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Title: Dynamic Neutron Scattering by Biological Systems

Abstract

Dynamic neutron scattering directly probes motions in biological systems on femtosecond to microsecond timescales. When combined with molecular dynamics simulation and normal mode analysis, detailed descriptions of the forms and frequencies of motions can be derived. We examine vibrations in proteins, the temperature dependence of protein motions, and concepts describing the rich variety of motions detectable using neutrons in biological systems at physiological temperatures. In conclusion, new techniques for deriving information on collective motions using coherent scattering are also reviewed.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [1];  [2]
  1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
  2. Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai (China)
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Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1459310
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Annual Review of Biophysics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 47; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1936-122X
Publisher:
Annual Reviews
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; dynamics; biomolecules; neutron scattering; MD simulation

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Smith, Jeremy C., Tan, Pan, Petridis, Loukas, and Hong, Liang. Dynamic Neutron Scattering by Biological Systems. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1146/annurev-biophys-070317-033358.
Smith, Jeremy C., Tan, Pan, Petridis, Loukas, & Hong, Liang. Dynamic Neutron Scattering by Biological Systems. United States. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-biophys-070317-033358
Smith, Jeremy C., Tan, Pan, Petridis, Loukas, and Hong, Liang. Wed . "Dynamic Neutron Scattering by Biological Systems". United States. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-biophys-070317-033358. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1459310.
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  • Tehei, Moeava; Franzetti, Bruno; Wood, Kathleen
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 104, Issue 3
  • DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0601639104

The Contribution of Vibrational Entropy to Molecular Association
journal, May 1994


Principal Components of the Protein Dynamical Transition
journal, November 2003


Translational Hydration Water Dynamics Drives the Protein Glass Transition
journal, September 2003


Long-time mean-square displacements in proteins
journal, November 2013


Motional displacements in proteins: The origin of wave-vector-dependent values
journal, May 2015


Coincidence of Dynamical Transitions in a Soluble Protein and Its Hydration Water:  Direct Measurements by Neutron Scattering and MD Simulations
journal, April 2008

  • Wood, Kathleen; Frölich, Andreas; Paciaroni, Alessandro
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 130, Issue 14
  • DOI: 10.1021/ja710526r

Protein Surface and Core Dynamics Show Concerted Hydration-Dependent Activation
journal, November 2012

  • Wood, Kathleen; Gallat, François-Xavier; Otten, Renee
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 52, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1002/anie.201205898

Dynamical Heterogeneity of Specific Amino Acids in Bacteriorhodopsin
journal, July 2008


The Low-Temperature Inflection Observed in Neutron Scattering Measurements of Proteins Is Due to Methyl Rotation: Direct Evidence Using Isotope Labeling and Molecular Dynamics Simulations
journal, April 2010

  • Wood, Kathleen; Tobias, Douglas J.; Kessler, Brigitte
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 132, Issue 14
  • DOI: 10.1021/ja910502g

Protein Conformational Dynamics Probed by Single-Molecule Electron Transfer
journal, October 2003


Multidomain assembled states of Hck tyrosine kinase in solution
journal, August 2010

  • Yang, S.; Blachowicz, L.; Makowski, L.
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 107, Issue 36
  • DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1004569107

Dynamic neutron scattering from conformational dynamics. II. Application using molecular dynamics simulation and Markov modeling
journal, November 2013

  • Yi, Zheng; Lindner, Benjamin; Prinz, Jan-Hendrik
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 139, Issue 17
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4824071

Derivation of Mean-Square Displacements for Protein Dynamics from Elastic Incoherent Neutron Scattering
journal, April 2012

  • Yi, Zheng; Miao, Yinglong; Baudry, Jerome
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 116, Issue 16
  • DOI: 10.1021/jp2102868

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Neutron scattering in the biological sciences: progress and prospects
journal, December 2018

  • Ashkar, Rana; Bilheux, Hassina Z.; Bordallo, Heliosa
  • Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology, Vol. 74, Issue 12
  • DOI: 10.1107/s2059798318017503

Frequency domain modeling of quasielastic neutron scattering from hydrated protein powders: Application to free and inhibited human acetylcholinesterase
journal, September 2019

  • Saouessi, Melek; Peters, Judith; Kneller, Gerald R.
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 151, Issue 12
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.5121703

Dynamics from elastic neutron-scattering via direct measurement of the running time-integral of the van Hove distribution function
journal, August 2019


Dynamics of proteins in solution
journal, January 2019