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- Battistel, Marcos D., et al.
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Direct Evidence for Hydrogen Bonding in Glycans : A Combined NMR and Molecular Dynamics Study
- 2013
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Ingår i: Journal of Physical Chemistry B. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 1520-6106 .- 1520-5207. ; 117:17, s. 4860-4869
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We introduce the abundant hydroxyl groups of glycans as NMR handle's and structural probes to expand the repertoire of tools for structure function studies on glycans in solution. To this end, we present the facile detection and assignment of hydroxyl groups in a Wide range of sample concentrations (0.5-1700 mM) and temperatures, ranging from -5 to 25 degrees C.,We then exploit this information to directly detect hydrogen bonds, well-known for their importance in molecular structural determination through NMR. Via HSQC-TOCSY, we were able to determine the directionality; of these hydrogen bonds in sucrose Furthermore, by means Of molecular dynamics simulations in conjunction with NMR, we establish that one Out of the three detected hydrogen bonds arises from intermolecular interactions. This finding may shed light on glycan glycan interactions and glycan recognition by proteins.
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- Chen, Mo, et al.
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Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Ionic Liquid 1-n-Butyl-3-Methylimidazolium Chloride and Its Binary Mixtures with Ethanol
- 2014
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Ingår i: Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 1549-9618 .- 1549-9626. ; 10:10, s. 4465-4479
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Room temperature ionic liquids (ILs) of the imidazolium family have attracted much attention during the past decade for their capability to dissolve biomass. Besides experimental work, numerous compuational studies have been concerned with the physical properties of both neat ILs and their interactions with different solutes, in particular, carbohydrates. Many classical force fields designed specifically for ILs have been found to yield viscosities that are too high for the liquid state, which has been attributed to the fact that the effective charge densities are too high due to the lack of electronic polarizability. One solution to this problem has been uniform scaling of the partial charges by a scale factor in the range 0.6-0.9, depending on model. This procedure has been shown to improve the viscosity of the models, and also to positively affect other properties, such as diffusion constants and ionic conductivity. However, less attention has been paid to how this affects the overall thermodynamics of the system, and the problems it might create when the IL models are combined with other force fields (e.g., for solutes). In the present work, we employ three widely used IL force fields to simulate 1-n-buty1-3-methyl-imidazolium chloride in both the crystal and the liquid state, as well as its binary mixture with ethanol. Two approaches are used: one in which the ionic charge is retained at its full integer value and one in which the partial charges are uniformly reduced to 85%. We investigate and calculate crystal and liquid structures, molar heat capacities, heats of fusion, self-diffusion constants, ionic conductivity, and viscosity for the neat IL, and ethanol activity as a function of ethanol concentration for the binary mixture. We show that properties of the crystal are less affected by charge scaling compared to the liquid. In the liquid state, transport properties of the neat IL are generally improved by scaling, whereas values for the heat of fusion are unaffected, and results for the heat capacity are ambiguous. Neither full nor reduced charges could reproduce experimental ethanol activities for the whole range of compositions.
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- Kotsyubynskyy, Dmytro, et al.
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Stochastic Modeling of Flexible Biomolecules Applied to NMR Relaxation : 2. Interpretation of Complex Dynamics in Linear Oligosaccharides
- 2012
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Ingår i: Journal of Physical Chemistry B. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 1520-6106 .- 1520-5207. ; 116:50, s. 14541-14555
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A computational stochastic approach is applied to the description of flexible molecules. By combining (i) molecular dynamics simulations, (ii) hydrodynamics approaches, and (iii) a multidimensional diffusive description for internal and global dynamics, it is possible to build an efficient integrated approach to the interpretation of relaxation processes in flexible systems. In particular, the model is applied to the interpretation of nuclear magnetic relaxation measurements of linear oligosaccharides, namely a mannose-containing trisaccharide and the pentasaccharide LNF-1. Experimental data are reproduced with sufficient accuracy without free model parameters.
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- Pendrill, Robert, 1984-
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Conformations of Flexible Oligosaccharides : Molecular Simulations and NMR spectroscopy
- 2013
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The conformational preferences of several oligosaccharides are investigated herein using a combination of NMR spectroscopy and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, focusing on the torsion angles associated with the glycosidic linkages.Strategies for obtaining usable J-HMBC spectra for carbons with an adjacent 13C label are described. By employing a selective pulse or a constant time modification, spectra free from interferences are obtained for site-specifically 13C labeled oligosaccharides.Intermolecular hydrogen bonding in sucrose is investigated using MD simulations performed at different concentrations. One of the most frequent intermolecular hydrogen bonds in the simulations, O3f∙∙∙HO3g, was detected using the HSQC-TOCSY NMR experiment.Based on MD simulations and NMR spectroscopy, the conformational ensemble for a trisaccharide segment of the LeaLex hexasaccharide is proposed to feature conformational exchange between conformations with positive and negative values for the ψ3 torsion angle in the β-D-GlcpNAc-(1→3)-β-D-Galp linkage.Using MD simulations, the conformation of the N-acetyl group is shown to influence the glycosidic conformation at a nearby linkage in two oligosaccharides.Short (1→6)-linked oligosaccharides are shown to exhibit conformational exchange at the ω and ψ torsion angles. Notably, the former torsion angle populates states with ψ ≈ ±90°. Conformationally sensitive homo- and heteronuclear coupling constants are determined using various NMR experiments. The experimental data, including effective distances from NOESY obtained for two of the compounds, is used to improve the representation of the ω torsion angle in the CHARMM36 force field.
