Critical aspects of hierarchical protein folding
Soft Condensed Matter
2007-05-23 v1 chao-dyn
Chaotic Dynamics
q-bio
Abstract
We argue that the first order folding transitions of proteins observed at physiological chemical conditions end in a critical point for a given temperature and chemical potential of the surrounding water. We investigate this critical point using a hierarchical Hamiltonian and determine its universality class. This class differs qualitatively from those of other known models.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9801124,
title = {Critical aspects of hierarchical protein folding},
author = {Alex Hansen and Mogens H. Jensen and Kim Sneppen and Giovanni Zocchi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9801124},
year = {2007}
}
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3 pages RevTeX, 6 Postscript figures