PiSQRD: a web server for decomposing proteins into quasi-rigid dynamical domains
Open Access
- 20 August 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Bioinformatics
- Vol. 25 (20), 2743-2744
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btp512
Abstract
Summary: The PiSQRD web resource can be used to subdivide protein structures in quasi-rigid dynamical domains. The latter are groups of amino acids behaving as approximately rigid units in the course of protein equilibrium fluctuations. The PiSQRD server takes as input a biomolecular structure and the desired fraction of protein internal fluctuations that must be accounted for by the relative rigid-body motion of the dynamical domains. Next, the lowest energy modes of fluctuation of the protein (optionally provided by the user) are calculated and used to identify the rigid subunits. The resulting optimal subdivision is returned through a web page containing both interactive graphics and detailed data output. Availability: The PiSQRD web server, which requires Java, is available free of charge for academic users at http://pisqrd.escience-lab.org. Contact:potestio@sissa.itKeywords
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