Why do protein folding rates correlate with metrics of native topology?

For almost 15 years, the experimental correlation between protein folding rates and the contact order parameter has been under scrutiny. Here, we use a simple simulation model combined with a native-centric interaction potential to investigate the physical roots of this empirical observation. We sim...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Patrícia F N Faísca, Rui D M Travasso, Andrea Parisi, Antonio Rey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3338708?pdf=render