Parallel tempering simulations of HP‐36

Abstract
We report results from all-atom Monte Carlo simulations of the 36-residue villin headpiece subdomain HP-36. Protein-solvent interactions are approximated by an implicit solvent model. The parallel tempering is used to overcome the problem of slow convergence in low-temperature protein simulations. Our results show that this technique allows one to sample native-like structures of small proteins and points out the need for improved energy functions. Proteins 2003;52:436–445.
Funding Information
  • National Science Foundation (CHE-9981874)
  • National Science Council of the Republic of China (91-2112-M001-056)