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蛋白质折叠过程的熵公式:疏水稳定性与折叠速率相关

Entropic formulation for the protein folding process: hydrophobic stability correlates with folding rates

J. P. Dal Molin, A. Caliri

摘要:

我们假设蛋白质折叠过程遵循两个自主步骤:主要由疏水效应决定的对天然蛋白质的构象搜索;以及最终的调整阶段,最终使天然蛋白质稳定。我们的主要调查工具是一个三维晶格模型提供了一个十个字母的字母表,立体化学模型。这个模型是为蒙特卡罗(MC)模拟而设计的,当人们记住溶液中蛋白质样链的动力学行为时。为了通过两种不同的采样方法来表征折叠特征时间(τ),首先我们对快速蛋白质样序列进行了两组10^{3} MC模拟。对于这些折叠时间组,τ和τ_{q}分别用标准Metropolis算法(MA)和改进的算法(M_{q} A)得到。τ_{q}的结果揭示了两件事:i)疏水链-溶剂相互作用加上一组残基间的空间位阻约束足以模拟过程的第一阶段:对于10^{3}个MC中的每一个进行的模拟,总是无一例外地发现了原生的,ii)比率τ_{q}/τ~1/3表明,局部热起伏的影响,包括在Tsallis权重中,提供了一个固有的效率,从能量和空间陷阱链逃逸。...

英文摘要:

We assume that the protein folding process follows two autonomous steps: the conformational search for the native, mainly ruled by the hydrophobic effect; and, the final adjustment stage, which eventually gives stability to the native. Our main tool of investigation is a 3D lattice model provided with a ten-letter alphabet, the stereochemical model. This model was conceived for Monte Carlo (MC) simulations when one keeps in mind the kinetic behavior of protein-like chains in solution. In order to characterize the folding characteristic time (τ) by two distinct sampling methods, first we present two sets of 10^{3} MC simulations for a fast protein-like sequence. For these sets of folding times, τ and τ_{q} were obtained with the application of the standard Metropolis algorithm (MA), and a modified algorithm (M_{q}A). The results for τ_{q}reveal two things: i) the hydrophobic chain-solvent interactions plus a set of inter-residues steric constraints are enough to emulate the first stage of the process: for each one of the 10^{3} MC performed simulations, the native is always found without exception, ii) the ratio τ_{q}/τ~1/3 suggests that the effect of local thermal fluctuations, encompassed by the Tsallis weight, provides an innate efficiency to the chain escapes from energetic and steric traps. ...

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