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ReviewNature protocols2022

Integrative structural modeling of macromolecular complexes using Assembline.

Vasileios Rantos, Kai Karius, Jan Kosinski

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Review in Nature protocols, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Integrative spatiotemporal modeling of biomolecular processes: Application to the assembly of the nuclear pore complex.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vasileios RantosCentre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB), Hamburg, Germany.
Kai KariusCentre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB), Hamburg, Germany.
Jan KosinskiCentre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB), Hamburg, Germany. jan.kosinski@embl.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3641-0322
European Molecular Biology Laboratory · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Integrative modeling enables structure determination of macromolecular complexes by combining data from multiple experimental sources such as X-ray crystallography, electron microscopy or cross-linking mass spectrometry. It is particularly useful for complexes not amenable to high-resolution electron microscopy-complexes that are flexible, heterogeneous or imaged in cells with cryo-electron tomography. We have recently developed an integrative modeling protocol that allowed us to model multi-megadalton complexes as large as the nuclear pore complex. Here, we describe the Assembline software package, which combines multiple programs and libraries with our own algorithms in a streamlined modeling pipeline. Assembline builds ensembles of models satisfying data from atomic structures or homology models, electron microscopy maps and other experimental data, and provides tools for their analysis. Compared with other methods, Assembline enables efficient sampling of conformational space through a multistep procedure, provides new modeling restraints and includes a unique configuration system for setting up the modeling project. Our protocol achieves exhaustive sampling in less than 100-1,000 CPU-hours even for complexes in the megadalton range. For larger complexes, resources available in institutional or public computer clusters are needed and sufficient to run the protocol. We also provide step-by-step instructions for preparing the input, running the core modeling steps and assessing modeling performance at any stage.

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Macromolecular SubstancesModels, MolecularSoftwareComputational BiologyCrystallography, X-RayMass SpectrometryMicroscopy, ElectronMacromolecular Substances

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PMID34845384
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