Long-Range Correlation in Atomic Vibration οf Chicken Lysozyme Backbone

Abstract

Within this study we use methods such as spectral analysis that gives the spectral coefficient β, detrended fluctuations analysis that gives the scaling exponent α and the determination of Hurst exponent (H) to analyze the spatial series corresponding to the temperature factors of N, C-alpha, C and O atoms of 14 complexes of the chicken lysosyme. The mean values of the investigated parameters obtained for the 14 complexes are: β = 1.779 ± 0.086, α = 1.382 ± 0.009 and H = 0.916. These values reveal long-range correlation in atomic vibrations corresponding to the chicken lysozyme backbone.

A comparative study on structural proteins of viruses that belong to the identical family

“…Some researchers have computed the fractal dimension using invariant parameters such as fluorescence energy transfer [ 4 ], dihedral angles [ 5 ] and provided globally acceptable results. However, few researchers have simply discovered any fractal dimension for the backbone images or the 3D view of the proteins and protein surfaces [ 6 ]. Though these are unique, their shapes are variants under rotation.…”