FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Three-dimensional structures, dynamics and calcium-mediated interactions of the exopolysaccharide, Infernan, produced by the deep-sea hydrothermal bacterium Alteromonas infernus BT AF Makshakova, Olga Zykwinska, Agata Cuenot, Stéphane Colliec-Jouault, Sylvia Perez, Serge AS 1:1;2:2;3:3;4:2;5:4; FF 1:;2:PDG-RBE-BRM-LEMMMB;3:;4:PDG-RBE-BRM-LEMMMB;5:; C1 Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, Lobachevsky Str., 2/31, 420111 Kazan, Russian Federation Ifremer, Laboratoire Ecosystèmes Microbiens et Molécules Marines pour les Biotechnologies, 44311 Nantes, France Université de Nantes, CNRS, Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel, IMN, Nantes, France Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules Végétales, Université de Grenoble Alpes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Grenoble, France C2 RUSSIAN ACAD SCI, RUSSIA IFREMER, FRANCE UNIV NANTES, FRANCE UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES, FRANCE SI NANTES SE PDG-RBE-BRM-LEMMMB IN WOS Ifremer UPR copubli-france copubli-univ-france copubli-int-hors-europe IF 11.2 TC 8 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00730/84248/99889.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Exopolysaccharides;Alteromonas infernus;3 dimensional structures;Gel forming;Molecular dynamics;Quantum chemistry;Calcium binding AB The exopolysaccharide Infernan, from the bacterial strain GY785, has a complex repeating unit of nine monosaccharides established on a double-layer of sidechains. A cluster of uronic and sulfated monosaccharides confers to Infernan functional and biological activities. We characterized the 3-dimensional structures and dynamics along Molecular Dynamics trajectories and clustered the conformations in extended two-fold and five-fold helical structures. The electrostatic potential distribution over all the structures revealed negatively charged cavities explored for Ca2+ binding through quantum chemistry computation. The transposition of the model of Ca2+complexation indicates that the five-fold helices are the most favourable for interactions. The ribbon-like shape of two-fold helices brings neighbouring chains in proximity without steric clashes. The cavity chelating the Ca2+ of one chain is completed throughout the interaction of a sulfate group from the neighbouring chain. The resulting is a ‘junction zone’ based on unique chain-chain interactions governed by a heterotypic binding mode. PY 2022 PD JAN SO Carbohydrate Polymers SN 0144-8617 PU Elsevier BV VL 276 UT 000708818500002 DI 10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.118732 ID 84248 ER EF