Characteristic Temperatures of Folding of a Small Peptide

Details Characteristic Temperatures of Folding of a Small Peptide Characteristic Temperatures of Folding of a Small Peptide

1998-06-12

arxiv.org/abs/physics/9806016v1

Proc. Nat. Aca. Sci. U.S.A. 94 (1997) 10652-10656

Physics

Chemical Physics

Latex, 6 Figures

Scientific paper

10.1073/pnas.94.20.10652

We perform a generalized-ensemble simulation of a small peptide taking the interactions among all atoms into account. From this simulation we obtain thermodynamic quantities over a wide range of temperatures. In particular, we show that the folding of a small peptide is a multi-stage process associated with two characteristic temperatures, the collapse temperature T_{\theta} and the folding temperature T_f. Our results give supporting evidence for the energy landscape picture and funnel concept. These ideas were previously developed in the context of studies of simplified protein models, and here for the first time checked in an all-atom Monte Carlo simulation.

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