title: Analysis of single molecule folding studies with replica correlation functions.
abstract: Single molecule experiments that can track individual trajectories of biomolecular processes provide a challenge for understanding how these stochastic trajectories relate to the global energy landscape. Using trajectories from a native structure based simulation, we use order parameters that accurately distinguish between protein folding mechanisms that involve a simple, single set of pathways versus a complex one with multiple sets of competing pathways. We show how the folding dynamics can be analyzed with replica correlation functions in a way compatible with single molecule experiments.
authors.affiliation: Fachbereich Physik, Philipps-Universität Marburg, D-35032 Marburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lenz
authors.forename: Samuel S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Peter G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Wolynes