A molecular dynamics simulation performed with the GROMOS molecular dynamics program of the tripeptide L-tryptophan, N-[N-(5-oxo-L-prolyl)-L-leucyl]-methyl ester (Glp-Leu-Trp-${\mathrm{OCH}}_3$) was fully analyzed. The computation of dynamical nonlinear techniques to describe a potential energy time series, based on recurrence plot methodology, highlighted otherwise hidden features of the molecular dynamics in the equilibration phase. © 1996 The American Physical Society.

• Received 16 January 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.53.6336