Vinylcatechin dimers are much better copigments for anthocyanins than catechin dimer procyanidin b3
Luís Cruz1, Natércia F Brás, Natércia Teixeira
1Centro de Investigacao em Quimica, Departamento de Quimica, Faculdade de Ciencias, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 687, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal.
Abstract:
The binding constants (K) for the interaction of three copigments (CP), two epimeric vinylcatechin dimers (CP1 and CP2), and catechin dimer B3 (CP3) with two pigments, malvidin-3-glucoside (oenin) and malvidin-3,5-diglucoside (malvin), were determined. The K values clearly show that both vinylcatechin dimers have much higher affinity for oenin and malvin than dimer B3: K(CP2) > K(CP1) >> K(CP3). Quantum mechanics and molecular dynamics calculations were also performed to interpret the binding data and specify the relative arrangement of the pigment and copigment molecules within the complexes.
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