Abstract
The folding of alpha/beta proteins involves most of the commonly known structural and dynamic complexities of the protein energy landscapes. Thus, the interplay among different structural components, taking into account the cooperative interactions, is important in determining the success of protein structure prediction. In this work we present further developments of our knowledge-based force field for alpha/beta proteins, introducing more realistic modeling of many-body interactions governing the folding of beta-sheets. The model's innovations highlight both specific topological characteristics of secondary structures and the generic nonadditive interactions that are mediated by water. We also investigate how a coarse biasing of the protein morphology can be used to understand the role of heterogeneity in protein collapse. Analysis of the simulation results for three test alpha/beta proteins indicates that the addition of the topological and many-body ingredients to the model helps to greatly reduce the roughness in the energy landscape. Consequently, high quality candidate structures for alpha/beta proteins can be generated from simulated annealing runs, using very modest amounts of computer time.
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