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Critical aspects of hierarchical protein folding

1998/01/13 by Alex Hansen, Hansen, Alex, Mogens H. Jensen +5
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Physics and Astronomy · #Hemoglobin structure and function #Origins and Evolution of Life #Protein Structure and Dynamics #chao-dyn #cond-mat.soft #nlin.CD #q-bio

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/9801124

3 pages RevTeX, 6 Postscript figures

arxiv created 1998/01/13 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

We argue that the first order folding transitions of proteins observed at physiological chemical conditions end in a critical point for a given temperature and chemical potential of the surrounding water. We investigate this critical point using a hierarchical Hamiltonian and determine its universality class. This class differs qualitatively from those of other known models.

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