First-Passage Time Distribution and Non-Markovian Diffusion Dynamics of Protein Folding

Details First-Passage Time Distribution and Non-Markovian Diffusion Dynamics of Protein Folding First-Passage Time Distribution and Non-Markovian Diffusion Dynamics of Protein Folding

2002-06-20

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0206395v1

J. Chem. Phys. 118, 959 (2003)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

26 pages, 10 figures

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.1527672

We study the kinetics of protein folding via statistical energy landscape theory. We concentrate on the local-connectivity case, where the configurational changes can only occur among neighboring states, with the folding progress described in terms of an order parameter given by the fraction of native conformations. The non-Markovian diffusion dynamics is analyzed in detail and an expression for the mean first-passage time (MFPT) from non-native unfolded states to native folded state is obtained. It was found that the MFPT has a V-shaped dependence on the temperature. We also find that the MFPT is shortened as one increases the gap between the energy of the native and average non-native folded states relative to the fluctuations of the energy landscape. The second- and higher-order moments are studied to infer the first-passage time (FPT) distribution. At high temperature, the distribution becomes close to a Poisson distribution, while at low temperatures the distribution becomes a L\'evy-like distribution with power-law tails, indicating a non-self-averaging intermittent behavior of folding dynamics. We note the likely relevance of this result to single-molecule dynamics experiments, where a power law (L\'evy) distribution of the relaxation time of the underlined protein energy landscape is observed.

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