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Heteropolymer freezing and design: Towards physical models of protein folding

Pande, Vijay S., Grosberg, Alexander Yu., Tanaka, Toyoichi·2000·Reviews of Modern Physics

Abstract

Protein folding has become one of the most actively studied problems in modern molecular biophysics. Approaches to the problem combine ideas from the physics of disordered systems, polymer physics, and molecular biology. Much can be learned from the statistical properties of model heteropolymers, the chain molecules having different monomers in irregular sequences. Even in highly evolved proteins, there is a strong random element in the sequences, which gives rise to a statistical ensemble of sequences for a given folded shape. Simple analytic models give rise to phase transitions between random, glassy, and folded states, depending on the temperature T and the design temperature ${T}^{\mathrm{des}}$ of the ensemble of sequences. Besides considering the analytic results obtainable in a random-energy model and in the Flory mean-field model of polymers, the article reports on confirming numerical simulations.

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Authors
Pande, V. S., Grosberg, A. Y., & Tanaka, T.
Affiliations
Stanford University (US)
Venue
Reviews of Modern Physics
Published
2000-01-01
Volume
72
Issue
1
Pages
259-314
ISSN
  • 0034-6861 (ISSN-L)
  • 1539-0756
OpenAlex
W1998893348
Cited by
284
References
174
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FWCI
8.68
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Reviews of Modern Physics (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Condensed Matter Physics › Theoretical and Computational Physics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Keywords
protein folding, heteropolymers, random energy model, design temperature, glass transition, phase transitions, polymer physics, disordered systems, sequence statistics

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