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Biologische Systeme und Medizin Poster: Mi., 14:00–16:30 M-P183<br />

Large scale Protein dynamics studied by Neutron Spinecho Spectroscopy<br />

Ralf Biehl 1 , Bernd Hoffmann 2 , Michael Monkenbusch 1 , Bela Farago 3 ,<br />

Rudolf Merkel 2 , Dieter Richter 1<br />

1 Institut für Festkörperforschung, FZJ, Germany – 2 Institut für Schichten und Grenzflächen,<br />

FZJ, Germany – 3 Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France<br />

During operation of proteins as universal nanomachines or involved in the transmission<br />

and amplification of signals, conformational changes are omnipresent. An intriguing<br />

combination of structure and flexibility facilitates their activity. Conformational<br />

changes can be triggered by small-amplitude, nanosecond protein domain motion. Understanding<br />

how conformational changes are initiated requires the characterization of<br />

protein domain motion on these timescales and on length scales comparable to protein<br />

dimensions. We present here examinations by Neutron Spinecho Spectroscopy of the<br />

internal dynamics of the unfolded globular protein ribonuclease A under thermal stress<br />

and the protein alcohol dehydrogenase in equilibrium.

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