Use of X-ray diffraction for studying the temperature dependence of the Young modulus of protein crystals
Pozharskiĭ, E.V.
Biofizika 43(3): 412-415
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0006-3029 PMID: 9702330 Document Number: 494252
The possibility of using X-ray diffraction for studying the elastic properties of protein crystals is considered. It is shown for hen egg--white lysozyme tetragonal crystals that the temperature dependences of the Young modulus obtained from X-ray scattering data and in direct mechanical measurements are the same. It is discussed how the changes in general mobility of protein atoms can be estimated using elasticity measurements.