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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
卷 132, 期 14, 页码 4990-+出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ja910502g
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- EU [HPRI-CT-2001-50035, RII3-CT-2003-505925]
- NSF [CHE-0750175]
- EGIDE
- NWO
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [0750175] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Chemistry [0750175] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
There is increasing interest in the contribution of methyl groups to the overall dynamics measured by neutron scattering experiments of proteins. In particular an inflection observed in atomic mean square displacements measured as a function of temperature on high resolution spectrometers (similar to 1 mu eV) was explained by the onset of methyl group rotations. By specifically labeling a non-methyl-containing side-chain in a native protein system, the purple membrane, and performing neutron scattering measurements, we here provide direct experimental evidence that the observed inflection is indeed due to methyl group rotations. Molecular dynamics simulations reproduce the experimental data, and their analysis suggests that the apparent transition is due to methyl group rotation entering the finite instrumental resolution of the spectrometer. Methyl group correlation times measured by solid state NMR in the purple membrane, taken from previous work, support the interpretation.
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