Phase Separation in Peptide Aggregation Processes - Multicanonical Study of a Mesoscopic Model

Details Phase Separation in Peptide Aggregation Processes - Multicanonical Study of a Mesoscopic Model Phase Separation in Peptide Aggregation Processes - Multicanonical Study of a Mesoscopic Model

2007-10-25

arxiv.org/abs/0710.4929v1

in: Proceedings of the NIC Workshop 2007 "From Computational Biophysics to Systems Biology", NIC Series vol. 36 (NIC, Juelich,

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

3 pages, 1 figure

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We have performed multicanonical computer simulations of a small system of short protein-like heteropolymers and found that their aggregation transition possesses similarities to first-order phase separation processes. Not being a phase transition in the thermodynamic sense, the observed folding-binding behavior exhibits fascinating features leading to the conclusion that the temperature is no suitable control parameter in the transition region. More formally, for such small systems the microcanonical interpretation is more favorable than the typically used canonical picture.

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