Searching low-energy conformations of two elastin sequences
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL B, vol.37, no.2, pp.223-228, 2004 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 37 Issue: 2
- Publication Date: 2004
- Doi Number: 10.1140/epjb/e2004-00050-0
- Journal Name: EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL B
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.223-228
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Ankara University Affiliated: No
Abstract
The three-dimensional structures of two common repeat motifs Val(1)-Pro(2)-Gly(3)-Val(4)-Gly(5) and Val(1)-Gly(2)-Val(3)-Pro(4)-Gly(5)-Val(6)-Gly(7)-Val(8)-Pro(9) of tropoelastin are investigated by using the multicanonical simulation procedure. By minimizing the energy structures along the trajectory the thermodynamically most stable low-energy microstates of the molecule are determined. The structural predictions are in good agreement with X-ray diffraction experiments.