Crowding effects on the structural transitions in a flexible helical homopolymer

Details Crowding effects on the structural transitions in a flexible helical homopolymer Crowding effects on the structural transitions in a flexible helical homopolymer

2009-03-04

arxiv.org/abs/0903.0746v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

9 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.118101

We elucidate the structural transitions in a helical off-lattice homopolymer induced by crowding agents, as function of the number of monomers ($N$) and volume fraction ($\phi_c$) of crowding particles. At $\phi_c = 0$, the homopolymer undergoes transitions from a random coil to a helix, helical hairpin \textbf{HH}, and helix bundle \textbf{HB} structures depending on $N$, and temperature. Crowding induces chain compaction that can promote \textbf{HH} or \textbf{HB} formation depending on $\phi_c$. Typically, the helical content decreases which is reflected in the decrease in the transition temperatures that depend on $\phi_c$, $N$, and the size of the crowding particles.

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