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在非漏斗能量景观上可靠的蛋白质折叠:自由能反应路径

Reliable protein folding on non-funneled energy landscapes: the free energy reaction path

Gregg Lois, Jerzy Blawzdziewicz, Corey S. O'Hern

摘要:

建立了一个研究蛋白质折叠动力学的理论框架。关键的见解是,天然蛋白质构象的搜索是由外部参数,如温度,化学变性剂或pH值,调整诱导折叠的速率r的影响。基于这一观点的理论预测:(1)具有非漏斗能量景观的蛋白质可以可靠地折叠到它们的天然状态,(2)可靠的折叠可以作为平衡或非平衡过程发生,(3)可靠的折叠仅在速率r低于极限值时发生,该极限值可以通过测量自由能来计算。我们测试这些预测对一个单一的能量尺度的模型蛋白质的数值模拟。

英文摘要:

A theoretical framework is developed to study the dynamics of protein folding. The key insight is that the search for the native protein conformation is influenced by the rate r at which external parameters, such as temperature, chemical denaturant or pH, are adjusted to induce folding. A theory based on this insight predicts that (1) proteins with non-funneled energy landscapes can fold reliably to their native state, (2) reliable folding can occur as an equilibrium or out-of-equilibrium process, and (3) reliable folding only occurs when the rate r is below a limiting value, which can be calculated from measurements of the free energy. We test these predictions against numerical simulations of model proteins with a single energy scale.

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