Abstract
The conformational properties of anticancer saponin OSW-1 were investigated by X-ray crystallography and by an integrated approach combining a conformational search and the evaluation of the computed conformational distribution by comparing the experimental and simulated spectroscopic data. Our results suggested that OSW-1 adopts two preferred conformations in solution at an approximately 2:1 ratio, of which the crystal structure is consistent with the major conformation. In the solution models, the arabinose residue of OSW-1 appears to serve as a molecular hinge by flipping from the standard 4C1 form in the major conformer to the unusual 1C4 form in the minor conformer. This results in different orientations of the biologically essential p-methoxybenzoyl group, thereby inducing a dramatic alteration of the three-dimensional shape and polarity of OSW-1.
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