2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Studies on the dynamics of protein structure induced by an external electric field
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26287094
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Partial Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Biological physics/Chemical physics/Soft matter physics
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| Research Institution | Tohoku University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
KOSUGI Kentaroh 福岡教育大学, 理科教育講座, 准教授 (70380376)
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| Research Collaborator |
HIRAMATSU Hirotsugu 台湾交通大学, 応用化学科, 助理教授
KAJIMOTO Shinji 東北大学, 大学院薬学研究科, 講師
KUROI Kunisato 東北大学, 大学院薬学研究科, 助教
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | 電場効果 / 赤外吸収スペクトル / 脂肪酸 / Step-Scan FT-IR |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We have constructed the systems to clarify the response mechanism of biomolecules to the application of an external electric field. The constructed IR electroabsorption system was optimized to observe the electric field effect of molecules in solution state with a very small change of a magnitude of 10-6. We have measured the electric field effects on the IR absorption spectra of fatty acids in solution state and observed the broadening of the spectra in the C = O stretching and C - H stretching bands region, which is due to the so-called Stark shift. The anharmonicity of each vibration mode can be discussed based on the magnitude of the observed broadening.
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| Free Research Field |
生物物理化学
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