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A protein is a chain molecule which is characterized chemically by the sequence of amino acids (monomers) which form it. At sufficiently high temperature T, the protein exhibits a rather random and loose conformation, and as T is lowered it undergoes a “protein folding transition” [1,2] to one of a few rather tight and specifically ordered conformations. In an organism, a protein occurs in a folded state, the specific nature of which determines its “protein functions”. Perhaps the most important question currently facing microbiologists is the nature and origin of protein folding.
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Carmesin, HO., Landau, D.P. (1991). A Computer Simulation of Polymers with Gaussian Couplings: Modeling Protein Folding?. In: Landau, D.P., Mon, K.K., Schüttler, HB. (eds) Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed Matter Physics III. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 53. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76382-3_17
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