A modified Marriage in Honey Bee Optimisation (MBO) algorithm for protein structure prediction

This paper refines and introduces a modification to the Marriage in Honey Bee Optimisation algorithm (MBO). The modified algorithm was applied to predict the structure of Met-enkphaline using torsion angles representation and ECEPP/3 energy function. The results showed the significance of the modification. The algorithm was able to find the lowest reported free energy conformation of value -12.43 kcal/mol.