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Matthias Frank

0000-0002-5244-0791

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Visualizing a protein quake with time-resolved X-ray scattering at a free-electron laser

2014

We describe a method to measure ultrafast protein structural changes using time-resolved wide-angle X-ray scattering at an X-ray free-electron laser. We demonstrated this approach using multiphoton excitation of the Blastochloris viridis photosynthetic reaction center, observing an ultrafast global conformational change that arises within picoseconds and precedes the propagation of heat through the protein. This provides direct structural evidence for a 'protein quake': the hypothesis that proteins rapidly dissipate energy through quake-like structural motions. peerReviewed

Photosynthetic reaction centreMaterials scienceProtein ConformationPhysics::OpticsPhycobiliproteinsfrequency vibrational-modesRadiation DosageBiochemistryMolecular physicsArticlelaw.inventionProtein structureX-Ray Diffractionlawddc:570Scattering Small AngleMolecular Biologyta116Quantitative Biology::BiomoleculesScatteringLasersMolecular biophysicsFree-electron laserCell BiologyLaserstructural dynamicsEnergy TransferPicosecondBiophysicsUltrashort pulseBiotechnologyNature methods
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Femtosecond structural dynamics drives the trans/cis isomerization in photoactive yellow protein

2016

Many biological processes depend on detecting and responding to light. The response is often mediated by a structural change in a protein that begins when absorption of a photon causes isomerization of a chromophore bound to the protein. Pande et al. used x-ray pulses emitted by a free electron laser source to conduct time-resolved serial femtosecond crystallography in the time range of 100 fs to 3 ms. This allowed for the real-time tracking of the trans-cis isomerization of the chromophore in photoactive yellow protein and the associated structural changes in the protein.Science, this issue p. 725A variety of organisms have evolved mechanisms to detect and respond to light, in which the re…

0301 basic medicinePhotoreceptorsTime FactorsPhotoisomerizationLightProtein ConformationPhotochemistryPhotoreceptors MicrobialMYOGLOBINProtein structureMicrobialX-RAY-DIFFRACTIONPHOTOISOMERIZATIONMOTIONSchromophoresta116MultidisciplinarySPECTROSCOPYCrystallographyChemistryPhotochemical ProcessesTime resolved crystallographyTIMEMultidisciplinary SciencesPicosecondFemtosecondphotoactive proteinsScience & Technology - Other Topicsddc:500IsomerizationStereochemistryGeneral Science & TechnologyConjugated systemArticle03 medical and health sciencesBacterial ProteinsIsomerismEXCITATIONx-ray crystallographyPhotonsScience & TechnologyPHOTOCYCLEta114CHROMOPHOREta1182PATHWAYSChromophore030104 developmental biologyfree-electron laserssense organstrans-cis isomerization
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Brain Metastases in Breast Cancer Network Germany (BMBC, GBG 79): Treatment patterns and clinical outcome of more than 1000 patients with brain metas…

2016

2070Background: In order to improve knowledge about treatment and outcome of breast cancer patients with brain metastases (BM) we initiated the registry Brain Metastases in Breast Cancer Network Ge...

0301 basic medicineOncologyCancer Researchmedicine.medical_specialtybusiness.industrymedicine.diseaseOutcome (game theory)03 medical and health sciences030104 developmental biology0302 clinical medicineBreast cancerOncology030220 oncology & carcinogenesisInternal medicinemedicineskin and connective tissue diseasesbusinessJournal of Clinical Oncology
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