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Protein dynamics

Whispering within

Dynamic communication between atoms within folded proteins is potentially important for function, but its measurement has been a challenge. Now, a combined NMR and modelling study provides insights on the presence and strengths of such correlations.

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Figure 1: Dynamic dihedral angle correlations in ubiquitin2.

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Brüschweiler, R. Whispering within. Nature Chem 3, 665–666 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.1124

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