Glass Transition Temperature and Fractal Dimension of Protein Free Energy Landscapes

Abstract

The free-energy landscape of two peptides is evaluated at various temperatures and an estimate for its fractal dimension at these temperatures calculated. We show that monitoring this quantity as a function of temperature allows to determine the glass transition temperature.

Comments: 10 pages, Latex, package graphicx, with four eps figures. Submitted to Int. J. Mod. Phys. C