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Fast and versatile sequence-independent protein docking for nanomaterials design using RPXDock

Journal Article · · PLoS Computational Biology (Online)

Computationally designed multi-subunit assemblies have shown considerable promise for a variety of applications, including a new generation of potent vaccines. One of the major routes to such materials is rigid body sequence-independent docking of cyclic oligomers into architectures with point group or lattice symmetries. Current methods for docking and designing such assemblies are tailored to specific classes of symmetry and are difficult to modify for novel applications. Here we describe RPXDock, a fast, flexible, and modular software package for sequence-independent rigid-body protein docking across a wide range of symmetric architectures that is easily customizable for further development. RPXDock uses an efficient hierarchical search and a residue-pair transform ( RPX ) scoring method to rapidly search through multidimensional docking space. We describe the structure of the software, provide practical guidelines for its use, and describe the available functionalities including a variety of score functions and filtering tools that can be used to guide and refine docking results towards desired configurations.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
1983380
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 2420885
OSTI ID: 1974630
Journal Information:
PLoS Computational Biology (Online), Journal Name: PLoS Computational Biology (Online) Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 19; ISSN 1553-7358
Publisher:
Public Library of Science (PLoS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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