Uhe. Hansmann et Y. Okamoto, Tackling the protein folding problem by a generalized-ensemble approach with Tsallis statistics, BRAZ J PHYS, 29(1), 1999, pp. 187-198
We review uses of Tsallis statistical mechanics in the protein folding prob
lem. Monte Carlo simulated annealing algorithm and generalized-ensemble alg
orithm with both Monte Carlo and stochastic dynamics algorithms are discuss
ed. Simulations by these algorithms are performed for a penta peptide, Met-
enkephalin. In particular, for generalized-ensemble algorithms, it is shown
that from only one simulation run one can find the global-minimum-energy c
onformation and obtain probability distributions in canonical ensemble for
a wide temperature range, which allows the calculation of any thermodynamic
quantity as a function of temperature.