Optimizing energy potentials for success in protein tertiary structure prediction.
Fold Des
; 3(3): 223-8, 1998.
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| ID: mdl-9669880
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Success in solving the protein structure prediction problem relies on the choice of an accurate potential energy function. for a single protein sequence, it has been shown that the potential energy function can be optimized for predictive success by maximizing the energy gap between the correct structure and the ensemble of random structures relative to the distribution of the energies of these random structures (the Z-score). Different methods have been described for implementing this procedure for an ensemble of database proteins. Here, we demonstrate a new approach.RESULTS:
For a single protein sequence, the probability of success (i.e the probability that the folded state is the lowest energy state) is derived. We then maximize the average probability of success for a set of proteins to obtain the optimal potential energy function. This results in maximum attention being focused on the proteins whose structures are difficult but not impossible to predict.CONCLUSIONS:
Using a lattice model of proteins, we show that the optimal interaction potentials obtained by our method are both more accurate and more likely to produce successful predictions than those obtained by other averaging procedures.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Estrutura Terciária de Proteína
/
Dobramento de Proteína
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
/
Risk_factors_studies
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Fold Des
Assunto da revista:
BIOQUIMICA
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BIOTECNOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
1998
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos