We show that the conformat
ional features of the molecular complexes of
E. coli images/g
ifchars/beta2.g
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iddle">-galactos
idaseand
O-glycos
ides may d
iffer from those formed w
ith closely related compounds
in the
ir chem
ical nature,such as
C- and
S-glycosyl analogues. In the part
icular case presented here, NMR and ab
in
it
io quantummechan
ical results show that the 3D-shapes of the l
igand/
inh
ib
itor w
ith
in the enzyme b
ind
ing s
ite dependon the chem
ical nature of the compounds. In fact, they depend on the relat
ive s
ize of the stereoelectron
icbar
iers for cha
ir deformat
ion or for rotat
ion around
images/g
ifchars/Ph
i.g
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id
ic l
inkage.