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Photochemical holes under pressure: Compressibility and volume fluctuations of a protein

Judit FidyJane M. VanderkooiJ. FriedrichJ. Zollfrank

subject

chemistry.chemical_classificationAbsorption spectroscopybiologyChemistryBiomoleculeGeneral Physics and AstronomyA proteinFrequency shiftChromophorePhotochemistryHorseradish peroxidaseVolume (thermodynamics)biology.proteinCompressibilityPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry

description

From the pressure induced frequency shift of photochemical holes burnt into mesomorphyrin substituted horseradish peroxidase, we determined the compressibility of the protein and the vacuum frequency of the chromophore. From the compressibility, an estimation of the volume fluctuations of the biomolecule is possible.

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.460042