Adaptive Cartesian and torsional restraints for interactive model rebuilding.

ABSTRACT: When building atomic models into weak and/or low-resolution density, a common strategy is to restrain their conformation to that of a higher resolution model of the same or similar sequence. When doing so, it is important to avoid over-restraining to the reference model in the face of disagreement with the experimental data. The most common strategy for this is the use of `top-out' potentials. These act like simple harmonic restraints within a defined range, but gradually weaken when the deviation between the model and reference grows beyond that range. In each current implementation the rate at which the potential flattens at large deviations follows a fixed form, although the form chosen varies among implementations. A restraint potential with a tuneable rate of flattening would provide

SUBMITTER: Croll TI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8025879 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature