Research Article

Glycosaminoglycan Monosaccharide Blocks Analysis by Quantum Mechanics, Molecular Dynamics, and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Table 3

dihedral angle gg/gt/tg (%) conformations distribution for GlcNAc/GalNAc monosaccharide derivatives.

Monosaccharidegg gt tg

GlcNAc 50 48 2
GlcNAc(4S) 38 59 3
GlcNAc(6S) 78 12 11
GlcNAc(46S) 59 29 12
GalNAc 7 76 16
GalNAc(4S) 5 81 14
GalNAc(6S) 3 19 78
GalNAc(46S) 1 31 68