Observation of subtle dynamic transitions by a combination of neutron scattering, X-ray diffraction and DSC: A case study of the monoclinic l-cysteine

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 148, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 34-41

  Bordallo, Heloisa N ^a   Boldyreva, Elena V ^b,c   Fischer, Jennifer ^a,d   Koza, Michael Marek ^e   Seydel, Tilo ^e   Minkov, Vasily S ^b   Drebushchak, Valery A ^b,f   Kyriakopoulos, Antonios ^a  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b NOVOSIBIRSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY AND MECHANOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^e INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

^f SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Anharmonicity; Crystalline amino acids; Debye model; Hydrogen bonds; Inelastic neutron scattering; Relaxation time

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYSTEINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77951976072     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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