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Hydroxy Protons in Conformational Study of a Lewis B Tetrasaccharide Derivative in Aqueous Solution by NMR Spectroscopy

Hydroxy Protons in Conformational Study of a Lewis B Tetrasaccharide Derivative in Aqueous Solution by NMR Spectroscopy

S Bekiroglu, C Sandström, T Norberg, L Kenne

Carbohydr Res. 2000 Sep 22;328(3):409-18.

PMID: 11072848

Abstract:

The 1H NMR chemical shifts, vicinal coupling constants, temperature coefficients, and exchange rates of the hydroxy protons of a Lewis b tetrasaccharide derivative, alpha-L-Fucp-(1 --> 2)-beta-D-Galp-(1 --> 3)[alpha-L-Fucp-(1 --> 4)]-beta-D-GlcpNAc-1-O(CH2)2NHCOCHCH2, have been measured in aqueous solution. The data did not show any evidence for persistent hydrogen bonds participating in the stabilization of the structure. While most of the hydroxy proton signals have chemical shifts similar to those of the corresponding methyl glycosides, four of them, O(3)H, O(4)H, and O(6)H of Galp, and O(2)H of the Fucp linked to GlcpNAc, exhibit large upfield shifts. This shielding effect has been attributed to the orientation of the hydroxy protons toward the amphiphilic region constituted by the hydroxy groups of the Galp residue and mainly the ring and methyl hydrogens of the Fucp unit attached to the GlcpNAc. The close face to face stacking interaction between the Fucp linked to the GlcpNAc and the Galp residues, as well as the steric interaction between the Fucp linked to the Galp and the GlcpNAc are confirmed by the additional inter-residue NOEs of the exchangeable protons in sugar units which are not directly connected.

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