A unified model of protein dynamics
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2009

Protein functions require conformational motions. We show here that the dominant conformational motions are slaved by the hydration shell and the bulk solvent. The protein contributes the structure necessary for function. We formulate a model that is based on experiments, insights from the physics of glass-forming liquids, and the concepts of a hierarchically organized energy landscape. To explore the effect of external fluctuations on protein dynamics, we measure the fluctuations in the bulk solvent and the hydration shell with broadband dielectric spectroscopy and compare them with internal fluctuations measured with the Mossbauer effect and neutron scattering. The result is clear. Large-scale protein motions are slaved to the fluctuations in the bulk solvent. They are controlled by the solvent viscosity, and are absent in a solid environment. Internal protein motions are slaved to the beta fluctuations of the hydration shell, are controlled by hydration, and are absent in a dehydrated protein. The model quantitatively predicts the rapid increase of the mean-square displacement above approximate to 200 K, shows that the external beta fluctuations determine the temperature- and time-dependence of the passage of carbon monoxide through myoglobin, and explains the nonexponential time dependence of the protein relaxation after photodissociation.

beta process

solvent

hydration

dielectric

Författare

H. Frauenfelder

Los Alamos National Laboratory

G. Chen

Los Alamos National Laboratory

J Berendzen

Los Alamos National Laboratory

P. W. Fenimore

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Helen Jansson

Chalmers, Teknisk fysik, Kondenserade materiens fysik

B.H. McMahon

Los Alamos National Laboratory

I Mihut-Stroe

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Jan Swenson

Chalmers, Teknisk fysik, Kondenserade materiens fysik

R. D. Young

Northern Arizona University

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

0027-8424 (ISSN) 1091-6490 (eISSN)

Vol. 106 13 5129-5134

Ämneskategorier

Fysik

Den kondenserade materiens fysik

DOI

10.1073/pnas.0900336106

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