Transición dinámica de la mioglobina revelada por la dispersión inelástica de neutrones

W Doster1, S Cusack, W Petry

  • 1Physik Department, Technischen Universität München, Garching, FRG.

Nature
|February 23, 1989
PubMed
Resumen

La dispersión inelástica de neutrones revela una transición dinámica en la mioglobina hidratada por encima de 180 K, lo que indica un movimiento atómico no vibratorio. Este descubrimiento de la dinámica de las proteínas vincula los movimientos locales y colectivos, cruciales para comprender los sistemas de formación de vidrio.

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