Unified perspective on proteins: A physics approach
Statistical Mechanics
2009-11-10 v1 Soft Condensed Matter
Biomolecules
Abstract
We study a physical system which, while devoid of the complexity one usually associates with proteins, nevertheless displays a remarkable array of protein-like properties. The constructive hypothesis that this striking resemblance is not accidental leads not only to a unified framework for understanding protein folding, amyloid formation and protein interactions but also has implications for natural selection.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0410291,
title = {Unified perspective on proteins: A physics approach},
author = {Jayanth R. Banavar and Trinh Xuan Hoang and Amos Maritan and Flavio Seno and Antonio Trovato},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0410291},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
26 pages, 15 figures, to appear on Phys. Rev. E