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==Theoretical Models== | ==Theoretical Models== | ||
In the broad sense intended here, "theoretical model" means any molecular model that is not derived directly from empirical atomic resolution data, such as crystallographic X-ray diffraction, or a sufficient number of NMR restraints. "Theoretical model" thus includes comparative or homology models, ''ab initio'' / ''de novo'' models, or any modification to an empirical model, including changes as small as the mutation of a single amino acid. | |||
The positions of sidechains in theoretical models, such as comparative models, or models with theoretically added mutations or changes in conformation, are generally unreliable. The backbone conformation or fold is generally unreliable in ''ab initio'' / ''de novo'' theoretical models. | |||
No pages in Proteopedia have been automatically generated for the 1,390 theoretical models that were historically deposited in the [[Protein Data Bank]] but [http://www.pdb.org/pdb/static.do?p=download/theoretical_models/index.html removed from the main database in 2002]. (An example is 1DNN.) | No pages in Proteopedia have been automatically generated for the 1,390 theoretical models that were historically deposited in the [[Protein Data Bank]] but [http://www.pdb.org/pdb/static.do?p=download/theoretical_models/index.html removed from the main database in 2002]. (An example is 1DNN.) | ||