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Abstract
Proteins are not isolated homogeneous systems. Each protein can exist in a very large number of conformations (conformational substates) that are characterized by an energy landscape. The main conformational motions, similar to the α and β fluctuations in glasses, are linked to fluctuations in the bulk solvent and the hydration shell.Keywords: alpha and beta relaxations; protein dynamics; protein energy landscape; protein fluctuations; slaving
Year: 2005 PMID: 23345907 PMCID: PMC3456333 DOI: 10.1007/s10867-005-0696-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Biol Phys ISSN: 0092-0606 Impact factor: 1.365