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. 1995 Jun;4(6):1217-32.
doi: 10.1002/pro.5560040619.

Building proteins from C alpha coordinates using the dihedral probability grid Monte Carlo method

A M Mathiowetz  1 , W A Goddard 3rd
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Building proteins from C alpha coordinates using the dihedral probability grid Monte Carlo method

A M Mathiowetz et al. Protein Sci. 1995 Jun.

Abstract

Dihedral probability grid Monte Carlo (DPG-MC) is a general-purpose method of conformational sampling that can be applied to many problems in peptide and protein modeling. Here we present the DPG-MC method and apply it to predicting complete protein structures from C alpha coordinates. This is useful in such endeavors as homology modeling, protein structure prediction from lattice simulations, or fitting protein structures to X-ray crystallographic data. It also serves as an example of how DPG-MC can be applied to systems with geometric constraints. The conformational propensities for individual residues are used to guide conformational searches as the protein is built from the amino-terminus to the carboxyl-terminus. Results for a number of proteins show that both the backbone and side chain can be accurately modeled using DPG-MC. Backbone atoms are generally predicted with RMS errors of about 0.5 A (compared to X-ray crystal structure coordinates) and all atoms are predicted to an RMS error of 1.7 A or better.

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