Neutron backscattering spectroscopy offers a nondestructive and label-free access to the ps-ns dynamics of proteins and their hydration water. The workflow is presented with two studies on amyloid proteins: on the time-resolved dynamics of lysozyme during aggregation and on the hydration water dynamics of tau upon fiber formation.
Pounot, K., Appel, M., Beck, C., Weik, M., Schirò, G., Fichou, Y., Seydel, T., Schreiber, F. High-Resolution Neutron Spectroscopy to Study Picosecond-Nanosecond Dynamics of Proteins and Hydration Water. J. Vis. Exp. (182), e63664, doi:10.3791/63664 (2022).