Discrete Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation, Solitons and Organizing Principles for Protein Folding
Biological Physics
2021-02-24 v1 Soft Condensed Matter
Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
We introduce a novel generalization of the discrete nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation. It supports solitons that describe how proteins fold. As an example we scrutinize the villin headpiece HP35, an archetypal protein for testing both experimental and theoretical approaches to protein folding. Using explicit soliton profiles we construct its carbon backbone with an unprecedented accuracy.
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@article{arxiv.1009.1078,
title = {Discrete Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation, Solitons and Organizing Principles for Protein Folding},
author = {Nora Molkenthin and Shuangwei Hu and Antti J. Niemi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1009.1078},
year = {2021}
}
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5 pages 2 figures