Aromatic Ring Flips Reveal Reshaping of Protein Dynamics in Crystals and Complexes
Lea Marie Becker, Haohao Fu, Ben P. Tatman, Matthias Dreydoppel, Anna A. Kapitonova, Daniel M. Balazs, Ulrich Weininger, Sylvain Engilberge, Christophe J. Chipot, Paul Schanda
The paper compares aromatic ring flip kinetics in GB1 protein across crystals, IgG complexes, and solution, showing reduced flipping in crystals and revealing how crystal environments restrain motion.
Nature Chemistry · Jun 10, 2026Peer-reviewedBiophysics