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Three-helix-bundle protein in a Ramachandran model

Irbäck, A LU orcid ; Sjunnesson, F LU and Wallin, S LU (2000) In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 97(25). p.8-13614
Abstract

We study the thermodynamic behavior of a model protein with 54 amino acids that forms a three-helix bundle in its native state. The model contains three types of amino acids and five to six atoms per amino acid and has the Ramachandran torsional angles phi(i), psi(i) as its degrees of freedom. The force field is based on hydrogen bonds and effective hydrophobicity forces. For a suitable choice of the relative strength of these interactions, we find that the three-helix-bundle protein undergoes an abrupt folding transition from an expanded state to the native state. Also shown is that the corresponding one- and two-helix segments are less stable than the three-helix sequence.

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Models, Molecular, Protein Conformation, Proteins, Thermodynamics
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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97
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25
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5 pages
publisher
National Academy of Sciences
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  • pmid:11095708
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ISSN
0027-8424
DOI
10.1073/pnas.240245297
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English
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  title        = {{Three-helix-bundle protein in a Ramachandran model}},
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