Conformation of Amylose in Aqueous Solution: Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Measurements and Simulations
Conformation of Amylose in Aqueous Solution: Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Measurements and Simulations
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水溶液中直链淀粉的构象:小角 X 射线散射测量和模拟
DOI:
10.1021/jp992650z
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发表时间:
2000
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
K. Kajiwara
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作者:
J. Shimada;H. Kaneko;T. Takada;and Shinichi Kitamura;K. Kajiwara
Small-angle X-ray scattering profiles for an amylose fragment (maltoheptaose) in aqueous solution were observed and compared with the theoretical profiles calculated for an ensemble of chain conformations generated by molecular dynamics simulations and Monte Carlo simulations. The Monte Carlo results based on the disaccharide conformation energy map obtained without explicitly considering surrounding water molecules were in satisfactory agreement with the experimental results, provided that the effective dielectric constant was set to four. In contrast, the results of the fully solvated molecular dynamics simulations performed using the Cff91, Cff, Gromos, Glycam93, and Glycam99 force-fields were unexpectedly different from each other. Among them, Cff91 gave most satisfactory agreement with experiment, but the other fields yielded conformations that were somewhat or highly extended. It was also shown that recently developed Glycam99 is a significant improvement over Glycam 93. The representative snapshots...