Energy flow in proteins

DM Leitner - Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem., 2008 - annualreviews.org
Energy flows anisotropically through the residues and vibrational states of globular proteins.
A variety of experimental and computational studies have identified energy transport …

Vibrational heat transport in molecular junctions

D Segal, BK Agarwalla - Annual review of physical chemistry, 2016 - annualreviews.org
We review studies of vibrational energy transfer in a molecular junction geometry, consisting
of a molecule bridging two heat reservoirs, solids or large chemical compounds. This setup …

Temporal and spatial resolution of distal protein motions that activate hydrogen tunneling in soybean lipoxygenase

JPT Zaragoza, AR Offenbacher, S Hu, CL Gee… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - pnas.org
The enzyme soybean lipoxygenase (SLO) provides a prototype for deep tunneling
mechanisms in hydrogen transfer catalysis. This work combines room temperature X-ray …

Thermal conductance through molecular wires

D Segal, A Nitzan, P Hänggi - The Journal of chemical physics, 2003 - pubs.aip.org
We consider phononic heat transport through molecular chains connecting two thermal
reservoirs. For relatively short molecules at normal temperatures we find, using classical …

Ultrafast myoglobin structural dynamics observed with an X-ray free-electron laser

M Levantino, G Schiro, HT Lemke, G Cottone… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Light absorption can trigger biologically relevant protein conformational changes. The light-
induced structural rearrangement at the level of a photoexcited chromophore is known to …

[КНИГА][B] Ultrafast infrared vibrational spectroscopy

MD Fayer - 2013 - books.google.com
The advent of laser-based sources of ultrafast infrared pulses has extended the study of very
fast molecular dynamics to the observation of processes manifested through their effects on …

Biomolecular cryocrystallography: structural changes during flash-cooling

B Halle - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2004 - pnas.org
To minimize radiation damage, crystal structures of biological macromolecules are usually
determined after rapid cooling to cryogenic temperatures, some 150–200 K below the …

The challenge of intracellular temperature

M Suzuki, T Plakhotnik - Biophysical reviews, 2020 - Springer
This short review begins with a brief introductory summary of luminescence
nanothermometry. Current applications of luminescence nanothermometry are introduced in …

Energy transport in peptide helices

V Botan, EHG Backus, R Pfister, A Moretto… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - pnas.org
We investigate energy transport through an α-aminoisobutyric acid-based 310-helix
dissolved in chloroform in a combined experimental-theoretical approach. Vibrational …

Molecular heat pump

D Segal, A Nitzan - Physical Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft …, 2006 - APS
We propose a molecular device that pumps heat against a thermal gradient. The system
consists of a molecular element connecting two thermal reservoirs that are characterized by …