3.1 Papers
3.1.6 Chronological list
3.1.6.22 Petukhov, M.G., Dorofeev, V.E., Abagyan, R.A., Mazur, A.K. (1992). Global optimization of the conformational energy of oligopeptides using a tunnel algorithm. Biofizika, 37, 226-230
The tunneling algorithm has been suggested as a method for the searching of the low energy conformations of the oligopeptides. The
efficiency of the method has been compared with other global energy minimization methods such as grid search and molecular dynamics.
It has been shown that tunneling algorithm reached global minimum of potential energy of the molecule of 3-4 residues more effectively
than other methods. Experiments with oligopeptides of more than 4 residues showed that although during reasonable time tunneling
algorithm does not reach the global minimum it can very effectively find the low energy minimum.