Cruzeiro, Leonor2014-02-282014-02-282009Cruzeiro, L.The davydov/scott model for energy storage and transport in proteins, Journal of Biological Physics, 35, 1, 43-55, 2009.0092-0606AUT: LHA01632;http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/3544http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10867-009-9129-0The current status of the Davydov/Scott model for energy transfer in proteins is reviewed. After a brief introduction to the theoretical framework and to the basic results, the problems of finite temperature dynamics and of the full quantum and mixed quantum-classical approximations are described, as well as recent results obtained within each of these approximations. A short survey of experimental evidence in support of the Davydov/Scott model is made and absorption spectra are calculated that show the same temperature dependence as that measured in crystalline acetanilide. Future applications of the Davydov/Scott model to protein folding and function and to misfolding diseases are outlinedengEnergy transferProteinsVES hypothesisAmide I bandTemperature dependencejournal article2014-02-27