Application of Paramagnetic NMR-Validated Molecular Dynamics Simulation to the Analysis of a Conformational Ensemble of a Branched Oligosaccharide

Molecules

Ying Zhang¹  Sayoko Yamamoto¹  Takumi Yamaguchi¹ 

[1] ¹Institute for Molecular Science and Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8787, Japan

关键词: oligosaccharide;    molecular dynamics;    NMR spectroscopy;    lanthanide;    pseudocontact shift;    ganglioside;   

DOI  :  10.3390/molecules17066658

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Oligosaccharides of biological importance often exhibit branched covalent structures and dynamic conformational multiplicities. Here we report the application of a method that we developed, which combined molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and lanthanide-assisted paramagnetic NMR spectroscopy, to evaluate the dynamic conformational ensemble of a branched oligosaccharide. A lanthanide-chelating tag was attached to the reducing end of the branched tetrasaccharide of GM2 ganglioside to observe pseudocontact shifts as the source of long distance information for validating the conformational ensemble derived from MD simulations. By inspecting the results, the conformational space of the GM2 tetrasaccharide was compared with that of its nonbranched derivative, the GM3 trisaccharide.

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