Cooperative deformation of hydrogen bonds in beta-strands and beta-sheet nanocrystals
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Cooperative deformation of hydrogen bonds in beta-strands and beta-sheet nanocrystals.
Beta-sheet protein domains are stabilized by weak hydrogen bonds, yet materials such as silk--whose ultimate tensile strength is controlled primarily by this secondary structure--can exceed the ultimate tensile strength of steel. Earlier work has suggested that this is because hydrogen bonds deform cooperatively within small protein domains to reach the maximum strength. Here we study the atomi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review E
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1539-3755,1550-2376
DOI: 10.1103/physreve.82.061906