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Area of Science:

  • Structural Biology
  • Biophysics
  • Enzymology

Background:

  • Protein conformational dynamics are crucial for biological functions like enzyme catalysis.
  • Time-resolved crystallography can study protein motions but requires effective perturbations.
  • Understanding protein dynamics at atomic resolution remains a significant challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and apply a novel method combining temperature jump and time-resolved crystallography.
  • To visualize atomic-level protein motions and their functional relevance in lysozyme.
  • To investigate how inhibitor binding affects enzyme dynamics.

Main Methods:

  • Coupling solvent-based temperature jump with time-resolved crystallography.
  • Utilizing lysozyme as a model dynamic enzyme.
  • Applying inhibitor binding as an orthogonal perturbation.

Main Results:

  • Observed widespread atomic vibrations on the nanosecond timescale.
  • Identified localized structural fluctuations coupled to the active site on the submillisecond timescale.
  • Demonstrated that inhibitor binding blocks motions crucial for energy dissipation and catalysis.

Conclusions:

  • The coupled temperature jump and time-resolved crystallography method provides a universal approach to study protein dynamics.
  • Protein motions are essential for enzyme catalysis and can be precisely controlled.
  • This technique opens new avenues for understanding and engineering protein function.