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SUBMITTER: Singh-Zocchi M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1302309 | biostudies-other | 2002 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Biophysical journal 20021001 4
Globular proteins are peculiar solids that display both local stability of their conformation and the ability to undergo large cooperative changes of shape (conformational changes). If one forces a large deformation of the molecule, such that the structure is necessarily changed, it is not obvious whether the deformed globule can still remain a solid or whether it will melt. Is it possible to plastically deform a protein? Here we investigate this question with a micro-mechanical experiment on a ...[more]