REAL-TIME OBSERVATION OF LOW-TEMPERATURE PROTEIN MOTIONS

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LEESON, DT [1 ]
WIERSMA, DA [1 ]
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[1] UNIV GRONINGEN,CTR MAT SCI,9747 AG GRONINGEN,NETHERLANDS
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.2138
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Optical methods were used to study the internal motions of myoglobin and cytochrome c. The experiments show that these proteins exhibit conformational fluctuations at temperatures as low as 2 K. The distribution of fluctuation rates can be measured in real time and turns out to be very sharp. The temperature dependence of the structural relaxation of myoglobin follows a simple Arrhenius law. The results are in agreement with existing models for protein dynamics. © 1995 The American Physical Society.
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