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Probing in cell protein structural changes with time-resolved X-ray scattering

Alessandro SpilotrosMatteo LevantinoMarco CammarataAntonio CupaneGiorgio SchiròMichael Wulff

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Model system010402 general chemistry01 natural scienceslaw.invention03 medical and health scienceslaw030304 developmental biology0303 health sciencesChemistryScatteringX-rayTime resolutionin cell studieGeneral ChemistryNanosecondX-ray scatteringCondensed Matter PhysicsLaserConformational changeSettore FIS/07 - Fisica Applicata(Beni Culturali Ambientali Biol.e Medicin)0104 chemical sciencesCrystallographyChemical physicsAllosteric transitionProtein dynamicsense organs[PHYS.COND.CM-SCM]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Soft Condensed Matter [cond-mat.soft]

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International audience; Investigating protein structural changes inside the cell is a major goal in molecular biology. Here we show that time-resolved wide-angle X-ray scattering is a valuable tool for this purpose. Hemoglobin has been chosen as a model system and its tertiary and quaternary conformational changes following laser flash-photolysis have been tracked in intact red blood cells with nanosecond time resolution.

10.1039/c2sm25676bhttp://hdl.handle.net/10447/63231