Static pictures of protein structures are so prevalent that it is easy to forget they are dynamic molecular machines. Characterizing their intrinsic motions may be necessary to understand how they work.
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Huang, Y., Montelione, G. Proteins flex to function. Nature 438, 36–37 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/438036a
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