Discover the experimental and theoretical developments in optical single-molecule spectroscopy that are changing the ways we think about molecules and atoms The Advances in Chemical Physics series provides the chemical physics field with a forum for critical, authoritative evaluations of advances in every area of the discipline. This latest volume explores the advent of optical single-molecule spectroscopy, and how atomic force microscopy has empowered novel experiments on individual biomolecules, opening up new frontiers in molecular and cell biology and leading to new theoretical approaches and insights. Organized into two parts--one experimental, the other theoretical--this volume explores advances across the field of single-molecule biophysics, presenting new perspectives on the theoretical properties of atoms and molecules. Single-molecule experiments have provided fresh perspectives on questions such as how proteins fold to specific conformations from highly heterogeneous structures, how signal transductions take place on the molecular level, and how proteins behave in membranes and living cells.This volume is designed to further contribute to the rapid development of single-molecule biophysics research. Filled with cutting-edge research reported in a cohesive manner not found elsewhere in the literature, each volume of the Advances in Chemical Physics series serves as the perfect supplement to any advanced graduate class devoted to the study of chemical physics.

InhaltsangabePreface xiii Part One Developments on Single-Molecule Experiments Staring at a Protein: Ensemble and Single-Molecule Investigations on Protein-Folding Dynamics 3 By Satoshi Takahashi and Kiyoto Kamagata SingleMolecule FRET of ProteinFolding Dynamics 23 By Daniel Nettels and Benjamin Schuler Quantitative Analysis of Single-Molecule FRET Signals and its Application to Telomere DNA 49 By Kenji Okamoto and Masahide Terazima Force to Unbind Ligand-Receptor Complexes and the Internal Rigidity of Globular Proteins Probed by Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy 71 By Atsushi Ikai, Rehana Afrin, and Hiroshi Sekiguchi Recent Advances in Single-Molecule Biophysics with the Use of Atomic Force Microscopy 89 By Masaru Kawakami and Yukinori Taniguchi Dynamical Single-Molecule Observations of Membrane Protein Using High-Energy Probes 133 By Yuji C. Sasaki SingleMolecular Gating Dynamics for the KcsA Potassium Channel 147 By Shigetoshi Oiki, Hirofumi Shimizu, Masayuki Iwamoto, and Takashi Konno Static and Dynamic Disorder in IN VITRO Reconstituted Receptor-Adaptor Interaction 195 By Hiroaki Takagi, Miki Morimatsu, and Yasushi Sako Part Two Developments on Single-Molecule Theories and Analyses ChangePoint Localization and Wavelet Spectral Analysis of SingleMolecule Time Series 219 By Haw Yang Theory of Single-Molecule FRET Efficiency Histograms 245 By Irina V. Gopich and Attila Szabo Multidimensional Energy Landscapes in Single-Molecule Biophysics 299 By Akinori Baba and Tamiki Komatsuzaki Generalized Michaelis-Menten Equation for Conformation Modulated Monomeric Enzymes 329 By Jianlan Wu and Jianshu Cao Making it Possible: Constructing a Reliable Mechanism from a Finite Trajectory 367 By Ophir Flomenbom Free Energy Landscapes of Proteins: Insights from Mechanical Probes 395 By Zu Thur Yew, Peter D. Olmsted, and Emanuele Paci Mechanochemical Coupling Revealed by the Fluctuation Analysis of Different Biomolecular Motors 419 By Hiroaki Takagi and Masatoshi Nishikawa Author Index 437 Subject Index 467

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