Structure optimization in an off-lattice protein model

Abstract

We study an off-lattice protein toy model with two species of monomers interacting through modified Lennard-Jones interactions. Low energy configurations are optimized using the pruned-enriched-Rosenbluth method (PERM), hitherto employed to native state searches only for off lattice models. For 2 dimensions we found states with lower energy than previously proposed putative ground states, for all chain lengths $\ge 13$. This indicates that PERM has the potential to produce native states also for more realistic protein models. For $d=3$, where no published ground states exist, we present some putative lowest energy states for future comparison with other methods.

4 pages, 2 figures

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