Modeling the tyrosine–sugar interactions in supersonic expansions: glucopyranose–phenol clusters

Models, Molecular Glucose Phenol Entropy Carbohydrate Conformation Tyrosine 01 natural sciences 0104 chemical sciences
DOI: 10.1039/c6cp00560h Publication Date: 2016-03-14T16:32:48Z
ABSTRACT
Sugars are fundamental building blocks for living organisms and their interaction with proteins plays a central role in biological processes, such as energy storage production, post-transductional modifications or immune response. Understanding those processes require deep knowledge of the forces that drive interactions at molecular level. Here we explore between α/β-methyl-d-glucopyranose β-phenyl-d-glucopyranose phenol, chromophore tyrosine, using combination mass-resolved laser electronic spectroscopy supersonic expansions quantum mechanical calculations. The structures complexes detected jet stabilized by subtle equilibrium several types weak interactions, among which dispersion may tilt balance. In particular, small structural changes introduced orientation anomeric substituent amplified phenol. Consequently, number conformational isomers experimentally is different each system they present also differences preferred solvation site. Furthermore, inclusion entropic terms calculated advisable to understand energetic reasons detection set experimental isomers.
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