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  1. Zhmurov A.A., Alekseenko A.E., Barsegov V.A., Kononova O.G., Kholodov Y.A.
    Phase transition from α-helices to β-sheets in supercoils of fibrillar proteins
    Computer Research and Modeling, 2013, v. 5, no. 4, pp. 705-725

    The transition from α-helices to β-strands under external mechanical force in fibrin molecule containing coiled-coils is studied and free energy landscape is resolved. The detailed theoretical modeling of each stage of coiled-coils fragment pulling process was performed. The plots of force (F) as a function of molecule expansion (X) for two symmetrical fibrin coiled-coils (each ∼17 nm in length) show three distinct modes of mechanical behaviour: (1) linear (elastic) mode when coiled-coils behave like entropic springs (F<100−125 pN and X<7−8 nm), (2) viscous (plastic) mode when molecule resistance force does not increase with increase in elongation length (F≈150 pN and X≈10−35 nm) and (3) nonlinear mode (F>175−200 pN and X>40−50 nm). In linear mode the coiled-coils unwind at 2π radian angle, but no structural transition occurs. Viscous mode is characterized by the phase transition from the triple α-spirals to three-stranded parallel β-sheet. The critical tension of α-helices is 0.25 nm per turn, and the characteristic energy change is equal to 4.9 kcal/mol. Changes in internal energy Δu, entropy Δs and force capacity cf per one helical turn for phase transition were also computed. The observed dynamic behavior of α-helices and phase transition from α-helices to β-sheets under tension might represent a universal mechanism of regulation of fibrillar protein structures subject to mechanical stresses due to biological forces.

    Keywords: phase transition from α-helices to β-sheets, thermodynamics of transition from α-helices to β-sheets, molecular modeling, fibrinogen, fibrin fibers, Molecular Dynamics, GPU.
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  2. Podryga V.O., Polyakov S.V.
    3D molecular dynamic simulation of thermodynamic equilibrium problem for heated nickel
    Computer Research and Modeling, 2015, v. 7, no. 3, pp. 573-579

    This work is devoted to molecular dynamic modeling of the thermal impact processes on the metal sample consisting of nickel atoms. For the solution of this problem, a continuous mathematical model on the basis of the classical Newton mechanics equations has been used; a numerical method based on the Verlet scheme has been chosen; a parallel algorithm has been offered, and its realization within the MPI and OpenMP technologies has been executed. By means of the developed parallel program, the investigation of thermodynamic equilibrium of nickel atoms’ system under the conditions of heating a sample to desired temperature has been executed. In numerical experiments both optimum parameters of calculation procedure and physical parameters of analyzed process have been defined. The obtained numerical results are well corresponding to known theoretical and experimental data.

    Keywords: molecular dynamic simulation, nickel, EAM, temperature, thermostat, Newton mechanics equations, parallel algorithm and program, MPI and OpenMP technologies.
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