Primary Sequences of Protein-Like Copolymers: Levy Flight Type Long Range Correlations

Abstract

We consider the statistical properties of primary sequences of two-letter HP copolymers (H for hydrophobic and P for polar) designed to have water soluble globular conformations with H monomers shielded from water inside the shell of P monomers. We show, both by computer simulations and by exact analytical calculation, that for large globules and flexible polymers such sequences exhibit long-range correlations which can be described by Levy-flight statistics.

4 pages, including 2 figures; several references added, some formulations improved

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