title: Mean-squared atomic displacements in hydrated lysozyme, native and denatured.
abstract: We use elastic neutron scattering to demonstrate that a sharp increase in the mean-squared atomic displacements, commonly observed in hydrated proteins above 200 K and often referred to as the dynamical transition, is present in the hydrated state of both native and denatured lysozyme. A direct comparison of the native and denatured protein thus confirms that the presence of the transition in the mean-squared atomic displacements is not specific to biologically functional molecules.
authors.forename: Eugene
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mamontov
authors.forename: Hugh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: O'Neill
authors.forename: Qiu
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang