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ArticleCurrent protocols in bioinformatics2006

Comparative protein structure modeling using Modeller.

Narayanan Eswar, Ben Webb, Marc A Marti-Renom, M S Madhusudhan, David Eramian, Min-Yi Shen, Ursula Pieper, Andrej Sali

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Article in Current protocols in bioinformatics, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1,404 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Narayanan EswarUniversity of California at San Francisco San Francisco, California.
Ben Webb *University of California at San Francisco San Francisco, California.
Marc A Marti-RenomUniversity of California at San Francisco San Francisco, California.
M S MadhusudhanUniversity of California at San Francisco San Francisco, California.
David EramianUniversity of California at San Francisco San Francisco, California.
Min-Yi ShenUniversity of California at San Francisco San Francisco, California.
Ursula PieperUniversity of California at San Francisco San Francisco, California.
Andrej Sali *University of California at San Francisco San Francisco, California.

Funding

CENTER FOR STRUCTURAL GENOMICSP50GM062529 · NIGMS · SGX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. · PI BURLEY, STEPHEN KEVIN · 2000 to 2004
$33.8M
Theoretical and Computational ApproachesP01GM071790 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI RAUSHEL, FRANK M. · 2004 to 2013
$15.5M
Protein Modeling by Satisfaction of Spatial RestraintsR01GM054762 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI SALI, ANDREJ · 2001 to 2008
$2.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS P01 GM071790NIGMS NIH HHS P01 GM71790NIGMS NIH HHS P50 GM062529NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM054762NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM54762NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM62529PHS HHS P01 A135707
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Functional characterization of a protein sequence is one of the most frequent problems in biology. This task is usually facilitated by accurate three-dimensional (3-D) structure of the studied protein. In the absence of an experimentally determined structure, comparative or homology modeling can sometimes provide a useful 3-D model for a protein that is related to at least one known protein structure. Comparative modeling predicts the 3-D structure of a given protein sequence (target) based primarily on its alignment to one or more proteins of known structure (templates). The prediction process consists of fold assignment, target-template alignment, model building, and model evaluation. This unit describes how to calculate comparative models using the program MODELLER and discusses all four steps of comparative modeling, frequently observed errors, and some applications. Modeling lactate dehydrogenase from Trichomonas vaginalis (TvLDH) is described as an example. The download and installation of the MODELLER software is also described.

Indexed as

Models, ChemicalModels, MolecularSoftwareAlgorithmsAmino Acid SequenceComputer SimulationCrystallographyMolecular Sequence DataProtein ConformationProtein FoldingProteinsSequence Analysis, ProteinProteins

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PMID18428767
PMCPMC4186674

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