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Keyword: Protein Data Bank Clear all

3 claims from 2 papers

  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Protein Structure and Dynamics

    TM-align: a protein structure alignment algorithm based on the TM-score

    Zhang · Nucleic Acids Research · 2005

    The paper presents TM-align, a protein structure alignment method built on the TM-score, and reports its speed, accuracy, and uses in comparing PDB structures and predicted models.

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    1. UncheckedThe TM-align algorithm runs about 4 times faster than CE and about 20 times faster than DALI and SAL when aligning protein structures.“The algorithm is approximately 4 times faster than CE and 20 times faster than DALI and SAL.”
    2. UncheckedOn average, TM-align's protein structure alignments are more accurate and cover more of the proteins than those from CE, DALI and SAL, the commonly used methods.“On average, the resulting structure alignments have higher accuracy and coverage than those provided by these most often-used methods.”
  2. Materials Science › Enzyme Structure and Function

    Protein Data Bank: the single global archive for 3D macromolecular structure data

    Burley, Berman, Bhikadiya et al. · Nucleic Acids Research · 2018

    The paper describes the Protein Data Bank as the single global archive of 3D biological macromolecule structures, covering its management, data format, deposition and validation systems, and future plans.

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    1. UncheckedThe PDB Core Archive holds atomic coordinates for over 144,000 models of proteins, DNA/RNA and their complexes, plus experimental data and metadata.“The PDB Core Archive houses 3D atomic coordinates of more than 144 000 structural models of proteins, DNA/RNA, and their complexes with metals and small molecules and related experimental data and metadata.”

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