Folding temperature

Figure 8 depicts the power spectra S(f) of the potential energy fluctuations of the original BLN and the Go-like model at the collapse and folding temperatures. 

It should be noted that this formulation has been used to experimentally estimate the entropy lost per chain segment and thus the average number of conformations available to each residue. Eq 4 suggests that there exists a folding temperature at which the population is evenly divided between... 

Simulations have shown that the folding ability can be quantified in terms of the ratio of the folding temperature, Tf, where the native state becomes thermodynamically the most stable, to the glass transition temperature, Eg, where the kinetics slow down dramatically because of large free energy... 

In general, the key chemicals for changing the folding temperature in our elastic-contractile model proteins are prevalent triggers of function in biology. 

The flexibility of the SMP composite material is important for folding the structure into the spacecraft for transfer to space the folding temperature is highly dependent on both the resin and fibre properties. Once the structure is packed into its folded position, it is constrained in that position until cooled to approximately 15°C, or lower below Tg at which point the SMP composite structure will remain locked or frozen in the packed position umestrained until it is again heated above the Tg. When the SMP structure is heated, internal strain energy will cause it to return to its initial cured shape. The speed and the accuracy of the shape return are a function of the shape memory recovery force of the composite. 

At the critical point, there are two characteristic temperamres T(, the folding temperature, and Tg, the glass transition temperature. They correspond to two aspects of the energy landscape. Using computer simulations plus some experimental data, the renormahzation values of the funnel parameters can be estimated. 

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