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Role of hydration water in the onset of protein structural dynamics

Giorgio Schirò
Martin Weik
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Abstract

Proteins are the molecular workhorses in a living organism. Their 3D structures are animated by a multitude of equilibrium fluctuations and specific out-of-equilibrium motions that are required for proteins to be biologically active. When studied as a function of temperature, functionally relevant dynamics are observed at and above the so-called protein dynamical transition (~240 K) in hydrated, but not in dry proteins. In this review we present and discuss the main experimental and computational results that provided evidence for the dynamical transition, with a focus on the role of hydration water dynamics in sustaining functional protein dynamics. The coupling and mutual influence of hydration water dynamics and protein dynamics are discussed and the hypotheses illustrated that have been put forward to explain the physical origin of their onsets.
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hal-02306785 , version 1 (07-10-2019)

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Giorgio Schirò, Martin Weik. Role of hydration water in the onset of protein structural dynamics. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2019, 31 (46), pp.463002. ⟨10.1088/1361-648X/ab388a⟩. ⟨hal-02306785⟩
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