RANDOM SELF-INTERACTING CHAINS - A MECHANISM FOR PROTEIN FOLDING

被引:45
作者
IORI, G [1 ]
MARINARI, E [1 ]
PARISI, G [1 ]
机构
[1] NATL INST NUCL PHYS,ROME,ITALY
来源
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS A-MATHEMATICAL AND GENERAL | 1991年 / 24卷 / 22期
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D O I
10.1088/0305-4470/24/22/019
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We investigate by Monte Carlo simulations the thermodynamic behaviour of a linear heteropolymer in which the interaction between different monomers contains a quenched random component. We show the existence, along with the usual coil and globule phases, of a new folded phase, characterized by long relaxation times and by the existence of few stable states.
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页码:5349 / 5362
页数:14
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