Re: [ccp4bb] Sugar-Pi-stacking

[Boaz Shaanan]

Hi Bernhard, The aromatic-carbohydrate (the hydrophobic face of carbohydrate) was first reviewed in Weis and Drickamer 1996 review in Ann. Rev. Biochem. 65, 441-473 (see their Fig. 5). They didn't use the term Pi interaction though for the reason Ian mentioned I suppose. Regards,                 Boaz     Boaz Shaanan, Ph.D.                                         Dept. of Life Sciences                                      Ben-Gurion University of the Negev                          Beer-Sheva 84105                                            Israel                                                                                                                  E-mail: bshaa...@bgu.ac.il Phone: 972-8-647-2220  Skype: boaz.shaanan                  Fax:   972-8-647-2992 or 972-8-646-1710                          From: CCP4 bulletin board [CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] on behalf of Bernhard Rupp [hofkristall...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 8:18 PM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [ccp4bb] Sugar-Pi-stacking Hi Fellows,   there are some smart chemists amongst you, so I wonder – what precisely am I to understand is the nature of pi-stacking between an aromatic residue or (whatever pi-orbital moiety) and a sugar moiety, disaccharide etc.?   Thanks for your help,   BR   ------------------------------------------------------ Bernhard Rupp http://www.hofkristallamt.org/ b...@hofkristallamt.org +1 925 209 7429 +43 767 571 0536 ------------------------------------------------------ All models are wrong but some are useful. ------------------------------------------------------