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Cooperativity of Protein Folding and the Random-Field Ising Model

A. M. Gutin, V. I. Abkevich, E. I. Shakhnovich

cond-matarXiv:cond-mat/9606136

Abstract

The relation between cooperativity of protein folding and the Random-Field Ising Model (RFIM) is established. Generalization of the Imry-Ma argument predicts cooperative folding transition for small heterogeneity of the interactions stabilizing the native structure. Monte Carlo simulation of a lattice model shows that starting from some finite heterogeneity folding transition is not cooperative and involves formation of domains.

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