Abstract
-ray resonance-absorption spectra in crystals of the iron-storage protein, ferritin, display above 265°K, in addition to a normal quadrupole doublet, wide Lorentzian wings extending to velocities of ± 2 cm/sec. The results are interpreted in terms of the dynamics of the iron-containing core of the protein, undergoing bounded diffusive motion within a "cage," characterized by a jump probability per unit time of about 0.5× and a mean-square displacement of about 4.8× at 298°K.
- Received 19 January 1981
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.46.1244
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