-2, C-3) possess uncharacteristically wide 13C (8-21 Hz) and 1H lines. The beta-linked tetrasaccharide glycoside, that represents the native parasite epitope, exhibited only narrow line widths (3 Hz, 13C). Since NOE derived distance constraints for the alpha-linked tyvelose structure were not consistent with the existence of unusual glycosidic conformers, the origin of the limited number of wide lines was attributed to local rigidity in the GalNAc residue, at the site of tyvelose glycosylation.
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- J Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Recent advances in the conformational analysis of oligosaccharides have focused on protein-bound oligosaccharides, glycopeptides, and glycoproteins, as well as on the conformational dynamics about glycosidic linkages. Significant progress has been made possible by dramatic improvements in NMR techniques and advances in computational chemistry and technology. Transferred nuclear Overhauser effects have been used to infer the conformations of carbohydrate ligands bound to protein receptors such as antibodies, lectins and enzymes. The increased use of combined NMR spectroscopic and computational protocols has resulted in insights into the dynamics of glycan chains.
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- T Peters
- Medical University of Luebeck, Institute of Chemistry, Germany.
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