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Biochemical and Structural Characterization of the Carbohydrate Transport Substrate-binding-protein SP0092
Published on: October 2, 2017
Frequency-dependent diffraction from enzymatic breathing modes
Abstract:
The intensity of the time-dependent Fourier transform of any macro-molecule which contains a cleft of the sort that exists in the protein lysozyme is derived. It is shown that there is a region of this transform in which this intensity varies nearly sinusoidally with time with a frequency equal to that of the macromolecule's breathing mode of vibration, and where, therefore, the diffracted power will be primarily at this single frequency. Observation of this power will allow the experimental determination of the frequency of this mode, which is expected to be much lower than those observable by Raman spectroscopy.
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