Optimum folding pathways of proteins: their determination and properties

The Journal of Chemical Physics
Uğur GünerBurak Erman

Abstract

We develop a dynamic optimization technique for determining optimum folding pathways of proteins starting from different initial configurations. A coarse-grained Go model is used. Forces acting on each bead are (i) the friction force, (ii) forces from bond length constraints, (iii) excluded volume constraints, and (iv) attractive forces between residue pairs that are in contact in the native state. An objective function is defined as the total attractive energy between nonbonded residues, which are neighbors in the native state. The objective function is minimized over all feasible paths, satisfying bond length and excluded volume constraints. The optimization problem is nonconvex and contains a large number of constraints. An augmented Lagrangian method with a penalty barrier function was used to solve the problem. The method is applied to a 36-residue protein, chicken villin headpiece. Sequences of events during folding of the protein are determined for various pathways and analyzed. The relative time scales are compared and scaled according to experimentally measured events. Formation times of the helices, turn, and the loop agree with experimental data. We obtain the overall folding time of the protein in the range of 600 n...Continue Reading

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