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Limkeman, Mark Kenneth 2015-05-13T15:41:43Z 2015-05-13T15:41:43Z 10000-01-01 1984 1984 The effect of hydration on protein dynamics was investigated using steady state fluorescence depolarization on azurin, which has a single tryptophan residue well-buried in the hydrophobic interior. Azurin was imbedded in a thin, solid, water-permeable polymer film. This procedure inhibited whole-protein motion while allowing examination of internal degrees of rotational freedom in the protein as a function of film hydration. In the dry film at room temperature the tryptophan fluorescence emission showed the limiting polarization characteristic of low temperature solutions in which all motion is frozen. As the hydration was increased, the observed polarization value changed sharply at about 0.6 h (h = g water/g film), indicating an increase in the rotational mobility of the tryptophan. The fully hydrated film had a polarization equal to that of an azurin solution measurement extrapolated to infinite viscosity where the rotation of the protein as a whole is hindered. The conclusion is that the protein internal mobility is linked to the hydration level, and that hydration can turn on the full protein flexibility on the nanosecond time scale accessible by fluorescence techniques. Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-13T15:41:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4848 bytes, checksum: 96035ab3f5e1c23cc7138a224ce498bd (MD5) 8422117.PDF: 2580181 bytes, checksum: 188ae89c9a2362e956ee0f66b8e20038 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1984 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 78580 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs U of I Only 116 p. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1984. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/77369 (UMI)AAI8422117 eng Physics, Molecular Fluorescence Depolarization Study of Internal Tryptophan Mobility in Hydrated Azurin Films text Physics Physics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.