How Enzymes Work: A Look through the Perspective of Molecular Viscoelastic Properties

We present nanorheology measurements on the folded state of an enzyme that show directly that the (ensemble-averaged) stress-strain relations are nonlinear and frequency dependent beyond 1-Å deformation. We argue that this frequency dependence allows for opening a nonequilibrium cycle in the force-d...

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Main Authors: Hao Qu, Giovanni Zocchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2013-02-01
Series:Physical Review X
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.3.011009