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Determination of Glucan Chain Length Distribution of Glycogen Using the Fluorophore-Assisted Carbohydrate Electrophoresis (FACE) Method
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Conformation and dynamics of a cyclic (1-->2)-beta-D-glucan
I André1, K Mazeau, F R Taravel
1Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules Végétales, CNRS, Grenoble, France.
Abstract:
A molecular modelling and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic study was performed in order to gain insight into the conformational preferences of cyclosophoroheptadecaose. MM3 molecular mechanics calculations predicted a non-symmetric conformer with a small cavity of 3.7 A diameter as the lowest energy form. Molecular dynamics simulations gave insight into the dynamics of the free cyclosophoroheptadecaose and also supported the results of molecular mechanics calculations. A fair agreement was found between experimental data and corresponding average values predicted by molecular modelling.
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