Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol.115, No.6, 2841-2845, 2001
Rate-determining moves in protein folding
We present lattice Monte Carlo simulations of protein folding for the three main types of 3-D native protein conformations, including globular structures, bundles of alpha helices, and beta sheets. Scrutinizing the relative role of the end, crankshaft, and corner monomer moves, we show that the latter moves are rate-determining in all the cases.