Abstract
The cyclic tetrasaccharide cyclo-{→6)-α- d-Glc p-(1→3)-α- d-Glc p-(1→6)-α- d-Glc p-(1→3)-α- d-Glc p-(1→} is the major compound obtained by the action of endo-alternases on the alternan polysaccharide. Crystals of this cyclo-tetra-glucose belong to the orthorhombic space group P2 12 12 1 with a=7.620(5), b=12.450(5) and c=34.800(5) Å. The asymmetric unit contains one tetrasaccharide together with five water molecules. The tetrasaccharide adopts a plate-like overall shape with a very shallow depression on one side. The shape is not fully symmetrical and this is clearly apparent on comparing the ( Φ, Ψ) torsion angles of the two α-(1→6) linkages. There is almost 10° differences in Φ and more than 20° differences in Ψ. The hydrogen bond network is asymmetric, with a single intramolecular hydrogen bond: O-2 of glucose ring 1 being the donor to O-2 of glucose ring 3. These two hydroxyl groups are located below the ring and their orientation, dictated by this hydrogen bond, makes the floor of the plate. Among the five water molecules, one located above the center of the plate occupies perfectly the shallow depression in the plate shape formed by the tetrasaccharide. Molecular dynamics simulation of the tetrasaccharide in explicit water allows rationalization of the discrepancies observed between the X-ray structures and data obtained previously by NMR.
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