Dependence of folding rates on protein length

Details Dependence of folding rates on protein length Dependence of folding rates on protein length

2002-11-16

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0211347v1

J. Phys. Chem. B 106, 8302 (2002)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

6 pages, 5 eps figures

Scientific paper

Using three-dimensional Go lattice models with side chains for proteins, we investigate the dependence of folding times on protein length. In agreement with previous theoretical predictions, we find that the folding time grows as a power law with the chain length N with exponent $\lambda \approx 3.6$ for the Go model, in which all native interactions (i.e., between all side chains and backbone atoms) are uniform. If the interactions between side chains are given by pairwise statistical potentials, which introduce heterogeneity in the contact energies, then the power law fits yield large $\lambda$ values that typically signifies a crossover to an underlying activated process. Accordingly, the dependence of folding time is best described by the stretched exponential \exp(\sqrt{N}). The study also shows that the incorporation of side chains considerably slows down folding by introducing energetic and topological frustration.

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