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Space-filling discrete helices
Jayanth R. Banavar, Achille Giacometti, Trinh X. Hoang +2
Proteins are linear chain molecules that play a central role in life and health. Protein native state folds are modular assemblies of space-filling building blocks of α-helices, \{…
Phase behaviour and self-assembly of semiflexible polymers in poor-solvent solutions
Tobia Arcangeli, Tatjana Škrbić, Somiealo Azote +6
Using Langevin dynamics complemented by Wang-Landau Monte Carlo simulations, we study the phase behavior of single and multiple semiflexible polymer chains in solution under poor-s…
Amino acid characteristics in protein native state structures
Tatjana Škrbić, Achille Giacometti, Trinh X. Hoang +2
We present a geometrical analysis of the protrusion statistics of side chains in more than 4,000 high-resolution protein structures. We employ a coarse-grained representation of th…
III. Geometrical framework for thinking about globular proteins: turns in proteins
Tatjana Škrbić, Achille Giacometti, Trinh X. Hoang +2
We have shown recently that the notion of poking pairwise interactions along a chain provides a unifying framework for understanding the formation of both secondary and the tertiar…
II. Geometrical framework for thinking about globular proteins: the power of poking
Tatjana Škrbić, Achille Giacometti, Trinh X. Hoang +2
Recently, we presented a framework for understanding protein structure based on the idea that simple constructs of holding hands or touching of objects can be used to rationalize t…
A geometrical framework for thinking about proteins
Jayanth R. Banavar, Achille Giacometti, Trinh X. Hoang +2
We present a model, based on symmetry and geometry, for proteins. Using elementary ideas from mathematics and physics, we derive the geometries of discrete helices and sheets. We p…