structures in all-atom explicit-solvent simulations of proteins. By this approach we are able to
systematically fold a 16-residue beta hairpin using metadynamics on a single replica.
Application to the 56-residue SH3 and GB1 proteins show that, starting from extended
states, in∼ 100 ns tens of structures containing more than 30% beta-sheet are obtained,
including parts of the native fold. Using these variables may allow folding moderate size …