DocumentCode
3488021
Title
Measuring protein flexibility with terahertz spectroscopy: basic research and applications
Author
Markelz, A.G. ; Chen, J.-Y. ; Knab, J.R. ; Maeder, AndM
Author_Institution
Phys. Dept., Univ. at Buffalo, NY, USA
fYear
2004
fDate
28-30 June 2004
Abstract
We have used terahertz time domain spectroscopy (TTDS) to measure protein dielectric response and investigate conformational vibrational modes. The bacteriorhodopsin discuss our more recent work on cytochrome c. Bacteriorhodopsin is a photoactive membrane protein from halobacterium salinarum.
Keywords
microorganisms; proteins; spectroscopy; submillimetre wave imaging; vibrational modes; TTDS; bacteriorhodopsin; basic research; cytochrome c; halobacterium salinarum; investigate conformational vibrational modes; photoactive membrane; protein dielectric response; protein flexibility measurement; terahertz time domain spectroscopy; Atomic measurements; Biomembranes; Density measurement; Dielectric measurements; Fluctuations; Genetic mutations; Large-scale systems; Proteins; Spectroscopy; Submillimeter wave measurements;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Biophotonics/Optical Interconnects and VLSI Photonics/WBM Microcavities, 2004 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
ISSN
1099-4742
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8306-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOSST.2004.1338649
Filename
1338649
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