Kotsyubynskyy, Dmytro; Zerbetto, Mirco; Soltesova, Maria; Engstrom, Olof; Pendrill, Robert; Kowalewski, Jozef; Widmalm, Goran; Polimeno, Antonin
Stochastic Modeling of Flexible Biomolecules Applied to NMR Relaxation. 2. Interpretation of Complex Dynamics in Linear Oligosaccharides
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, 116:14541-14555, DEC 20 2012

A computational stochastic approach is applied to the description of flexible molecules. By combining (i) molecular dynamics simulations, (ii) hydrodynamics approaches, and (iii) a multidimensional diffusive description for internal and global dynamics, it is possible to build an efficient integrated approach to the interpretation of relaxation processes in flexible systems. In particular, the model is applied to the interpretation of nuclear magnetic relaxation measurements of linear oligosaccharides, namely a mannose-containing trisaccharide and the pentasaccharide LNF-1. Experimental data are reproduced with sufficient accuracy without free model parameters.

DOI:10.1021/jp306627q

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