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We demonstrated that titin exhibits a third type of elasticity due to tertiary structure and involving domain-domain interaction and reorganization along the titin chain. Through simulations employing equilibrium molecular dynamics, steered molecular dynamics, and free-energy calculations, the mechanical properties of a six-Ig domain of titin (I65-I70), for which a crystallographic structure is available, were investigated. The results reveal a soft tertiary structure elasticity. A remarkably accurate statistical mechanical description for this elasticity is derived and applied. Simulations studied also the stiff, secondary structure elasticity of the I65-I70 chain due to the unraveling of its domains and revealed how force propagates along the chain during the secondary structure elasticity response.","abstract_html":"Titin is a mechanical protein that protects muscle from overstretching by producing a restoring force when a muscle fiber is extended beyond its normal length. Force spectroscopy studies have shown that titin exhibits several regimes of elasticity. Disordered segments bring about a soft, entropic spring-type elasticity; secondary structures of titins immunoglobulin-like (Ig-) and fibronectin type III-like (FN-III) domains provide a stiff elasticity. We demonstrated that titin exhibits a third type of elasticity due to tertiary structure and involving domain-domain interaction and reorganization along the titin chain. Through simulations employing equilibrium molecular dynamics, steered molecular dynamics, and free-energy calculations, the mechanical properties of a six-Ig domain of titin (I65-I70), for which a crystallographic structure is available, were investigated. The results reveal a soft tertiary structure elasticity. A remarkably accurate statistical mechanical description for this elasticity is derived and applied. Simulations studied also the stiff, secondary structure elasticity of the I65-I70 chain due to the unraveling of its domains and revealed how force propagates along the chain during the secondary structure elasticity response.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Hsin, Ya-Chieh"],"institution":"University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign","degree_name":"Ph.D.","degree_level":"Dissertation","degree_discipline":"Physics","degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":["Aksimentiev, Aleksei","Schulten, Klaus"],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":2015,"date_issued":"2015-09-25T20:03:22Z","date_published":"2015-09-25T20:03:22Z","updated_at":"2026-07-22T22:26:14Z","subjects":["Biology, Cell"],"languages":["eng"],"rights":[],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["(MiAaPQ)AAI3452176"],"render_values":[{"text":"(MiAaPQ)AAI3452176","href":null,"code":true}]}]},"links":{"outbound_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/2142/80632","outbound_label":"Handle","outbound_source":"dc:identifier"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor","label":"Contributor","values":["Aksimentiev, Aleksei","Schulten, Klaus"]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Hsin, Ya-Chieh"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date","label":"Dc Date","values":["2015-09-25T20:03:22Z","10000-01-01","2010"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["text"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_discipline","label":"Discipline","values":["Physics"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_level","label":"Degree Level","values":["Dissertation"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_name","label":"Degree Name","values":["Ph.D."]},{"key":"thesis:institution_name","label":"Thesis Institution Name","values":["University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["Biology, Cell"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:language","label":"Dc Language","values":["eng"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["http://hdl.handle.net/2142/80632","(MiAaPQ)AAI3452176"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description","label":"Description","values":["Titin is a mechanical protein that protects muscle from overstretching by producing a restoring force when a muscle fiber is extended beyond its normal length. 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