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Hydrophobic Homopolymer’s Coil–Globule Transition and Adsorption onto a Hydrophobic Surface under Different Conditions
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Unstructured proteins can modulate cellular responses to environ- mental conditions by undergoing coil−globule transitions and phase separation. However, the molecular mechanisms of these phenomena still need to be fully understood. Here, we use Monte Carlo calculations of a coarse-grained model incorporating water’s effects on the system’s free energy. Following previous studies, we modeled an unstructured protein as a polymer chain. Because we are interested in investigating how it responds to thermodynamic changes near a hydrophobic surface under different conditions, we chose an entirely hydrophobic sequence to maximize the interaction with the interface. We show that a slit pore confinement without top-down symmetry enhances the unfolding and adsorption of the chain in both random coil and globular states. Moreover, we demonstrate that the hydration water modulates this behavior depending on the thermodynamic parameters. Our findings provide insights into how homopolymers and possibly unstructured proteins can sense and adjust to external stimuli such as nanointerfaces or stresses.
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DURÀ FAULÍ, Bernat, BIANCO, Valentino, FRANZESE, Giancarlo. Hydrophobic Homopolymer’s Coil–Globule Transition and Adsorption onto a Hydrophobic Surface under Different Conditions. _Journal of Physical Chemistry B_. 2023. Vol. 127, núm. 5541-5552. [consulta: 21 de gener de 2026]. ISSN: 1520-6106. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/208491]