摘要:
A method for generating information related to the molecular structure of a biomolecule, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a three-dimensional representation of said molecular structure, comprising a first set of residue portions and a template; and (b) modifying the representation of step (a) by at least one optimization cycle. Each optimization cycle comprises the steps of: (b1) perturbing a first representation of the molecular structure by modifying the structure of one or more of the first set of residue portions; (b2) relaxing the perturbed representation by optimizing the structure of one or more of the non-perturbed residue portions of the first set with respect to the one or more perturbed residue portions; (b3) evaluating the perturbed and relaxed representation of the molecular structure by using an energetic cost function and replacing the first representation by the perturbed and relaxed representation if the latter's global energy is more optimal than that of the first representation; and the method further comprises the steps of (c) terminating the optimization process according to step (b) when a predetermined termination criterion is reached; and (d) outputting to a storage medium or to a consecutive method a data structure comprising information extracted from step (b).
摘要:
The invention provides methods and apparatus for analyzing a protein structure by A) receiving a reference structure (A) forming a three dimensional representation of a protein; B) substituting into the structure of (A) a pattern with amino-acids different from the one of the protein; C) optimizing the conformation of (A) substituted by pattern of (B); D) assessing the energetic compatibility (EC) of the pattern of (B) within the context of the structure of (A) being structurally optimized in (C) with respect to the pattern, by comparing the global energy of the substituted and optimized protein structure with the global energy of the non-substituted reference structure; and E) storing a value reflecting the EC of the pattern together with information related to the structure of the pattern in the form of an energetic compatibility object (ECO).