Biophysical constraints for protein structure prediction
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A Protocol for Computer-Based Protein Structure and Function Prediction
Published on: November 3, 2011
Olga Tcherkasskaya1, Eugene A Davidson, Vladimir N Uversky
1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington DC, 20007, USA, ovt@georgetown.edu
Abstract:
Though highly desirable, neither a single experimental technique nor a computational approach can be sufficient enough to rationalize a protein structure. The incorporation of biophysical constraints, which can be rationalized based on conventional biophysical measurements, might lead to considerable improvement of the simulation procedures. In this regard, our analysis of 180 proteins in different conformational states allows prediction of the overall protein dimension based on the chain length, i.e., the protein molecular weight, with an accuracy of 10%.
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