Shapes and motions of polysaccharide chains

被引:21
作者
Brant, DA
机构
[1] Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine
基金
美国国家卫生研究院;
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10.1351/pac199769091885
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
Computer-based molecular modeling of single stranded polysaccharide chains is capable of a quantitative description of the polymer chain dimensions in dilute aqueous solution. The influence of glycosidic linkage position and stereochemistry on the local chain trajectory is now well understood. Some illustrative results of modeling of this sort are reported here. More recent efforts to understand the possible influence of glycosidic linkage type on the dynamics of polysaccharide conformational change are also described.
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页码:1885 / 1892
页数:8
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