Potentials 'R' Us web-server for protein energy estimations with coarse-grained knowledge-based potentials
2010
Potentials 'R' Us: A Web Server for Protein Energy Estimations
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Evidence: moderate
Author Information
Author(s): Feng Yaping, Kloczkowski Andrzej, Jernigan Robert L
Primary Institution: Iowa State University
Conclusion
The Potentials 'R' Us server is a user-friendly tool that allows researchers to compute energies of various protein structures easily.
Supporting Evidence
- The server allows users to upload multiple PDB files for energy calculations.
- It computes energies using four-body, two-body, and short-range potentials.
- The server can handle large sets of PDB files efficiently.
Takeaway
This server helps scientists figure out how stable different protein shapes are by calculating their energy levels, making it easier to study proteins.
Methodology
The server computes energies for uploaded protein conformations using various knowledge-based potentials.
Limitations
The server does not generate protein conformations and has limitations on the number of atoms in PDB files.
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