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ArticleMethods (San Diego, Calif.)2011

The Phenix software for automated determination of macromolecular structures.

Paul D Adams, Pavel V Afonine, Gábor Bunkóczi, Vincent B Chen, Nathaniel Echols, Jeffrey J Headd, Li-Wei Hung, Swati Jain, Gary J Kapral, Ralf W Grosse Kunstleve and 8 more

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Article in Methods (San Diego, Calif.), 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 547 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Paul D AdamsLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. PDAdams@lbl.gov
Pavel V Afonine
Gábor Bunkóczi
Vincent B Chen
Nathaniel Echols
Jeffrey J Headd
Li-Wei Hung
Swati Jain
Gary J Kapral
Ralf W Grosse Kunstleve
Airlie J McCoy
Nigel W Moriarty
Robert D Oeffner
Randy J Read
David C Richardson
Jane S Richardson
Thomas C Terwilliger
Peter H Zwart

Funding

PROJECT 5 - DUKE - STRUCTURE VALIDATION AND IMPROVEMENT FOR PROTEINS AND N. ACIDSP01GM063210 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI ADAMS, PAUL DAVID · 2001 to 2021
$33.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM063210NIGMS NIH HHS P01 GM063210Wellcome Trust 082961
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

X-ray crystallography is a critical tool in the study of biological systems. It is able to provide information that has been a prerequisite to understanding the fundamentals of life. It is also a method that is central to the development of new therapeutics for human disease. Significant time and effort are required to determine and optimize many macromolecular structures because of the need for manual interpretation of complex numerical data, often using many different software packages, and the repeated use of interactive three-dimensional graphics. The Phenix software package has been developed to provide a comprehensive system for macromolecular crystallographic structure solution with an emphasis on automation. This has required the development of new algorithms that minimize or eliminate subjective input in favor of built-in expert-systems knowledge, the automation of procedures that are traditionally performed by hand, and the development of a computational framework that allows a tight integration between the algorithms. The application of automated methods is particularly appropriate in the field of structural proteomics, where high throughput is desired. Features in Phenix for the automation of experimental phasing with subsequent model building, molecular replacement, structure refinement and validation are described and examples given of running Phenix from both the command line and graphical user interface.

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Crystallography, X-RaySoftwareAlgorithmsAutomation, LaboratoryData CollectionHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysMolecular StructureProteinsProteomicsProteins

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PMID21821126
PMCPMC3193589

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