Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5376178 Chemical Physics 2008 8 Pages PDF
Abstract
Elastic data have been analysed using two different models (dynamical heterogeneity and anharmonic double-well potential) that take into account deviations of elastic intensity from Gaussian behaviour. The profile of quasi-elastic spectra has been approximated by a combination of Lorentzian and Gaussian components. Comparison between the data relative to the two different samples indicates that geometrical confinement within the matrix plays a crucial role in protein dynamics and conformational stability, the effect of sol-gel encapsulation being essentially a reduction of large scale protein motions (α-relaxation) likely related to the slowing down of solvent confined diffusion.
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