Novel characterization of the folding of proteins.

In this paper, we consider a characterization of the folding of 3D model proteins. In this characterization, we describe the different kinds of 3-step path conformation, then construct an augmented Hasse matrix which reflects some properties of the protein folding. This method can characterize the folding degree of 3D model proteins and evaluate the similarity/diversity of these five model proteins. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2007 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]