title: Solution conformations of a trimannoside from nuclear magnetic resonance and molecular dynamics simulations.
abstract: N-linked oligosaccharides often act as ligands for receptor proteins in a variety of cell recognition processes. Knowledge of the solution conformations, as well as protein-bound conformations, of these oligosaccharides is required to understand these important interactions. In this paper we present a model for the solution conformations sampled by a simple trimannoside, methyl 3, 6-di-O-(alpha-D-mannopyranosyl)-alpha-D-mannopyranoside, which contains two of the most commonly found glycosidic linkages in N-linked oligosaccharides. This model was derived from simulated annealing protocols incorporating distance restraints extracted from NOESY spectra along with torsional restraints computed from three-bond (1)H-(13)C coupling constants measured across the glycosidic bonds. The model was refined in light of unrestrained molecular dynamics simulations conducted in the presence of solvent water. The resulting model depicts a molecule undergoing conformational averaging in solution, adopting four major and two minor conformations. The four major conformations arise from a pair of two-state transitions, one each at the alpha(1-->3) and alpha(1-->6) linkages, whereas the minor conformations result from an additional transition of the alpha(1-->6) linkage. Our data also suggest that the alpha(1-->3) transition is fast and changes the molecular shape slightly, whereas the alpha(1-->6) is much slower and alters the molecular shape dramatically.
authors: Department of Pharmacology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA.
authors: E W
authors: EW
authors: Sayers
authors: J H
authors: JH
authors: Prestegard
mesh_terms: D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D003198:Computer Simulation; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular / Q000379:methods; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000737:chemistry*; D012984:Software; D012996:Solutions
chemical_list: D009844:Oligosaccharides; D012996:Solutions; C028569:oligomannoside