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Water Turns the “Non-biological” Fluctuation of Protein into “Biological” One

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High Pressure Bioscience

Part of the book series: Subcellular Biochemistry ((SCBI,volume 72))

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Structural fluctuation of protein is not just an mechanical “oscillation,” but an event induced by an interplay of mechanical and thermodynamic processes in which water plays crucial role. The chapter is devoted to provide a theoretical description concerning the concept of structural fluctuation of protein, based on methods of the statistical mechanics.

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  1. College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga, 525-8577, Japan

    Fumio Hirata

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  1. Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

    Kazuyuki Akasaka

  2. Department of Life System, Institute of Technology and Science, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan

    Hitoshi Matsuki

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Hirata, F. (2015). Water Turns the “Non-biological” Fluctuation of Protein into “Biological” One. In: Akasaka, K., Matsuki, H. (eds) High Pressure Bioscience. Subcellular Biochemistry, vol 72. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9918-8_7

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