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A Protocol for Computer-Based Protein Structure and Function Prediction
Published on: November 3, 2011
PyMod 2.0: improvements in protein sequence-structure analysis and homology modeling within PyMOL
Giacomo Janson1, Chengxin Zhang2, Maria Giulia Prado1
1Department of Biochemical Sciences "A. Rossi Fanelli", Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy.
Motivation:
The recently released PyMod GUI integrates many of the individual steps required for protein sequence-structure analysis and homology modeling within the interactive visualization capabilities of PyMOL. Here we describe the improvements introduced into the version 2.0 of PyMod.
Results:
The original code of PyMod has been completely rewritten and improved in version 2.0 to extend PyMOL with packages such as Clustal Omega, PSIPRED and CAMPO. Integration with the popular web services ESPript and WebLogo is also provided. Finally, a number of new MODELLER functionalities have also been implemented, including SALIGN, modeling of quaternary structures, DOPE scores, disulfide bond modeling and choice of heteroatoms to be included in the final model.
Availability And Implementation:
PyMod 2.0 installer packages for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X and user guides are available at http://schubert.bio.uniroma1.it/pymod/index.html. The open source code of the project is hosted at https://github.com/pymodproject/pymod.
Contact:
alessandro.paiardini@uniroma1.it or giacomo.janson@uniroma1.it
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