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Statistical Physics of Protein Folding and Aggregation

Favrin, Giorgio LU (2004)
Abstract
The mechanisms of protein folding and aggregation are investigated by computer simulations of all-atom and reduced models with sequence-based potentials. A quasi local Monte Carlo update is developed in order to efficiently sample proteins in the folded phase. A small helical protein, the B-domain of staphylococcal protein A, is studied using a reduced model. In the thermodynamically favoured topology, energy minimisation leads to a conformation whose root mean square deviation form the experimental structure is 1.8Å. We also study the thermodynamics and kinetics of small fast folding proteins without a clear free-energy barrier between the folded and unfolded states. Analytical calculations using a square well-potential enable us to... (More)
The mechanisms of protein folding and aggregation are investigated by computer simulations of all-atom and reduced models with sequence-based potentials. A quasi local Monte Carlo update is developed in order to efficiently sample proteins in the folded phase. A small helical protein, the B-domain of staphylococcal protein A, is studied using a reduced model. In the thermodynamically favoured topology, energy minimisation leads to a conformation whose root mean square deviation form the experimental structure is 1.8Å. We also study the thermodynamics and kinetics of small fast folding proteins without a clear free-energy barrier between the folded and unfolded states. Analytical calculations using a square well-potential enable us to predict the relaxation time within a factor of two. Finally using an all atom model, we study the aggregation properties of a 7-amino acid fragment of Alzheimer's amyloid beta peptide. We find that the system of three and six such fragments form aggregated structures with a high content of antiparallel beta-sheet structure, which is in line with experimental data. (Less)
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  • Associate Professor Hansmann, Ulrich H E, Department of Physics Michigan Technological University
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Two State, Physics, Fysik, Statistics, operations research, programming, aktuariematematik, programmering, operationsanalys, actuarial mathematics, Statistik, Simulations, Aggregation, Protein Folding, Fysicumarkivet A:2004:Favrin
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124 pages
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Lund University
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2004-05-19 10:15:00
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91-628-6073-9
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English
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  abstract     = {{The mechanisms of protein folding and aggregation are investigated by computer simulations of all-atom and reduced models with sequence-based potentials. A quasi local Monte Carlo update is developed in order to efficiently sample proteins in the folded phase. A small helical protein, the B-domain of staphylococcal protein A, is studied using a reduced model. In the thermodynamically favoured topology, energy minimisation leads to a conformation whose root mean square deviation form the experimental structure is 1.8Å. We also study the thermodynamics and kinetics of small fast folding proteins without a clear free-energy barrier between the folded and unfolded states. Analytical calculations using a square well-potential enable us to predict the relaxation time within a factor of two. Finally using an all atom model, we study the aggregation properties of a 7-amino acid fragment of Alzheimer's amyloid beta peptide. We find that the system of three and six such fragments form aggregated structures with a high content of antiparallel beta-sheet structure, which is in line with experimental data.}},
  author       = {{Favrin, Giorgio}},
  isbn         = {{91-628-6073-9}},
  keywords     = {{Two State; Physics; Fysik; Statistics; operations research; programming; aktuariematematik; programmering; operationsanalys; actuarial mathematics; Statistik; Simulations; Aggregation; Protein Folding; Fysicumarkivet A:2004:Favrin}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{Lund University}},
  school       = {{Lund University}},
  title        = {{Statistical Physics of Protein Folding and Aggregation}},
  year         = {{2004}},
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