Chinese Physics B, Volume. 29, Issue 10, (2020)
Application of topological soliton in modeling protein folding: Recent progress and perspective
Proteins are important biological molecules whose structures are closely related to their specific functions. Understanding how the protein folds under physical principles, known as the protein folding problem, is one of the main tasks in modern biophysics. Coarse-grained methods play an increasingly important role in the simulation of protein folding, especially for large proteins. In recent years, we proposed a novel coarse-grained method derived from the topological soliton model, in terms of the backbone Cα chain. In this review, we will first systematically address the theoretical method of topological soliton. Then some successful applications will be displayed, including the thermodynamics simulation of protein folding, the property analysis of dynamic conformations, and the multi-scale simulation scheme. Finally, we will give a perspective on the development and application of topological soliton.
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Xu-Biao Peng, Jiao-Jiao Liu, Jin Dai, Antti J Niemi, Jian-Feng He. Application of topological soliton in modeling protein folding: Recent progress and perspective[J]. Chinese Physics B, 2020, 29(10):
Received: Jun. 30, 2020
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Published Online: Apr. 21, 2021
The Author Email: Peng Xu-Biao (hjf@bit.edu.cn)