Abstract
A protein molecule under the stress of an external denaturing force acting on a terminal end or on the entire molecule is expected to unfold, possibly through a few intermediate stages depending on the magnitude of the denaturing force. We have investigated two protein minimal models under various types of denaturing force fields using the collision molecular-dynamics simulation, in order to critically examine the relationship between the folding pathways observed in different protein denaturing experiments.
- Received 2 April 2002
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.67.031910
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