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Vibrational Energy Flow in Hemeproteins

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Ultrafast Phenomena XIX

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We demonstrate that time-resolved anti-Stokes ultraviolet resonance Raman spectroscopy is a powerful tool for studying the vibrational energy flow in proteins with a spatial resolution of a single amino acid residue.

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This work was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research in the Priority Area “Molecular Science for Supra Functional Systems” (Grant No. 19056013) to Y.M. from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan, a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas “Soft Molecular Systems” (Grant No. 25104006) to Y.M. from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan, and a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (Grant No. 20350007) to Y.M. from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

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Mizutani, Y., Fujii, N., Miyamoto, M., Mizuno, M., Ishikawa, H. (2015). Vibrational Energy Flow in Hemeproteins. In: Yamanouchi, K., Cundiff, S., de Vivie-Riedle, R., Kuwata-Gonokami, M., DiMauro, L. (eds) Ultrafast Phenomena XIX. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 162. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13242-6_130

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