title: Free and protein-bound carbohydrate structures.
abstract: Several areas of research in the study of the structure and dynamics of free and protein-bound carbohydrates have experienced considerable advances during the past year. These include the application of state-of-the-art NMR techniques using (13)C-labeled sugars to obtain conformational information, the full structural characterization of several saccharides that either form part of glycoproteins or form noncovalent complexes, both in solution and in the solid state, the description of several enzyme-carbohydrate complexes at the atomic level and last, but not least, the development and analysis of calculation protocols to predict the dynamical and conformational behavior of oligosaccharides.
authors.affiliation: Dept Química Orgánica Biológica, Instituto Química Orgánica, CSIC Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006, Madrid, Spain. iqoj101@fresno.csic.es
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiménez-Barbero
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Asensio
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Cañada
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Poveda
mesh_terms: D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D006017:Glycolipids / Q000737:chemistry*; D006020:Glycopeptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular / Q000379:methods; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000737:chemistry*; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D006017:Glycolipids; D006020:Glycopeptides; D006023:Glycoproteins; D009844:Oligosaccharides