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Cover Image, Volume 37, Issue 22
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of computational chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.907
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1096-987X
pISSN - 0192-8651
DOI - 10.1002/jcc.24454
Subject(s) - cover (algebra) , monosaccharide , computer science , range (aeronautics) , polysaccharide , image (mathematics) , derivatization , software , artificial intelligence , chemistry , information retrieval , programming language , biochemistry , organic chemistry , materials science , engineering , mechanical engineering , high performance liquid chromatography , composite material
The cover image depicts a highly‐branched repeating glycogen‐like polysaccharide containing 740 glucose monomers created with the CarbBuilder software. CarbBuilder is a portable command‐line tool for producing three‐dimensional molecular models of carbohydrates from the simple text specification of a primary structure. CarbBuilder can generate a wide range of carbohydrate structures, from monosaccharides to large, branched polysaccharides. CarbBuilder Version 2.0, discussed on page 2098 (DOI: 10.1002/jcc.24428 ), 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.