title: Uncertainties in structural determinations of oligosaccharide conformation, using measurements of nuclear Overhauser effects.
abstract: A fundamental problem in the determination of molecular structure by n.m.r. spectroscopy is insufficient experimental constraints. This problem is particularly marked for oligosaccharides, where few constraints are available across glycosidic linkages. By calculating distances as a function of dihedral angle, it is shown that, in general, two n.O.e. constraints result in two possible conformations for each glycosidic linkage, one of which can usually be discarded on the basis of model building or energy calculations. Using these calculations, an estimate of the uncertainty in the structure can be obtained.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Great Britain.
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Wooten
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Edge
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bazzo
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Dwek
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Rademacher
mesh_terms: D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D009844:Oligosaccharides