ISSN:
0948-5023
Keywords:
Abbreviations
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Polysaccharides
;
Gellan
;
Glycosidic linkage
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Abstract The contribution of the presence of solvent to the conformations adopted by disaccharide fragments within the repeat unit of gellan have been studied by molecular modelling techniques. Initial conformational energy searches, using a dielectric continuum to represent the solvent, provided starting geometries for a series of molecular dynamics simulations. The solution behaviour from these simulations was subsequently compared to fibre diffraction data of the potassium gellan salt. The present calculations indicate considerable flexibility of the glycosidic linkages, and this is discussed in relation to its effect on gel formation. One of the fragments was solvated with explicit water molecules. These calculations showed the same conformational behaviour as those simulations conducted in implicit solvent. Finally, a series of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were performed to study the calcium binding to gellan. The results from this clearly showed a well defined binding site for this ion.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s0089460020175
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