Coupled electron and proton transfer reactions play a key role in the mechanisms of
biological energy transduction. 1-3 Such reactions are also fundamental for artificial …

WD proteins are made up of highly conserved repeating units usually ending with Trp-Asp
(WD). They are found in all eukaryotes but not in prokaryotes. They regulate cellular …

Recent experiments, advances in theory, and analogies to other complex systems such as
glasses and spin glasses yield insight into protein dynamics. The basis of the understanding …

A theoretical treatment is given for the effect of intramolecular vibrational and diffusive
solvent orientational motions on the rate of electron transfer reactions. Four limiting cases …

After photodissociation of carbon monoxide bound to myoglobin, the protein relaxes to the
deoxy equilibrium structure in a quake-like motion. Investigation of the proteinquake and of …

Nanosecond lasers were used to measure the rate of conformational changes in myoglobin
after ligand dissociation at ambient temperatures. At low solvent viscosities the rate is …

Presenting a wide-ranging view of current developments in protein research, the papers in
this collection, each written by highly regarded experts in the field, examine various aspects …

Spin glasses are disordered magnetic systems that have led to the development of
mathematical tools with an array of real-world applications, from airline scheduling to neural …

A molecular dynamics simulation of myoglobin provides the first direct demonstration that
the potential energy surface of a protein is characterized by a large number of thermally …

The enormous success of structural biology challenges the physical scientist. Can
biophysical studies provide a truly deeper understanding of how a protein works than can be …