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- Pendrill, Robert, 1984-, et al.
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Flexibility at a glycosidic linkage revealed by molecular dynamics, stochastic modeling, and 13C NMR spin relaxation : conformational preferences of alpha-L-Rhap-alpha-(1 -> 2)-alpha-L-Rhap-OMe in water and dimethyl sulfoxide solutions
- 2016
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Ingår i: Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP. - : Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). - 1463-9076 .- 1463-9084. ; 18:4, s. 3086-3096
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The monosaccharide L-rhamnose is common in bacterial polysaccharides and the disaccharide alpha-L-Rhap-alpha-(1 -> 2)-alpha-L-Rhap-OMe represents a structural model for a part of Shigella flexneri O-antigen polysaccharides. Utilization of [1'-C-13]-site-specific labeling in the anomeric position at the glycosidic linkage between the two sugar residues facilitated the determination of transglycosidic NMR (3)J(CH) and (3)J(CC) coupling constants. Based on these spin-spin couplings the major state and the conformational distribution could be determined with respect to the psi torsion angle, which changed between water and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) as solvents, a finding mirrored by molecular dynamics (MD) simulations with explicit solvent molecules. The C-13 NMR spin relaxation parameters T-1, T-2, and heteronuclear NOE of the probe were measured for the disaccharide in DMSO-d(6) at two magnetic field strengths, with standard deviations <= 1%. The combination of MD simulation and a stochastic description based on the diffusive chain model resulted in excellent agreement between calculated and experimentally observed C-13 relaxation parameters, with an average error of <2%. The coupling between the global reorientation of the molecule and the local motion of the spin probe is deemed essential if reproduction of NMR relaxation parameters should succeed, since decoupling of the two modes of motion results in significantly worse agreement. Calculation of C-13 relaxation parameters based on the correlation functions obtained directly from the MD simulation of the solute molecule in DMSO as solvent showed satisfactory agreement with errors on the order of 10% or less.
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- Pendrill, Robert, 1984-, et al.
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Glycan synthesis, structure, and dynamics : A selection
- 2013
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Ingår i: Pure and Applied Chemistry. - 0033-4545 .- 1365-3075. ; 85:9, s. 1759-1770
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Glycan structural information is a prerequisite for elucidation of carbohydrate function in biological systems. To this end we employ a tripod approach for investigation of carbo hydrate 3D structure and dynamics based on organic synthesis; different experimental spectroscopy techniques, NMR being of prime importance; and molecular simulations using, in particular, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The synthesis of oligosaccharides in the form of glucosyl fluorides is described, and their use as substrates for the Lam16A E115S glucosyl synthase is exemplified as well as a conformational analysis of a cyclic beta-(1 -> 3)-heptaglucan based on molecular simulations. The flexibility of the N-acetyl group of aminosugars is by MD simulations indicated to function as a gatekeeper for transitions of glycosidic torsion angles to other regions of conformational space. A novel approach to visualize glycoprotein (GP) structures is presented in which the protein is shown by, for example, ribbons, but instead of stick or space-filling models for the carbohydrate portion it is visualized by the colored geometrical figures known as CFG representation in a 3D way, which we denote 3D-CFG, thereby effectively highlighting the sugar residues of the glycan part of the GP and the position(s) on the protein.
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- Zaccheus, Mona, et al.
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Conformational Dynamics of a Central Trisaccharide Fragment of the LeaLex Tumor Associated Antigen Studied by NMR Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamics Simulations
- 2012
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Ingår i: European Journal of Organic Chemistry. - : Wiley. - 1434-193X .- 1099-0690. ; :25, s. 4705-4715
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Certain carbohydrate structures are recognized as cancer antigens, and identification of these and relevant epitopes are essential in fighting the disease. The trisaccharide beta-D-GlcpNAc-(1?3)-beta-D-Galp-(1?4)-beta-D-GlcpNAc-OMe represents a model for the central region of the LeaLex hexasaccharide and it has herein been investigated by 1D 1H,1H-NOESY experiments to obtain effective interresidue protonproton distances as well as by 2D J-HMBC experiments to determine transglycosidic 3JCH coupling constants. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations using explicit water as solvent and three different carbohydrate force fields, namely, GLYCAM06, PARM22/SU01, and CHARMM2011, were employed for the interpretation of experimental data. Overall, the force field based MD simulations are able to reproduce the experimental data and the ? torsion angle at the beta-(1?3)-linkage is concluded to be flexible. In addition, different minor states were present for the three force fields with either anti-? or non-exo-anomeric conformations. Transitions between the exo-anomeric and the non-exo-anomeric conformations for the f torsion angle at the beta-(1?4)-linkage in one of the MD simulations were analyzed in detail. It was found that hydrogen-bonding water molecules, interresidue hydrogen bonds and the transitions between antiperiplanar and synperiplanar conformations for the tH torsion angle of an N-acetyl group were all essential in the description of the glycosidic transition process. In particular, the transition of tH may be a general way of regulating other transitions into less populated but biologically important conformational regions.
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