Abstract
We present the first applications of an activated method in internal
coordinate space for sampling all-atom protein conformations, the
activation-relaxation technique for internal coordinate. space
trajectories (ARTIST). This method differs from all previous internal
coordinate-based studies aimed at folding or refining protein
structures in that conformational. changes result from identifying and
crossing well-defined saddle points connecting energy minima. Our
simulations of four model proteins containing between 4 and 47 amino
acids indicate that this method is efficient for exploring
conformational space in both sparsely and densely packed environments,
and offers new perspectives for applications ranging from
computer-aided drug design to supramolecular assembly. Proteins
2006;63:967-975. (c) 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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