FIRST MONOSACCHARIDE-WATER COMPLEX CAUGHT BY MICROWAVE SPECTROSCOPY

Alonso, Elena R.

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Title

FIRST MONOSACCHARIDE-WATER COMPLEX CAUGHT BY MICROWAVE SPECTROSCOPY

Author(s)

Alonso, Elena R.

Contributor(s)

• Cocinero, Emilio J.
• León, Iker
• Insausti, Aran

Issue Date

2023-06-21

Keyword(s)

Clusters/Complexes

Abstract

Carbohydrates are the main source of energy and make up the main backbone of DNA and RNA, which make them, among many biological systems, of particular interest. Furthermore, they take part in the recognition process, where has been demonstrated that water is actively involved. The role that water molecules play in glycobiology is crucial and is not yet well understood, in part, for the lack of experimental information about how water comes into play in the monosaccharide conformations. Here we present xylopyranose-water complex, first microhydrated monosaccharide studied in gas phase using the combination of laser ablation and broadband microwave spectroscopy. The revealed way in which water binds to the xylopyranose molecule, among the many possibilities due to the high capacity to form hydrogen bonds, can be considered the first step in understanding the mutarotation processes that monosaccharides undergo in biological environments.

Publisher

International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy

Type of Resource

Text

Language

eng

Handle URL

https://hdl.handle.net/2142/122322

DOI

https://doi.org/10.15278/isms.2023.6856

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