Extracting Structural Information of a Heteropolymer from Force−Extension Curves
Abstract
We present a theory for the reverse analysis on the sequence information on a single H/P two-letter random heteropolymer (RHP) from its force−extension (f−z) curves during quasi static stretching. Upon stretching of a self-assembled RHP, it undergoes several structural transitions. The typical elastic response of a heteropolymeric globule is a set of overlapping saw-tooth patterns. With consideration of the height and the position of the overlapping saw-tooth shape, we analyze the possibility of extracting the binding energies of the internal domains and the corresponding block sizes of the contributing conformations.
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Institut Charles Sadron.
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Sejong University.
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University of Florida.
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