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DY: Fachverband Dynamik und Statistische Physik
DY 4: Brownian motion and transport
DY 4.3: Talk
Monday, February 25, 2008, 14:45–15:00, MA 004
Conformational Subdiffusion in Peptides — •Thomas Neusius1, Igor M. Sokolov2, and Jeremy C. Smith3 — 1Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für wissenschaftliches Rechnen (IWR), Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 368, D-69120 Heidelberg — 2Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Newtonstraße 15, D-12489 Berlin — 3Center for Molecular Biophysics, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge TN 37831-6164, USA
There has been recent interest in the dynamics of both folding and folded proteins and the relation of protein dynamics to biological function. Among the dynamical aspects of biomolecules anomalous conformational diffusion, in particular subdiffusion, has attracted a lot of attention both in experimental [1] and theoretical [2] works. Subdiffusion can be seen in relativly small molecules such as peptides. Molecular dynamics simulation of peptides extending to several microseconds can provide the basis for a better understanding of conformational subdiffusion and the underlying mechanisms.
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