Two-Level Systems in Proteins: Thermodynamic and Dynamic Effects

Stein, D. L.

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D. L. Stein³

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The evidence for two level systems (TLS) in compact proteins such as myoglobin is reviewed, and a model of conformational sub- states based on strongly-interacting TLS is suggested. Thermal and dynamical properties of this model are explored.

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Dept. of Physics, Princeton University, Jadwin Hall, P.O. Box 708, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA
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Department of Chemistry, University of Tel-Aviv, Israel
Joshua Jortner
Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Fondation Edmond de Rothschild, Paris, France
Bernard Pullman

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Stein, D.L. (1986). Two-Level Systems in Proteins: Thermodynamic and Dynamic Effects. In: Jortner, J., Pullman, B. (eds) Tunneling. The Jerusalem Symposia on Quantum Chemistry and Biochemistry, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4752-8_33

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