CarbBuilder: software for building molecular models of complex oligo- and polysaccharide structures
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2016
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Journal of Computational Chemistry
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Wiley
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University of Cape Town
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CarbBuilder is a portable software tool for producing threedimensional molecular models of carbohydrates from the simple text specification of a primary structure. CarbBuilder can generate a wide variety of carbohydrate structures, ranging from monosaccharides to large, branched polysaccharides. Version 2.0 of the software, described in this article, supports monosaccharides of both mammalian and bacterial origin and a range of substituents for derivatization of individual sugar residues. This improved version has a sophisticated building algorithm to explore the range of possible conformations for a specified carbohydrate molecule. Illustrative examples of models of complex polysaccharides produced by CarbBuilder demonstrate the capabilities of the software.
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Kuttel, M. M., Ståhle, J., & Widmalm, G. (2016). CarbBuilder: Software for building molecular models of complex oligo‐and polysaccharide structures. Journal of Computational Chemistry, 37(22), 2098-2105.