scholarly journals Side-chain Conformations Cooperatively Restricted in Protein Secondary Structure. II. Side-chain Configurational Entropies of .ALPHA.-helices in the Folding Nuclei.

1996 ◽  
Vol 72 (7) ◽  
pp. 149-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haruki NAKAMURA ◽  
Ryuji TANIMURA ◽  
Akinori KIDERA
2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaheh Kashani-Amin ◽  
Ozra Tabatabaei-Malazy ◽  
Amirhossein Sakhteman ◽  
Bagher Larijani ◽  
Azadeh Ebrahim-Habibi

Background: Prediction of proteins’ secondary structure is one of the major steps in the generation of homology models. These models provide structural information which is used to design suitable ligands for potential medicinal targets. However, selecting a proper tool between multiple Secondary Structure Prediction (SSP) options is challenging. The current study is an insight into currently favored methods and tools, within various contexts. Objective: A systematic review was performed for a comprehensive access to recent (2013-2016) studies which used or recommended protein SSP tools. Methods: Three databases, Web of Science, PubMed and Scopus were systematically searched and 99 out of the 209 studies were finally found eligible to extract data. Results: Four categories of applications for 59 retrieved SSP tools were: (I) prediction of structural features of a given sequence, (II) evaluation of a method, (III) providing input for a new SSP method and (IV) integrating an SSP tool as a component for a program. PSIPRED was found to be the most popular tool in all four categories. JPred and tools utilizing PHD (Profile network from HeiDelberg) method occupied second and third places of popularity in categories I and II. JPred was only found in the two first categories, while PHD was present in three fields. Conclusion: This study provides a comprehensive insight into the recent usage of SSP tools which could be helpful for selecting a proper tool.


1997 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 749-756
Author(s):  
Zofia Plesnar ◽  
Stanisław Malanowski ◽  
Zenon Lotowski ◽  
Jacek W. Morzycki ◽  
Jadwiga Frelek ◽  
...  

Abstract The cryoscopic measurements show that title compounds are strongly associated in CHCl3 solutions. The association of the 20 R epimer is distinctly less pronounced than that of the 20 S epipmer. Self-association of the 20 S epimer leads to the formation of very large com­plexes. The 20 R epimer forms associates via water molecules. The dissimilarity may be ex­plained in terms of different accessibility of the lactam carbonyl groups in the two epimers for the association. It is proposed that the association process is controlled by the configura­tion at the carbon atom C(20) and conformation around the C(20)-C(22) bond. Populations of side chain conformations of both epimers were determined by means of proton nuclear magnetic resonance. It was found for the 20 R epimer that the t and the -g rotamers are almost equally populated, and the rotamer +g is excluded. For the 20 S epimer the +g rotamer predominates over the t one, and the -g rotamer is excluded. The NMR data are fully consistent with the results of the molecular modelling studies.


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