2fol

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spinqualitylabelsall models 2fol, resolution 2.631Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image

Crystal structure of human RAB1A in complex with GDP

OverviewOverview

Rapid protein-structure determination relies greatly on software that can, automatically build a protein model into an experimental electron-density, map. In favorable circumstances, various software systems are capable of, building over 90% of the final model. However, completeness falls off, rapidly with the resolution of the diffraction data. Manual completion of, these partial models is usually feasible, but is time-consuming and prone, to subjective interpretation. Except for the N- and C-termini of the, chain, the end points of each missing fragment are known from the initial, model. Hence, fitting fragments reduces to an inverse-kinematics problem., A method has been developed that combines fast inverse-kinematics, algorithms with a real-space torsion-angle refinement procedure in a, two-stage approach to fit missing main-chain fragments into the electron, density between two anchor points. The first stage samples a large number, of closing conformations, guided by the electron density. These candidates, are ranked according to density fit. In a subsequent refinement stage, optimization steps are projected onto a carefully chosen subspace of, conformation space to preserve rigid geometry and closure. Experimental, results show that fitted fragments are in excellent agreement with the, final refined structure for lengths of up to 12-15 residues in areas of, weak or ambiguous electron density, even at medium to low resolution.

About this StructureAbout this Structure

2FOL is a Single protein structure of sequence from Homo sapiens with MG, GDP and UNX as ligands. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.

ReferenceReference

Real-space protein-model completion: an inverse-kinematics approach., van den Bedem H, Lotan I, Latombe JC, Deacon AM, Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2005 Jan;61(Pt 1):2-13. Epub 2004 Dec, 17. PMID:15608370

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