Statistical mechanics of protein structural transitions: Insights from the island model
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Statistical mechanics of protein structural transitions: Insights from the island model
The so-called island model of protein structural transition holds that hydrophobic interactions are the key to both the folding and function of proteins. Herein, the genesis and statistical mechanical basis of the island model of transitions are reviewed, by presenting the results of simulations of such transitions. Elucidating the physicochemical mechanism of protein structural formation is th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biophysics and Physicobiology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2189-4779
DOI: 10.2142/biophysico.13.0_251