Abstract
The kinetic Ising model in the mean field approximation has been applied to study the equilibrium and kinetic behaviors of protein folding-unfolding. Thermodynamics and kinetics of protein folding-unfolding are related by an elementary process of folding ↔ unfolding of peptide bonds. As a demonstration, we analyze, using the presented theory, the equilibrium and kinetics properties of Leu94Val mutant of horse cyt. c (Biochemistry 35, 5538 (1996).) and several characteristic properties are deduced using our theoretical model.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 335-338 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue number | 3 A |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2003 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Density matrix method
- Generalized kinetic king model
- Mean field theory
- Protein folding