Properties and Origins of Protein Secondary Structure

Details Properties and Origins of Protein Secondary Structure Properties and Origins of Protein Secondary Structure

1994-02-03

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9402010v1

Phys. Rev. E 49 (1994) 3440

Physics

Condensed Matter

12 pages (+4 figures, included in a single postscript file), LaTeX + RevTeX 3.0

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.49.3440

Proteins contain a large fraction of regular, repeating conformations, called secondary structure. A simple, generic definition of secondary structure is presented which consists of measuring local correlations along the protein chain. Using this definition and a simple model for proteins, the forces driving the formation of secondary structure are explored. The relative role of energy and entropy are examined. Recent work has indicated that compaction is sufficient to create secondary structure. We test this hypothesis, using simple non-lattice protein models.

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